INTOUCH® INSA
Network Security Agent


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Proceed

The purge/archive selection criteria is displayed on the screen. The following example shows that incident and recording records with a date of 01-Jan-1996 thru 31-Jan-1996 for users TESTER1 and TESTER2 with alert names of MGMT, PAYROLL and URGENT are to be selected for purging and archiving.



 INTOUCH INSA              Purge and Archive Records                23-Jan-1997 
 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
|Records     : Incidents,Recordings                                            | 
|Option      : Purge and Archive                                               | 
|Archive name: JANUARY96                                                       | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+----------------------------- Selection Criteria -----------------------------+ 
|Thru date   :                                                                 | 
|Date range  : 01-Jan-1996 thru 31-Jan-1996                                    | 
|User names  : TESTER1,TESTER2                                                 | 
|Locations   :                                                                 | 
|Alert names : MGMT,PAYROLL,URGENT                                             | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
                                 +-Proceed-+ 
                                 |  Yes    | 
                                 |  No     | 
                                 |---------| 
                                 |  Exit   | 
                                 +---------+ 
 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

You are asked if you want to proceed.
  Select Yes to start the procedure.
  Select No to return to the alert names prompt.
  Select Exit to abandon the procedure and return to the Maintenance menu.

If you elect to proceed, the appropriate records are purged and/or archived and other INTOUCH INSA files are updated accordingly.

During the purge/archive procedure, processing information is displayed. After the purge/archive is completed, you can press [Return] to exit the procedure and return to the Maintenance menu.


Chapter 9
Security Menu Procedures

Example 9-1 Security Procedures


+-----------------INTOUCH INSA - Network Security Agent V1.5-------------------+ 
|  Security    Status    Reports    Maintenance    General    Advanced    Exit | 
++------Security-------+-------------------------------------------------------+ 
 |  Sessions           | 
 |  Playback           | 
 |  Archive Playback   | 
 +---------------------+ 

The Security menu options are:

9.1 Sessions Option

The Sessions menu option is used to display lists of active sessions. Additional information can be displayed for any active sessions and active sessions can be watched.

When you select Sessions from the Security menu,



                +------Security-------+ 
                |  Sessions           | 
                |  Playback           | 
                |  Archive Playback   | 
                +---------------------+ 

the following screen is displayed:



                        +------Select Sessions-------+ 
                        |  All                       | 
                        |  Sessions with incidents   | 
                        |  User names                | 
                        |  Locations                 | 
                        |----------------------------| 
                        |  Exit                      | 
                        +----------------------------+ 

You are asked to select which session information you want to display. The options are:
  All display all sessions
  Sessions with incidents display only sessions which have had incidents
  User names display sessions for specific user names
  Locations display sessions for specific locations or domains
  Exit exit back to the Security menu

Comment

If you select one of the "Select Sessions" menu items and the message:

No active sessions found

is displayed, wait for 3-4 minutes to elapse and repeat your selection. This message is displayed if INTOUCH INSA has started but it did not have enough time to gather all of the information about the current processes running on your network.

9.1.1 Selecting Sessions

All Sessions



                        +------Select Sessions-------+ 
                        |  All                       | 
                        |  Sessions with incidents   | 
                        |  User names                | 
                        |  Locations                 | 
                        |----------------------------| 
                        |  Exit                      | 
                        +----------------------------+ 

If All is selected from the Select Sessions menu, INSA Manager displays a list of the active sessions. The date and time the list was created are also displayed. For example:

