Novell XDASV2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE V1, Administration Manual

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Overview
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Overview
The XDASv2 specification provides a standardized classification for audit events. It defines a set of
generic events at a global distributed system level. XDASv2 provides a common portable audit
record format to facilitate the merging and analysis of audit information from multiple components
at the distributed system level. The XDASv2 events are encapsulated within a hierarchical
notational system that helps to extend the standard or existing event identifier set.The XDASv2
taxonomy defines a set of fields, of these the primary fields are observer, initiator and target.
XDASv2 events helps you easily understand the audit trails of heterogeneous applications
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Section 1.1, “Key Benefits,” on page 9
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Section 1.2, “XDASv2 Server Architecture,” on page 9
1.1 Key Benefits
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Provides secured audit services for a distributed system.
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Defines a set of generic events at a global distributed system level.
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Defines a common portable audit record format to help merge and analyse the audit
information from multiple components of a distributed system.
Š Defines a common format for audit events that analysis applications can use.
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Records XDASv2 audit trail.
Š Configures event preselection criteria and event disposition actions.
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Provides a common audit format regardless of the platform on which the XDASv2 service is
running.
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Supports heterogeneous environments without the necessity to reengineer the current operating
system or application-specific audit service implementations.
Š Supports adequate separation of duties for users.
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Protects the audit log by making it accessible only to principals acting in specific
administrative or security roles.
1.2 XDASv2 Server Architecture