The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

The Design of an Audit Trail Sanitization Tool

Author

Eric A Fisch,Gregory B White,Udo W Pooch

Entry type

techreport

Abstract

This paper discusses the design of a tool that automatically removes security-sensitive information from intruder activity log files collected at a compromised site. The sanitization of sensitive information will enable researchers to further study the log files without further compromising the security of the affected sites. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the importance of such a tool and a description of the complete sanitization process. This follows with an examination of the important design issues of the sanitizer. The paper concludes with the final design of a sanitizer for SunOS based intruder activity logs.

Address

College Station, Texas 77843

Institution

Texas A&M University

Key alpha

Fisch

Publication Date

0000-00-00

Location

A hard-copy of this is in the Papers Cabinet

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