Example 9-2 Active Sessions List


+-----------------------------------Security-----------------------------------+ 
|  Sessions    Clear    Exit                                                   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+----------------28 active sessions as of 23-Jan-1997 09:32:55-----------------+ 
| Refresh                                                                      | 
|                                                                              | 
| Source Location         Destination Loc Type  User    Last   Cnct Ins Status | 
| LAT 2.22:17             LAT 17.3        INTER ALLEN   09:29  1:24   4        | 
| TTITEST.COM             TTITEST.COM     INTER DAN     09:31 11:13   2        | 
| LAT 2.22:97             LAT 97.1        INTER DEBBIE  09:23  1:30   1  (w)   | 
| IP 204.212.151.105:1634 CAST.TTINET.COM INTER SYSTEM  09:31 15:55            | 
| LAT 31.144:7            LAT 7.2         INTER HENRY   09:31  1:28            | 
| LAT 1.182:1             LAT 1.1         INTER JEANNIE 09:31  0:40            | 
| ASA.COMNET.COM          TR.TTINET.COM   INTER JODI    09:31  1:04            | 
| LAT 2.22:49             LAT 49.4        INTER MSR     09:31  1:13            | 
| . . .                                                                        | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
                              Sessions watched: 1 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

If there are more active sessions than can be shown on the screen, select Next... to display the next screen. Previous... displays the previous screen.

Each line of session information includes:

Refreshing the Screen

To get an updated sessions menu list, click on the Refresh option. The screen will clear and an updated sessions list will be displayed. The list date and time are also updated.

Menu Options

Several menu options are displayed across the top of the screen. The menu options are:

If you want to get more detailed information about any of the sessions on the list or watch a session, see Section 9.1.2, Selecting Sessions to Review and Watch.

Sessions With Incidents



                        +------Select Sessions-------+ 
                        |  All                       | 
                        |  Sessions with incidents   | 
                        |  User names                | 
                        |  Locations                 | 
                        |----------------------------| 
                        |  Exit                      | 
                        +----------------------------+ 

If Sessions with incidents is selected, only active sessions where incidents have occurred are displayed. For example:



+-----------------------------------Security-----------------------------------+ 
|  Sessions    Clear    Exit                                                   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+-----------------3 active sessions as of 23-Jan-1997 09:32:55-----------------+ 
| Refresh                                                                      | 
|                                                                              | 
| Source Location         Destination Loc Type  User    Last   Cnct Ins Status | 
| LAT 2.22:17             LAT 17.3        INTER ALLEN   09:29  1:24   4        | 
| TTITEST.COM             TTITEST.COM     INTER DAN     09:31 11:13   2        | 
| LAT 2.22:97             LAT 97.1        INTER DEBBIE  09:23  1:30   1  (w)   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
                              Sessions watched: 1 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

If you want to get more detailed information about any of the sessions on the list or watch a session, see Section 9.1.2, Selecting Sessions to Review and Watch.

Selecting User Names



                        +------Select Sessions-------+ 
                        |  All                       | 
                        |  Sessions with incidents   | 
                        |  User names                | 
                        |  Locations                 | 
                        |----------------------------| 
                        |  Exit                      | 
                        +----------------------------+ 

If User names is selected, you are asked for the session user names you want to display.



User names (AAA,BBB,...)? ____________________________________________________ 

You can enter a single user name or a comma-separated list of user names. You can also use the asterisk (*) character as a wildcard. Here are some examples:

To select user name ALAN, enter:

To select user names, ALAN, SUE and GEORGE, enter:

To select the user names that:

enter:



User names (AAA,BBB,...)? jeannie,dan_________________________________________ 

Only active sessions for the specified user names are displayed. For example:



+-----------------------------------Security-----------------------------------+ 
|  Sessions    Clear    Exit                                                   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+-----------------2 active sessions as of 23-Jan-1997 09:32:55-----------------+ 
| Refresh                                                                      | 
|                                                                              | 
| Source Location         Destination Loc Type  User    Last   Cnct Ins Status | 
| TTITEST.COM             TTITEST.COM     INTER DAN     09:31 11:13   2        | 
| LAT 1.182:1             LAT 1.1         INTER JEANNIE 09:31  0:40            | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
                              Sessions watched: 0 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

If you want to get more detailed information about any of the sessions on the list or watch a session, see Section 9.1.2, Selecting Sessions to Review and Watch.

Selecting Locations



                        +------Select Sessions-------+ 
                        |  All                       | 
                        |  Sessions with incidents   | 
                        |  User names                | 
                        |  Locations                 | 
                        |----------------------------| 
                        |  Exit                      | 
                        +----------------------------+ 

If Locations is selected, you are asked for the session locations you want to display.



