Security Certifications for the Solaris OS

Sun's Security Portal shows which Solaris releases have received the stringent Common Criteria Certification.

Posted at 08:00AM Nov 18, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[0]

Free Event: Solaris Security Summit on Nov. 3rd

Join us at the Solaris Security Summit on Tues. Nov 3rd, co-located with USENIX LISA in Baltimore, Maryland.

Posted at 08:00AM Oct 06, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Immutable Service Containers: Addressing Security in a World of Changing Deployment

Glenn Brunette, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Security Architect, is working on a project that attempts to solve some of the bigger problems around the security of virtualized environments using Immutable Service Containers (ISCs)--an architectural deployment pattern for highly secure service delivery. Listen to this edition of Innovating@Sun in which Hal Stern, VP Global Systems Engineering, and Brunette discuss ISCs.

Posted at 08:00AM Aug 27, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Core Java: News and Articles

Security, SCTP, and garbage collection are among the highlights.

Posted at 11:37AM Jun 24, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

New Tech Tips on BigAdmin Wiki

The BigAdmin wiki includes info from Sun and the community. Tech Tips are organized by category. See "Tech Tip Cats" (meow) in the left nav for the list, including Availability, Automation, Databases, Security, and more.

New on the wiki:

* Testing data consistency during Multipathing switchover: This community tech tip describes how to remove EMC PowerPath and enable MPXIO while file systems are in use on a server that runs the Solaris OS.

* How to Change Sun Cluster Node Names: This tech tip from Fabio Morais do Nascimento of Sun shows how to change Solaris Cluster node names.

Posted at 08:00AM Apr 07, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Java SE 6 Update 13 Security Updates

This update contains several key security updates. For more information, see the release notes. Download Java SE 6 Update 13 now.

Posted at 05:12PM Apr 02, 2009 by GD in Core Java  | 

Security Advantages of Solaris Zones (by Dr. Christoph Schuba)

This Sun BluePrints document explains that OS-level virtualization allows multiple applications to share the same OS instance while providing separate security domains for each application.

Posted at 08:00AM Jan 14, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Pre-Order From Amazon: Solaris Reference Books

You can pre-order these two reference books now. (You can even get them gift-wrapped):
- Solaris Security Essentials book
- Solaris 10 System Administration Essentials

Posted at 04:43PM Jan 13, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun BluePrints Doc on Security Capabilities of Solaris Zones Software

This document by Glenn Brunette and Jeff Victor offers practical concepts and examples of the security benefits enabled by Solaris Zones, and sparse root zone configurations, more specifically.

Posted at 08:00AM Jan 07, 2009 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Identity as a Service (Article in English and German)

"Identities in a Service-Oriented World: Identity as a Service" -- This paper discusses current innovations within SOA and Web 2.0 environments, as well as security considerations.

German-language version, "Identitaten in einer Service orientierten Welt" -- In diesem Artikel werden die aktuellen Entwicklungen im SOA und Web 2.0 Umfeld diskutiert, sowie deren Sicherheitsaspekte.

Posted at 08:00AM Dec 09, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Solaris Tip of the Week: Managing Self-Signed Certificates

This is the latest Tip of the Week from Jay Danielsen in the "greetings from network.com" blog. Here is a utility to automate the process of importing a self-signed certificate from a remote host into a client's local truststore or certificate database, so the client can communicate with a secured service.

Posted at 08:00AM Dec 08, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sun BluePrints Article: Designing an Adaptive Security Architecture

This paper discusses a new architectural approach, adaptive security, which is based on the principles of complex adaptive systems and aims to reduce potential security threats and safeguard the functionality, performance, availability, and integrity of IT systems.

Posted at 08:00AM Dec 04, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |  Comments[2]

Setting Up and Debugging SSH Authorized Keys

This community-submitted tech tip describes how to set up a trust relationship between two accounts using SSH authorized keys. Author Chris Harrison also describes how to debug problems and employ additional security measures.

Posted at 09:00AM Nov 14, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Sys Admin Docs for OpenSolaris Updated

The updates includes changes to Writing Device Drivers; System Administration Guide: Security Services; Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures; and System Administration Guide: Basic Administration.

Posted at 09:00AM Oct 29, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  | 

Creating a RubyGems Mirror With HTTP Basic Authentication

This article from the BigAdmin community shows how to create a RubyGems remote repository that is password protected.

Posted at 09:00AM Oct 16, 2008 by CM and KP in BigAdmin  |