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User Messages and Violations Suppression

CA Top Secret provides options to suppress messages and violations. You can suppress:

• Sending messages to users in WARN mode by not specifying the MSG sub-option of the LOG control options.
• Sending selected messages to users through the MSG control option.
• Selected violations issued to users, but not the logging of violations, by changing characteristics of detailed violation reason codes through the DRC control option.

Suppressing messages may be an acceptable implementation strategy, particularly during the testing stages. Avoid message or violation suppression if possible. User messages and violations are often an important debugging tool to resolve user problems. If you suppress messages, choose the messages or violations you are going to suppress and communicate to any person who handles security problems that users may not be receiving the selected messages or violations.