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Re: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login to Oracle Database

From: orantdba <orantdba_at_netscape.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:04:53 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0040D281.20020212110203@fatcity.com>

Hi all,

I have never done this particular activity but by following the clues given in this
thread AND BY reading the documentation I was able to make this work.  The steps I followed were.

  1.  change the initializaion parameter audit_trail to be: audit_trail=db shutdown and restart database
  2. connect to the database as a user that has the privilege "AUDIT SYSTEM" audit session whenever not successful

at this point you can see these unsuccessful logins by monitoring the dba_audit_trail view.

John

TJohnston_at_quallaby.com wrote:         

The SQL reference has some information...       

http://docs.oracle.com/cd_database_generic_8.1.7/server.817/a85397/state10b.htm#2059074   

      

HTH    Tim
   
           

-----Original Message-----

    From: Behar, Rivaldi [mailto:Rivaldi.Behar_at_ilonafinancial.com]     Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 12:14 PM     To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L     Subject: RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login to Oracle Database               

To track users who tried and logged into the database :

          

SQL > audit session;

          

I don't know in which section you can find that in the Administrator  Guide.

     
          

Rivaldi            

-----Original Message-----

      From: Mandal, Ashoke      [mailto:ashoke.k.mandal_at_medtronic.com]
      Sent: Monday, February 11,      2002 11:18 PM
      To: Multiple recipients of list      ORACLE-L
      Subject: RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login    
 to Oracle Database
      
      
      
Hi      Revaldi and Joe (Testa),
       
      
I      went through the following Administrator's guide. 
      
Oracle8i Administrator's Guide
Release 2      (8.1.6)
      Part Number      A76956-01
      
I      could only see chapter 24 on 'Auditing database Use' and under that
the      following sub-sections. I went through these secition and could
not find      anything on unsuccessful login to oracle database.
 Could you please help me in ponting to the right      chapter/section.
      
      
        
          
Guidelines for        Auditing
        
        
          
Creating and        Deleting the Database Audit Trail Views
        
        
          
Managing Audit        Trail Information
        
        
          
Viewing Database        Audit Trail Information
        
        
          
Auditing Through        Database Triggers
          
Thanks,
        
        
          
Ashoke
        
      
      
      
        
-----Original Message-----
        From: Behar, Rivaldi        [mailto:Rivaldi.Behar_at_ilonafinancial.com]
        Sent: Friday, February        08, 2002 1:29 PM
        To: Multiple recipients of list        ORACLE-L
        Subject: RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login  
     to Oracle Database
        
        
        Administrators guide.
        Chapter on        auditing.
        Audit session.
        Rivaldi
        -----Original Message-----
        From:        Mandal, Ashoke [

mailto:ashoke.k.mandal_at_medtronic.com
]
        Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 12:54 PM
        To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
        Subject: RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized
login to        Oracle
        Database
        
        Joe,
        We referred the auditing option. My understanding
is that        you can track the oracle users using database auditing feature
once the        users are logged into the database. 
        But my requirement is to track the users who tried
to        login to the database but could not login due to wrong password.
        For example, somebody may know the connect string
for an        oracle database and trying to login to the database as system
user and        with various combination of password. We like to know who
are these        users.
        Thanks,
        Ashoke
        -----Original Message-----
        Sent:        Friday, February 08, 2002 11:54 AM
        To: Multiple        recipients of list ORACLE-L
        Database
        
        Administrators guide
        chapter on auditing.
        joe
        Mandal, Ashoke wrote:

>>Greetings,
>>
>>We have a database with very sensitive data.
Our management wants me to find out the way to secure this data from unauthorized login and track these users who tried to login to this database.
>>
>>Is there any way we can track the unauthorized
users, who try to login to an oracle database with invalid userid or password but with valid connect string.
>>
>>If there is no options under oracle
then is there any 3rd party software for this purpose.
>>
>>Any help is appreciated
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Ashoke
>>
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