Overview

Solaris™ 10 Security Essentials describes the various security technologies contained in the Solaris operating system. The 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 straightforward way that makes a seemingly arcane subject accessible to system administrators at all levels.   The strengths of the Solaris operating system’s security model are its scalability and its adaptability. It can protect a single user with login authentication or multiple users with Internet and intranet configurations requiring user-rights management, authentication, encryption, IP security, key management, and more. This book is written for users who need to secure their laptops, network administrators who must secure an entire company, and everyone in between.   The book’s topics include Zones virtualization security System hardening Trusted Extensions (Multi-layered Security) Privileges and role-based access control (RBAC) Cryptographic services and key management Auditing Network security Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Solaris™ 10 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.

Full Product Details

Author:   Sun Microsystems Security Engineers
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Prentice Hall
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780137012336

ISBN 10:   0137012330
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   19 November 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Preface xv About the Authors xix   Chapter 1: Solaris Security Services 1 1.1 A Solaris Security Story 1 1.2 Security Services in the Solaris OS 3 1.3 Configurable Security Services in the Solaris OS 5   Chapter 2: Hardening Solaris Systems 9 2.1 Securing Network Services 9 2.2 Configuration Hardening 16 2.3 Basic Audit and Reporting Tool 20 2.4 Signed ELF Filesystem Objects 22 2.5 Solaris Fingerprint Database (sfpDB) 23   Chapter 3: System Protection with SMF 29 3.1 Service Management Facility (SMF) 29 3.2 How SMF Configuration Works 30 3.3 Modifying Solaris Services Defaults 31   Chapter 4: File System Security 41 4.1 Traditional UNIX File System Security 41 4.2 ZFS/NFSv4 ACLs 48 4.3 Maintaining File System Integrity 52 4.4 UFS and NFSv4 Mount Options 57 4.5 ZFS Mount Options 58 4.6 ZFS Delegated Administration 59   Chapter 5: Privileges and Role-Based Access Control 63 5.1 Traditional UNIX Security Model 63 5.2 Solaris Fine-Grained Privileges 66 5.3 Solaris Role-Based Access Control 72 5.4 Privileges for System Services 90   Chapter 6: Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) 95 6.1 The PAM Framework 96 6.2 The PAM Modules 96 6.3 The PAM Configuration File 101 6.4 PAM Consumers 106 6.5 The PAM Library 109 6.6 PAM Tasks 110   Chapter 7: Solaris Cryptographic Framework 113 7.1 PKCS #11 Standard and Library 114 7.2 User-Level Commands 119 7.3 Administration of the Solaris Cryptographic Framework 122 7.4 Hardware Acceleration 125 7.5 Examples of Using the Cryptographic Framework 127   Chapter 8: Key Management Framework (KMF) 133 8.1 Key Management Administrative Utility 134 8.2 KMF Policy-Enforcement Mechanism 139 8.3 Key Management Policy Configuration Utility 140 8.4 KMF Programming Interfaces 142   Chapter 9: Auditing 145 9.1 Introduction and Background 145 9.2 Definitions and Concepts 147 9.3 Configuring Auditing 148 9.4 Analyzing the Audit Trail 157 9.5 Managing the Audit Trail 163 9.6 Common Auditing Customizations 165   Chapter 10: Solaris Network Security 169 10.1 IP Filter 169 10.2 What Is IPsec? 179 10.3 Solaris Secure Shell (SunSSH) 192 10.4 Configuring SunSSH 194 10.5 OpenSSL 199 10.6 Kerberos 201 10.7 Kerberos in the Solaris OS 204 10.8 Kerberos Administration 207 10.9 Application Servers 215 10.10 Interoperability with Microsoft Active Directory 217   Chapter 11: Zones Virtualization Security 221 11.1 The Concept of OS Virtualization: Introduction and Motivation 221 11.2 The Architecture of Solaris Zones 222 11.3 Getting Started with Zones 226 11.4 The Security Advantages of OS Virtualization 229 11.5 Monitoring Events in Zones 236   Chapter 12: Configuring and Using Trusted Extensions 239 12.1 Why Use Trusted Extensions? 239 12.2 Enabling Trusted Extensions 240 12.3 Getting Started 241 12.4 Configuring Your Trusted Network 243 12.5 Creating Users and Roles 248 12.6 Creating Labeled Zones 251 12.7 Using the Multilevel Desktop 254   Index 261

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This book is the work of the engineers, architects, and writers at Sun Microsystems who conceptualized the services, wrote the procedures, and coded the Solaris OS’s security features. These authors bring a vast range of industry and academic experience to the business of creating and deploying secure operating systems. Authors include Glenn Brunette, Hai-May Chao, Martin Englund, Glenn Faden, Mark Fenwick, Valerie Anne Fenwick, Wyllys Ingersoll, Wolfgang Ley, Darren Moffat, Pravas Kumar Panda, Jan Pechanec, Mark Phalan, Darren Reed, Scott Rotondo, Christoph Schuba, Sharon Read Veach, Joep Vesseur, and Paul Wernau.

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