File Size; File Format - VeriFone Vx520 Implementation Manual

5.2.1. File size

The size of the file has to be decided for each application/platform. According to PCI DSS
requirement 10.7 audit trails must be retained for at least three months online (ready for immediate
forensic analysis) and for a total of one year.

5.2.2. File format

The terminal audit log file should be a readable ascii text file with one entry on each line. The log
entries should consist of data according to table below with each value separated by semi-colon ";"
last data element is also padded with ';' character. This makes it possible to import the file to a
number of existing database programs.
Requirement Name
10.3.1 User ID
10.3.2 Type of event
10.3.3 Date & Time
10.3.4 Success
10.3.5 Origination
10.3.6 Content data
Trailer
SysLog is sent in TCP message instead of UDP. Make sure your SysLog server supports it.
SysLog is based on standard internet protocols as specified by RFC 3164 and RFC 3195.
Event Type Content
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Author
Jevgenijs Smirnovs
E-mail
jevgenijs.smirnovs@verifone.com
Phone
+371 67844726
Value
Full name of process or script depending on applica-
tion/platform.
See table below
YYMMDDhhmmss
OK / NOK
Auto / Man / Timer
Depending on type of event. See table below. In case of sever-
al data entries in single event separator "!" is used to split da-
ta entries.
Newline characters indicating end of log entry: '\n' (0x0A)
Document name Verifone Payment Core
Point VxPC F02.01.xxx
Implementation Guide
Date
12-Jun-2015
Page number Version
27 1.0
Description