Students who can benefit from this course are trusted Solaris 8 OS system administrators and network administrators interfacing with other systems running Trusted Solaris 8 OS.

• Perform basic administration tasks with the Solaris 8 OS
• Add and delete users
• Share file systems and directories
• Install and configure custom software, including the Solaris 8 OS

• Describe the Trusted Solaris 8 OS access control and labels
• Work within the Trusted Solaris 8 OS Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
• Work with labeled data
• Configure Trusted Solaris OS based upon security requirements
• Add users within the Trusted Solaris 8 OS
• Describe auditing and analyze audit trails
• Process authorization, attributes, and execution profiles
• Configure Trusted Solaris 8 OS networking aspects
• Manage devices and file systems
• Install and configure the Trusted Solaris 8 OS

Module 1 - Trusted Solaris OS Concepts

• Describe the Common Criteria standards for evaluating information technology (IT) security
• Select an operating system security structure that fits with your local site's security policy
• Explain how the Trusted Solaris OS can satisfy your company's security requirements

Module 2 - Access Control and Labels

• Use the Discretionary Access Control (DAC) features
• Use the Mandatory Access Control (MAC) components and features
• Describe the interaction of DAC and MAC as part of the implementation of the security policy

Module 3 - Solaris Management Console

• Describe how to use the Trusted Solaris Management Console (SMC)
• Initialize and configure databases
• Manage users, roles, and hosts

Module 4 - Accessing a Trusted Solaris OS

• Log in to a Trusted Solaris OS
• Identify the features of Trusted CDE
• Work within the Trusted Solaris OS windowing environment
• Create workspaces with different sensitivity labels

Module 5 - The Trusted Window Environment

• Describe the CDE environment and the MAC extensions to it
• Use ACLs on files and directories
• Use multilevel directories
• Use the drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste features of the Trusted Solaris OS
• Use and describe the handling of email, calendars, and other features on systems running the Trusted Solaris OS

Module 6 - The label_encodings Database

• Describe the concepts of the label_encodings database and the role it plays in setting security policy
• Demonstrate through examples the steps to create, test, and implement a label_encodings database
• Analyze an existing label_encodings database, explaining the sections and their function and importance

Module 7 - Privileges and Process Attributes

• Describe the advantages of the Principle of Least Privilege from a technical point of view
• Check and assign privileges to an application
• Verify what privileges are needed by an application in order to run successfully

Module 8 - User and Role Authorizations and Rights Profiles

• Describe authorizations and how they are applied to users and roles with the use of rights profiles
• Choose the rights profile to assign to a user
• Create new rights profiles and modify existing ones

Module 9 - Configuring the Network

• Differentiate between the various networking protocols supported by the Trusted Solaris OS
• Properly configure the networking aspects of the Trusted Solaris OS

Module 10 - Device and File System Management

• Configure file systems, including disk-based and NFS
• Configure and use allocatable devices and printers

Module 11 - JumpStart and Name Services

• List the primary components for setting up a JumpStart network installation
• Set up a JumpStart installation server to provide the
• Trusted Solaris OS with the software necessary to install clients from a workstation running the regular Solaris OS and from a workstation running the Trusted Solaris OS
• Add install clients to the install servers and boot servers
• Create a configuration server with customized rules and class files
• Boot install clients
• Install and configure NIS+ and NIS

Module 12 - Installation and Configuration

• Explain the hardware requirements for a Trusted Solaris OS installation
• State the different installation methods available for the Trusted Solaris OS software
• Describe the differences between the installation of the Trusted Solaris OS and standard Solaris OS
• Install and configure a Workstation with the Trusted Solaris OS software

Module 13 - Audit Configuration

• Describe how the auditing system works, and be able to customize it so that it will not bring your system to a halt
• Define what actions are to be audited
• Analyze the resulting audit trail