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Special Forums News, Links, Events and Announcements Solaris vs Linux Security Post 62486 by photon on Wednesday 16th of February 2005 12:57:19 PM

02-16-2005

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The author does have a point that the less well known an operating
system such as Solaris is, the less likely there is for they're to be a
virus or other maliciously coded plague to infect it. The writers of
these programs want to infect the most common operating systems
in use.

I like my old Red Hat 6.2 and Solaris 8 best and have never had a
problem and am reluctant to upgrade, because I think the less common operating systems will have less likely a chance of attack being unknown
to attackers.

Doesn't this line of reason make sense?

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trusted_extensions

trusted_extensions(5)					Standards, Environments, and Macros				     trusted_extensions(5)

NAME

       trusted_extensions - Solaris Trusted Extensions

DESCRIPTION

       SolarisTM  Trusted Extensions software is a specific configuration of the Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). Solaris Trusted Extensions
       (Trusted Extensions) provides labels for local objects and processes, for the desktop and windowing system, for zones and file systems, and
       for  network  communications.  These labels are used to implement a Multilevel Security (MLS) policy that restricts the flow of information
       based on label relationships. In contrast to Discretionary Access Control (DAC) based on ownership, the	MLS  policy  enforced  by  Trusted
       Extensions is an example of Mandatory Access Control (MAC).

       By  default, Trusted Extensions software is disabled. It is enabled and disabled (but not configured) by the labeld(1M) service, identified
       by the FMRI:

	 svc:/system/labeld:default

       Refer to the Administrator's Guide listed below for the required configuration of Trusted Extensions software  necessary  before  use.  The
       system must be rebooted after enabling or disabling labeld to activate or deactivate Trusted Extensions software.

SEE ALSO

       labeld(1M), label_encodings(4), labels(5)

       Solaris Trusted Extensions Administrator's Procedures

       Solaris Trusted Extensions User's Guide

SunOS 5.11							    12 Nov 2007 					     trusted_extensions(5)