Hi, Posting this in case anyone has comments good or bad. This is aimed at current upstream kernels as of 2.6.19 or later. -Steve ## ## This file contains the a sample audit configuration intended to ## meet the NISPOM Chapter 8 rules. ## ## This file should be saved as /etc/audit/audit.rules. ## ## Remove any existing rules -D ## Increase buffer size to handle the increased number of messages. ## Feel free to increase this if the machine panic's -b 8192 ## Audit 1, 1(a) (a) Enough information to determine the date and time ## of action (e.g., common network time), the system locale of the action, ## the system entity that initiated or completed the action, the resources ## involved, and the action involved. ## changes to the time -a entry,always -S adjtimex -S settimeofday -k time-change -w /etc/localtime -p wa -k time-change ## system locale -a exit,always -S sethostname -k system-locale -w /etc/issue -p wa -k CFG_issue -k system-locale -w /etc/issue.net -p wa -k CFG_issue.net -k system-locale ## Audit 1, 1(b) Successful and unsuccessful logons and logoffs. ## This is covered by patches to login, gdm, and openssh ## Audit 1, 1(c) Successful and unsuccessful accesses to ## security-relevant objects and directories, including ## creation, open, close, modification, and deletion. ## unsuccessful creation -a exit,always -S creat -S mkdir -S mknod -S link -S symlink -F exit=-13 -k creation -a exit,always -S mkdirat -S mknodat -S linkat -S symlinkat -F exit=-13 -k creation ## unsuccessful open -a exit,always -S open -F exit=-13 -k open ## unsuccessful close -a exit,always -S close -F exit=-13 -k close ## unsuccessful modifications -a exit,always -S rename -S truncate -S ftruncate -F exit=-13 -k mods -a exit,always -S renameat -F exit=-13 -k mods -a exit,always -F perm=a -F exit=-13 -k mods ## unsuccessful deletion -a exit,always -S rmdir -S unlink -F exit=-13 -k delete -a exit,always -S unlinkat -F exit=-13 -k delete ## Audit 1, 1(d) Changes in user authenticators. ## Covered by patches to libpam ## Audit 1, 1(e) The blocking or blacklisting of a user ID, ## terminal, or access port and the reason for the action. ## Covered by patches to pam_tally ## Audit 1, 1(f) Denial of access resulting from an excessive ## number of unsuccessful logon attempts. ## Covered by patches to pam_tally ## Audit 1, 2 Audit Trail Protection. The contents of audit trails ## shall be protected against unauthorized access, modification, ## or deletion. ## This should be covered by file permissions, but we can watch it ## to see any activity -w /var/log/audit/ -k audit-logs -w /var/log/audit/audit.log -k audit-logs #-w /var/log/audit/audit.log.1 -k audit-logs #-w /var/log/audit/audit.log.2 -k audit-logs #-w /var/log/audit/audit.log.3 -k audit-logs #-w /var/log/audit/audit.log.4 -k audit-logs ## Put your own watches after this point # -w /your-file -p rwxa -k mykey