Solaris 10 Security Essentials (PDF)

Solaris(TM) Security Essentials begins with two short stories that highlight the evolution of security in UNIX^® systems and the particular strengths that Sun Microsystems has added to the Solaris operating system to make it the most secure OS on the planet.

This book describes how to make installations secure and how to configure the OS to the particular needs of your environment, whether your systems are on the edge of the Internet or running a data center. The authors present the material in a straight-forward way that makes a seemingly arcane subject accessible to system administrators at all levels.

The strengths of Solaris operating system security are its scalability and its adaptability. It can protect a single-user system with login authentication to Internet and intranet configurations requiring user-rights management, authentication, encryption, and IP security, key management, and more. This book is written for users who need to secure their laptops and for network administrators who must secure an entire company.

Solaris(TM) Security Essentials is the work of the engineers and architects who conceptualized the services, wrote the specifications, and coded the Solaris OS's security features. The authors bring a wide range of industry and academic experience to the business of creating and deploying secure operating systems. The book's topics include:

• Key Management Framework (KMF)
• Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
• Zones Virtualization Security
• Execution Protection
• Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
• File Permissions and ACLs
• Cryptographic Services

Solaris(TM) Security Essentials is the first in a new series on Solaris system administration. It is a superb guide to deploying and managing secure computer environments.