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sorry, that's Oracle Security Handbook
>From: "Rachel Carmichael" <carmichr_at_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: How do you audit a DBA?
>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 12:25:48 -0800
>
>Marlene Theriault wrote that book... and she's got a new one coming out
>soon
>from Oracle Press, Oracle8i Security Handbook
>
>
>>From: "Boivin, Patrice J" <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
>>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>>Subject: RE: How do you audit a DBA?
>>Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 11:02:12 -0800
>>
>>You might want to take a peek at the relatively old Oracle Security book
>>by
>>O'Reilly Press, it talks about triggers.
>>
>>Waleed is right though, if you can't trust your DBA, who can you trust?
>>Also, if you don't trust the DBA, what hiring policies were followed when
>>recruiting and hiring a DBA???
>>
>>Patrice Boivin
>>Systems Analyst (Oracle Certified DBA)
>>
>>Systems Admin & Operations | Admin. et Exploit. des systèmes
>>Technology Services | Services technologiques
>>Informatics Branch | Direction de l'informatique
>>Maritimes Region, DFO | Région des Maritimes, MPO
>>
>>E-Mail: boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca <mailto:boivinp_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Khedr, Waleed [SMTP:Waleed.Khedr_at_FMR.COM]
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 2:12 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>> Subject: RE: How do you audit a DBA?
>>
>> If you don't trust the DBA then fire him!
>>
>> DBA has access to do everything including the audit records which
>>he/she can
>> modify easily!
>>
>> Waleed
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 12:52 PM
>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>>
>>
>> you'd better audit changes to the trigger, and then changes to
>>SYS.AUD$
>>
>> otherwise the DBA could disable the trigger, make the changes and
>>re-enable
>> it
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >From: Dave Leach <Dave.Leach_at_claybrook.co.uk>
>> >Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>> >Subject: How do you audit a DBA?
>> >Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 07:56:29 -0800
>> >
>> >Anyone who can help,
>> >
>> >I've been asked if Oracle can somehow audit the DBA ie. Raise an
>>alert if
>> >the DBA were to execute DML statements against sensitive tables,
>>this
>> >assumes the DBA has the SYS password. I thought this was a pretty
>> >reasonable question but couldn't think of an answer. My trail of
>>though
>> >was
>> >maybe an email alert to a designated member of staff sent via a
>>trigger on
>> >the table.
>> >
>> >Any comments would be very appreciated.
>> >
>> >Dave Leach
>> >
>> >
>> >
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