Christoph Schuba's Weblog Security Technologies

This blog entry represents an update to my earlier blog on "Scripting technology demonstrations in (Open)Solaris". I created this entry, because I rewrote the software to include new functionality and to no longer require a C compiler. Everything's in Perl now. Some of the text below is duplicated from my original blog entry, but I figured it's easier on readers to find all information in a single blog entry rather than having to jump back and forth. For the impatient readers, here's what's new:

• Ease of portability: demotools are now completely written in Perl - no more C programs that require compilation
• The demo tools routines are a Perl module now, easily integrated into your program
  
  

Glenn Faden and I recently contributed a book chapter on Solaris Trusted Extensions (pdf version)  to Trent Jaeger's new book on Operating System Security, published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers. This book is part of the Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy and Trust. Check it

• Jaeger, Trent. Operating System Security. Synthesis Lectures on Information Security, Privacy and Trust. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. 2008.
  
  

The idea sounds simple enough... a tree house!

And not surprisingly, everyone we talk to loves the idea and shows a big smile on their face.  I had been harboring the idea for years, ...decades actually..., and now the time is right: our children can make it theirs, our backyard has the ideal trees, and we have saved a modest budget to pay for the lumber and supplies.  Finding the time to work on it is still a challenge, but - heck - we can't wait till retirement to start the project or it won't be ready until we have grandchildren!

I just finished putting together the presentation that will be given at the 2009 Sun Technology Developer Days, short TechDays, events across the globe. I'll be giving the presentation in a few weeks in São Paulo, Brazil, others will deliver it in Cities such as Seoul, Beijing, and London. If you've never been to TechDays, check out the web site - these (usually free) events are a great opportunity to learn the latest and hottest Sun technologies.  You can download the slides in PDF as well as their OpenOffice source format ODP. The latter version includes extensive sets of notes that help to understand the slides. The presentation includes a lot of code and administration examples.

• PDF version
  

• ODP version
  

This blog entry is related to the one that Glenn Faden published recently, entitled "Running Trusted Extensions with opensolaris.2008.05". I updated Glenn's posting to describe how to get Trusted Extensions running on the OpenSolaris 2008.11 distribution. The release 2008.11 is scheduled for  November this year, hence the name...

Jan Pechanec, Mark Phalan and I published a paper together entitled "New Security Features in OpenSolaris and Beyond" (pdf) at the OpenSolaris Developer Conference in Prague.    

Hello World!

My first blog entry should probably be about myself, so here is my professional biography - as time goes on, I am sure you'll get to read more about my hobbies and family, but for now I'll concentrate on my professional development.

Cheers,
-Christoph