Re: Auditing question in Oracle 8i

From: Troy Meyerink <meyerink_at_usgs.gov>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:03:26 GMT
Message-ID: <Gurr5t.AuF@igsrsparc2.er.usgs.gov>

Thank you both for your reply! Dusan, I couldn't agree more. It was very difficult talking management into reducing the number of tables being audited to a real 'need' level.

Troy Meyerink
Oracle DBA
Raytheon
EROS Data Center
Sioux Falls, SD

"Dusan Bolek" <pagesflames_at_usa.net> wrote in message news:1e8276d6.0204180042.7c115086_at_posting.google.com...
> "Howard Rogers" <Howard.Rogers_at_oracle.com> wrote in message
news:<d4sv8.49$ao6.50_at_news.oracle.com>...
> > Were you to upgrade to 9i, fine-grained auditing would allow you to see
the
> > text of select statements, too.
>
> ... and be very carefull while doing analysis. With all of this fine
> auditing stuff, you can very easily fail to realize WHAT is the
> purpose of auditing and WHICH information should be audited. This
> usually ends as classic example of audit-everything
> that-one-can-imagine with all impacts on performance and difficulties
> to find suitable information in this mess.
>
> --
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> Dusan Bolek, Ing.
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