RE: URGENT Help on tracking unauthorized login to Oracle Database

I have an idea for a poor man's version of what you are looking for.  Turn on listener logging to a level high enough where you can see the text of the net traffic.  With some creativity or a copy of Sed & Awk you'll be able to search for the "invalid username/password" text.  A visual inspection of the surrounding log file lines will give you machine name, osuser, username, etc.  Depending on your connection activity disk space may be an issue.  We've implemented jobs to cycle the log every hour to reduce the disk consumption.  I figure that you could do the same and delete any logs that don't have any violations in it.

HTH Tony Aponte

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From: Mandal, Ashoke [mailto:ashoke.k.mandal_at_medtronic.com]

Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 1:54 PM

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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

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Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 11:54 AM

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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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