Safeguard Reference Manual (G06.24+, H06.03+ )

Introduction
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Definition of Terms: Authentication, Local, and
Remote
to manage the Safeguard audit service itself. For the audit service commands, see the
Safeguard Audit Service Manual.
Object Auditing
The four auditing attributes for objects:
AUDIT-ACCESS-PASS
AUDIT-ACCESS-FAIL
AUDIT-MANAGE-PASS
AUDIT-MANAGE-FAIL
For protected objects, AUDIT-ACCESS attributes control the auditing of attempts to
access the object. The two AUDIT-MANAGE attributes control the auditing of attempts
to manage (change, read, or delete) the Safeguard protection record for that object.
The four possible values for each auditing attribute:
ALL
LOCAL
REMOTE
NONE
User Auditing
For users, the following auditing specifications are available:
AUDIT-AUTHENTICATE-PASS
AUDIT-AUTHENTICATE-FAIL
AUDIT-MANAGE-PASS
AUDIT-MANAGE-FAIL
AUDIT-USER-ACTION-PASS
AUDIT-USER-ACTION-FAIL
For users, the two AUDIT-AUTHENTICATE attributes control the auditing of user
authentication attempts. The two AUDIT-MANAGE attributes control the auditing of
attempts to manage (change, read, or delete) the Safeguard protection record for that
user. The two AUDIT-USER-ACTION attributes control the auditing of attempts by the
user to perform an event.
The four possible values for each auditing attribute:
ALL
LOCAL
REMOTE
NONE
Definition of Terms: Authentication, Local, and Remote
Two important security-related characteristics of a user are whether the user is
authenticated and whether the request made by the user is local or remote. The
following paragraphs define the terms authentication, local user, remote
user, local request, and remote request.