Re: [PATCH] Audit: Add TTY input auditing

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Jun 07 2007 - 11:52:41 EST


> logging to meet the audit requirements. You have to log what happened.
> Logging what was requested is insufficient and logging what was
> typed, which may or may not have resulted in an actual request is
> not helpful to meeting security audit requirements.

Key information can answer some questions as an additional adjunct, but
all of this really depends whether your security audit requirement is to
impress the monkeys or to protect your systems (or as usually is the case
to protect your system while still impressing a bunch of half-trained 19
year old box tickers on their first outing doing auditing)


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