Locations (AAA,BBB,...)? ____________________________________________________ 

You can enter a single location/address, or a list of locations separated by commas. You can use the asterisk (*) character as a wildcard. Here are some examples:

To select LAT addresses that begin with LAT 1, enter:

To select IP domain names that end in .COM and IP addresses that end in .3, enter:

If "*.COM" was entered,



Locations (AAA,BBB,...)? *.com_______________________________________________ 

the following sessions would be displayed:



+-----------------------------------Security-----------------------------------+ 
|  Sessions    Clear    Exit                                                   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+-----------------2 active sessions as of 23-Jan-1997 09:32:55-----------------+ 
| Refresh                                                                      | 
|                                                                              | 
| Source Location         Destination Loc Type  User    Last   Cnct Ins Status | 
| TTITEST.COM             TTITEST.COM     INTER DAN     09:31 11:13   2        | 
| ASA.COMNET.COM          TR.TTINET.COM   INTER JODI    09:31  1:04            | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
                              Sessions watched: 0 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

If you want to get more detailed information about any of the sessions on the list or watch a session, see Section 9.1.2, Selecting Sessions to Review and Watch.

9.1.2 Selecting Sessions to Review and Watch

To display specific session information and/or watch that session, use the mouse to select a session from the sessions list. In the following example, ALLEN is selected:



+-----------------------------------Security-----------------------------------+ 
|  Sessions    Clear    Exit                                                   | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
+----------------28 active sessions as of 23-Jan-1997 09:32:55-----------------+ 
| Refresh                                                                      | 
|                                                                              | 
| Source Location         Destination Loc Type  User    Last   Cnct Ins Status | 
| LAT 2.22:17             LAT 17.3        INTER ALLEN   09:29  1:24   4        | 
| TTITEST.COM             TTITEST.COM     INTER DAN     09:31 11:13   2        | 
| LAT 2.22:97             LAT 97.1        INTER DEBBIE  09:23  1:30   1  (w)   | 
| IP 204.212.151.105:1634 CAST.TTINET.COM INTER SYSTEM  09:31 15:55            | 
| LAT 31.144:7            LAT 7.2         INTER HENRY   09:31  1:28            | 
| LAT 1.182:1             LAT 1.1         INTER JEANNIE 09:31  0:40            | 
| ASA.COMNET.COM          TR.TTINET.COM   INTER JODI    09:31  1:04            | 
| LAT 2.22:49             LAT 49.4        INTER MSR     09:31  1:13            | 
| . . .                                                                        | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
                              Sessions watched: 1 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

After a session is selected, a new window is created and information about the session activity is displayed in a box in the new window. The information in the selected session window includes a menu of options and session activity information. For example:

Example 9-3 Session Display


+-------------------------------Session Security-------------------------------+ 
|  Refresh    Actions    Incidents    Exit                                     | 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
   +-------------------Session as of 23-Jan-1997 09:57:54-------------------+ 
   |                                                                        | 
   | LAT 2.22:17 --> LAT 17.3                                               | 
   |                                                                        | 
   | Type               : INTER                                             | 
   | User name          : probably ALLEN                                    | 
   | Incidents          : 4                                                 | 
   | Last login         : 23-Jan-1997 08:09:18                              | 
   | Last activity      : 23-Jan-1997 09:46:49                              | 
   | Watch status       : none                                              | 
   +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
 
 
 
 
 
EXIT = Exit                       INTOUCH INSA             \ = Back  HELP = Help

Depending on the session, additional information might be displayed.

The Session Security menu options are:



+-------------------------------Session Security-------------------------------+ 
|  Refresh    Actions    Incidents    Exit                                     | 
+-----------+------Actions------+----------------------------------------------+ 
            |  Watch            | 
            |  Unwatch          | 
            |  Snapshot         | 
            |  Playback         | 
            |  Start Recording  | 
            |  Stop Recording   | 
            |  Disconnect       | 
            +-------------------+ 

Refresh

When you select Refresh from the Session Security menu at the top of the screen, the screen clears and is repainted with updated information.


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