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mention a recommended log level in the man page

svn:r5730
Roger Dingledine 20 years ago
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@@ -139,7 +139,9 @@ seconds of idleness. (Default: 5 minutes)
 Send all messages between \fIminSeverity\fR and \fImaxSeverity\fR to
 Send all messages between \fIminSeverity\fR and \fImaxSeverity\fR to
 the standard output stream, the standard error stream, or to the system
 the standard output stream, the standard error stream, or to the system
 log. (The "syslog" value is only supported on Unix.)  Recognized
 log. (The "syslog" value is only supported on Unix.)  Recognized
-severity levels are debug, info, notice, warn, and err.  If only one
+severity levels are debug, info, notice, warn, and err.  We advise using
+"notice" in most cases, since anything more verbose may provide sensitive
+information to an attacker who obtains the logs.  If only one
 severity level is given, all messages of that level or higher will be
 severity level is given, all messages of that level or higher will be
 sent to the listed destination.
 sent to the listed destination.
 .LP
 .LP