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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

 
Jon Evans_1
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Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Hi

Anyone have any ideas on how to keep a log of a dialup session to my system?

I need to monitor what the remote customer does exactly.

I thought about $SET HOST 0/LOG=mumble in the LOGIN.COM, but this seems a bit silly as they'd have to login twice and I can't see a way from preventing them breaking out of it easily. MONITOR & AUDIT won't really supply the info I need.

Thoughts anyone?

TIA
Jon
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labadie_1
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

there is a LOGGER utility. It should match your needs.

http://www.decus.org/libcatalog/description_html/v00508.html
Volker Halle
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Jon,

there is SYS$EXAMPLES:ALPHA_LOGGER.C which may provide this kind of functionality.

Volker.
Jon Evans_1
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Thanks for the prompt response gentlemen.

Unfortunately the FTP link in Labadie's reply is dead - I'll try and track it down via other routes.

Thanks Volker, but my C knowledge is non-existent. I'll have to look at this one as a last resort.

Jpn
Volker Halle
Honored Contributor

Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Jon,

you don't need to know ANY C to build and run. ALPHA_LOGGER.C is a ready-to-run example:

$ cc alpha_logger
$ link alpha_logger
$ run alpha_logger

$ show proc
$ LOGO

$ TYPE SESSION.LOG

Volker.
Jon Evans_1
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Thanks Volker - I'll give it a whirl and report back here.........
Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

In 1990 there was a product called VIDEO that did the job. No more details ...

Wim
Wim
Wim Van den Wyngaert
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Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Wonder if Raxco bought it ...

http://www.raxco.co.uk/product.asp?ProductID=92

Wim
Wim
Jan van den Ende
Honored Contributor

Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Jon,


I thought about $SET HOST 0/LOG=mumble in the LOGIN.COM, but this seems a bit silly as they'd have to login twice and I can't see a way from preventing them breaking out of it easily.


And still, this WAS our solution when we needed it!

- Have them (telnet) into a system (DISCONTROL_Y & CAPTIVE), with a LOGIN.COM that tells them their keystrokes get logged (at least in the Netherlands, you are not allowed to do that without informing each & every time that you are doing that), and then SET HOST/LOG to the actual target machine (fixed username and password, to be verified by LOGIN.COM in the target machine). Upon logout from there automaticcaly logout from the "logger" system.

Perhaps not high tech, but good enough for us at the time.

hth

Proost.

Have one on me.

jpe
Don't rust yours pelled jacker to fine doll missed aches.
Wim Van den Wyngaert
Honored Contributor

Re: Log of dial-up session - keystroke logging?

Also problem is that not everything get logged. Graphical tools like amds, console manager, etc. If that is possible thru your dial up.

And there are lots of tools/applications making a mess of the output. And sometimes it is just that that needs to be logged (did someone change the salary db ?).

Wim
Wim