Below is an example of the information collected based on a standard request for a World Wide Web document:

mmm.xxx.yyy.dom - - [28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0700]
"GET /sitename/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" 200 16704

mmm.xxx.yyy.dom (or 123.123.23.12) -- this is the host name (or IP address) associated with the requester (you as the visitor). Depending on the requester's method of network connection, the host name (or IP address) may or may not identify a specific computer. Connections via many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) assign different IP addresses for each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP. The host name (or IP address) will identify a specific computer if that computer has a fixed IP address.

[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0700] -- this is the date and time of the request

"GET /sitename/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" -- this is the location of the requested file

200 -- this is the status code - 200 is OK - the request was filled

16704 -- this is the size of the requested file in bytes

A log of the paths visitors follow within our web (and the page, if any, which refered them to our web) is also stored. However, the host name (IP address) is not associated with this separate log.