LDAPWiki: XDAS

Overview#

The objective of the XDAS specification is to define:

a set of generic events of relevance at a global Distributed system level, For example, end-user system sign-on and the initiation and termination of communication sessions between components.
a common portable auditing record format to facilitate the merging and analysis of audit information from multiple components at the Distributed system level
an API for use by applications to submit events to XDAS
an API to import audit data from existing component specific audit services to XDAS
an API to configure event pre-selection criteria for event submission to XDAS
an API to read records from a XDAS audit trail

The Distributed Audit Service or XDAS is an Logging and Auditing system.

The XDAS standard model defines three separate actors in any XDAS Event record connected by an XDAS Action:

The XDAS Initiator causes the event to occur by taking action against the Target.
The XDAS Target is the resource affected by the Action
The XDAS Observer detects the XDAS Action taking place and generates an event record to describe it.

As far as I know, Originally conceived as part of the Novell "Bandit Project" it is now part of the OpenGroup.

The XDAS standard defines three very critical aspects of auditing: API, Record Format, and Taxonomy.

Generally, our work involves the use of XDASv2 regarding Novell eDirectory 8.8 and Novell Identity Manager.