audit 1.2.7 released
Steve Grubb
sgrubb at redhat.com
Wed Sep 20 19:40:52 UTC 2006
On Wednesday 20 September 2006 15:26, Paul Moore wrote:
> > I try very hard to not have any memory allocations in the audit system to
> > prevent any possible failure due to fragmentation or leaks. I need to cap
> > the buffer size at something to meet this design goal.
>
> If this buffer limitation results in the loss or partial-loss of an
> audit record is there some notification sent?
No.
> This seems like an excellent way for an individual to obscure their actions
> on a system.
Well, the particular buffer that Amy cited was 128 in size and only for
startup/shutdown messages. It has been increased to 384. The other buffer
that holds the events from syscall, file system, and trusted apps was 8460
and is now 8970.
-Steve
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