[linuxkernelnewbies] Security at OpenSolaris.org

[Peter Teoh]

http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/security/ News Network Security Presentation- Shawn Emery | FROSUG Aug 2008 | 08/27/2008 Shawn Emery gave a Network Security presentation at the August 21st meeting to the Front Range OpenSolaris User Group (FROSUG) in Broomfield, CO. Presentation contains info about the Crypto Framework, SASL, Kerberos, PAM, OpenSSl, Java, IPsec/IKE, and SSH. Cryptographic Framework - Wolfgang Ley | OSDevCon 2008 - Prague | 06/26/2008 Presentation of the Cryptographic Framework by Wolfgang Ley at the OpenSolaris Developer Conference in Prague. Click on the link to see a video of the presentation, the slides, and a paper. Multilevel Filesystems in Solaris Trusted Extensions | opensolaris.org | 07/21/2007 Glenn Faden presented a paper about the Multilevel Filesystems in Solaris Trusted Extensions at the 12th ACM symposium on Access control models and technologies. The paper is available at http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1266840.1266859 or for your convenience, here: http://opensolaris.org/os/community/security/projects/tx/sacmat04s-faden-1.pdf Comparitive Study of Containment Technologies | opensolaris.org | 06/14/2007 An interesting paper has been written by two Computer Science students, Magnus Eriksson and Staffan Palmroos, for their final thesis at Linköpings University in Sweden. The paper compares the use of Solaris zones, and SELinux Type Enforcement in implementing containment strategies. It explains the architectural elements of each system, and describes their experiences in deploying confined applications. Google Summer of Code 2006 Results | opensolaris.org | 10/17/2006 The Google Summer of Code for 2006 has finished now and a copy of Johannes Nicolai's report is in the security community along with pointers to webrev's of the code changes. Blogs Valerie Anne Fenwick - Free Solaris and Java training May 20, 2:50 PM This is pretty cool - Sun Learning is offering a Career Stimulus Learning Package for free - there are some Solaris system administration classes, some Java and JavaFX classes and resume templates on ... yenduri - Kernel SSL deep dive presentation May 20, 8:04 AM Slides from Kernel SSL deep dive presentation A while back, I gave a deep dive presentation on Kernel SSL to an internal audience. I am making it available here. Valerie Anne Fenwick - vishing?!?! vishing?! May 19, 5:09 PM Okay, I learned a new word today - "vishing", which means using "voice" to "phish" data from people.  Am I the only one that couldn't stop laughing after reading this word in the CNet article on ... Christoph Schuba - Transparent Multi-core Cryptographic Support on Niagara CMT Processors May 18, 5:44 PM I just presented a paper I co-authored at the second Internation Workshop on Multicore Software Engineering (IWMSE09) in Vancouver, Canada. I posted a blog entry a few weeks ago when the paper was ... yenduri - ksslcfg(1M) and the -T option on S10 May 15, 3:57 PM ksslcfg(1M) and the -T option on S10 ksslcfg(1m) has a -T option. From the man page - -T token_label          When pkcs11 is specified with -f, uses the PKCS#11 token          specified in ...