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- Subject: Questions about VMS image accounting
- Message-ID: <9209012202.AA28872@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 16:29:00 GMT
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- A question for all you INFO-VAXers.
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- Since time immemorial, the VAXen here at our site have been performing image
- accounting. Recently we have come into a bit if a disk space crunch; it was
- suggested that we could save a lot of disk space if we turned off image
- accounting. I am evaluating that suggestion, primarily from a security
- standpoint.
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- Basic facts concerning our system:
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- - It services military personnel, so security is important.
- - We do not "charge" organizations for computer time or images activated.
- - We do perform fairly comprehensive security auditing.
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- My questions:
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- 1. How useful would image accounting records be in the case of a breach in
- system security? I have noted that even the ACCOUNTING/FULL report does not
- show a whole lot of useful information about what was actually being done by
- the activated image.
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- 2. Is there any way to get further information about a specific image
- activation that was recorded by image accounting? If more specific information
- cannot be obtained about the various accounting entries, I can't see the point
- in creating them.
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- Please mail your replies to me and I will summarize and post.
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- Thanks for your time,
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- Capt Chris Shutters, Air Force Space | shutters_wc@toto.laafb.af.mil
- Command, Falcon AFB, CO (719)-550-2618 | shutterswc@space.laafb.af.mil
- All opinions are my own - nobody else likes them!
- Two bits, four bits, six bits, a buck; come on cheerleaders, give us a cheer!
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