Method and apparatus for remote network access logging and reporting
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- intercepting an access request at a client system to access information at a host system on a network, said access request originating at the client system;
sending log data from the client system to a log server on the network, said log data to identify the access request; and
receiving an access summary from the log server that summarizes at least a portion of the log data received from the client system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for remote network access logging and reporting intercepts an access request at a client system on a network and sends log data identifying the access request to a log server on the network. According to one embodiment, the client system receives an access list from the log server and compares the access request to the access list. In this embodiment, access to the host system is allowed only if the request does not conflict with the access list. According to another embodiment, the client system receives an access list from the log server and compares the access request to the access list. In this embodiment, the log data is sent to the log server only if the request conflicts with the access list.
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19 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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intercepting an access request at a client system to access information at a host system on a network, said access request originating at the client system; sending log data from the client system to a log server on the network, said log data to identify the access request; and receiving an access summary from the log server that summarizes at least a portion of the log data received from the client system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, designed to be executed by a processor, for implementing a function, implementation of the function comprising:
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intercepting an access request at a client system to access information at a host system on a network, said access request originating at the client system; sending log data from the client system to a log server on the network, said log data to identify the access request; and receiving an access summary from the log server that summarizes at least a portion of the log data received from the client system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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an interface to intercept an access request at a client system to access information at a host system on a network, said access request originating at the client system; and a logging process to send log data from the client system to a log server on the network, said log data to identify the access request, and said logging process to receive an access summary from the log server that summarizes at least a portion of the log data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a client system on a network to request access to information stored at a host system on the network; and a log server on the network to store an access log for the client system, said client system to send log data to the log server for addition to the access log to identify access requests made by the client system, said log server to sent an access summary to the client system that summarizes at least a portion of the log data received from the client system.
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19. A system comprising:
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a client system on a network to request access to information stored at a host system on the network; and a log server on the network to store an access list for the client system, said client system to retrieve the access list from the log server, compare a first access request to the access list, and initiate the first access request only if the first access request does not conflict with the access list, said log server further to store an access log for the client system, said client system to send log data to the log server for addition to the access log to identify access requests made by the client system, said client system further to send first log data identifying the first access request to the log server only if the first access request conflicts with the access list.
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