The problems of UNIX administrative security and accountability are answered with Symark PowerBroker . Selective Access to Root Power Provides the ability to selectively assign administrative powers to specified, trusted users. Each user can only perform those administrative actions which fall under their responsibility. Root password is not revealed so system security is not compromised. Audit trail allows sites to track what actions have been undertaken by whom, when, where, and on which machines.
Audit trail contains a full record of the working environment of each administrative program.
Symark PowerBroker can query, extract, and present information selectively from the log files. Determine which days and time of day rlogin and telnet sessions may be initiated. All of Symark PowerBroker's internal network traffic is encrypted, preventing network snoopers from reading sensitive information as it is being transmitted across a network. Symark PowerBroker utilizes a checksum mechanism for each program run in the root account, providing a thorough level of protection against accidentally running a virus-modified program. At run time, if the current checksum does not match the previously computed one, the program is rejected and a log entry is generated.