Proxy Web Servers and Authentication > Privacy Statements

Use of logs to identify problems and service abuses

• Log files can show if a user's credentials are being used by more than one person
• Likely a violation of the vendor's database agreement and an unauthorized use of your resources
• Things to look for:
  1. Near simultaneous use of a set of credentials for a wide variety of databases
  2. Wide geographic use of a set of credentials over a short period of time
  3. "Excessive" use of one set of credentials