A standard security feature for remote-control software is the ability to log information such as who controlled a certain PC on a specific date and time. To address this need, all PCs running NetOp Guest and Host modules can log this type of information locally. However, it is also possible to store all this information in one central location using the NetOp Log Server module.

The Log Server is an ordinary NetOp Host module designed specifically to receive and store information about past and present remote-control sessions over a specific network. A major advantage of this system is that it is far easier to gather auditing information from a single source. Furthermore, with a NetOp Log Server, the logged information is far safer and easier to maintain.

A central logging system also gives you an overview of all remote-control sessions, making it easy to see if security policies are being followed. It is easy to tabulate the number of support calls made over any given period and the time taken to solve user problems, and so on.

What’s more, with the Log Server it is possible to feed data about remote-control sessions directly into other systems, such as the billing system. It is also possible to have multiple Log Servers on a network so you can have separate audit trails for different departments. The NetOp Log Server is compatible with both Windows and OS/2 operating systems.

Fact Sheet – NetOp Log Server

Feature overview:
Select which events to keep a record of, keep all log information on one secure PC, log remote-control events to your own disk, browse the network for available Log Servers, easy to import information from the Log Server into your own database. NetOp host and guest users have the option to send information to the Log Server, it is possible to use several Log Servers for security reasons or to minimise network traffic, logging possible via IPX, NetBIOS or TCP/IP.

Related NetOp products
NetOp Log Server is compatible with NetOp for OS/2 version 5.3, 5.4 and 6.5, NetOp for Windows version 5.3 and 5.4 and NetOp Remote Control 6.0 or later. NetOp Remote Control, NetOp for Windows and NetOp for OS/2 Guests can remote control NetOp for DOS (network) Hosts 4.3x (via IPX and NetBIOS) and log some of the events. NetOp Log Server is compatible with the NetOp Access Server module.

Technical requirements
NetOp Log Server (OS/2 version)
Computer: IBM PC/PS or compatible.
Video: Any graphics adapter supported by OS/2.
Disk space: 2 MB.
OS/2: Version 2.0 or higher, Warp 3.0 and 4.x
IPX: Novell's Netware requester for OS/2 or compatible.
NetBIOS: IBM or compatible.
TCP/IP: IBM's TCP/2 and FTP's PC/TCP for OS/2 or compatible.
APPC: IBM Communication Manager/2 or compatible.
Serial/Modem: Null modem cable or modem (AT command set).
ISDN: CAPI 1.1 16-bit DLL or CAPI 2.0 16-bit DLL.