Darren et al,

FYI.  Just last night, I finished building a security hardened
version of JeOS [OpenSolaris 2009.06] (for my own  purposes)
that implements:

1. CIS OpenSolaris security hardening recommendations
 
http://blogs.sun.com/gbrunett/entry/free_security_hardened_virtual_machine

2. Encrypted swap
    http://blogs.sun.com/gbrunett/entry/encrypted_swap_in_opensolaris_2009

3. Encrypted scratch space
 
http://blogs.sun.com/gbrunett/entry/encrypted_scratch_space_in_opensolaris

4. Solaris auditing
    (basic configuration - lo,ad,ex (+argv)

5. Solaris IP Filter
    (basic configuration - DHCP+SSH only in, all out)

I am looking into the feasibility of using configurations such as
this (JeOS or not) as base images for targeted "stacks" such
as AMP, Drupal, Hadoop, MediaWiki, etc.).

g

On 6/16/09 8:53 AM, Darren J Moffat wrote:
> There is a security/hardening aspect to this project proposal so
> security-discuss members might be interested as well.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [appliances-discuss] Project Proposal: JeOS
> Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:47:26 -0500
> From: Christopher Kampmeier <Christopher.Kampmeier at Sun.COM>
> To: appliances-discuss at opensolaris.org, install-discuss at opensolaris.org
> CC: Glenn Brunette <Glenn.Brunette at Sun.COM>, Sujeet Vasudevan
> <Sujeet.Vasudevan at Sun.COM>
>
> Leaders of Installation and Packaging and Appliances Communities,
>
> This message is request your sponsorship for the establishment of a
> "JeOS" or "Just enough Operating System" project as part of the
> OpenSolaris Installation and Packaging community.
>
> Although we've discussed this project with Dave Miner and have his
> sponsorship support, we'd also like to hear from the other leaders and
> members of these communities.
>
> Please review and respond to this request by end of Thursday this week.
>
> Once we have more sponsorship feedback, we'll ask Dave to trigger the
> project setup request.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Kampmeier
>
>
> Background
> ==========
> If you are not familiar with JeOS, see:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_enough_operating_system
>
> To get the ball rolling in this project we will be publishing a
> prototype form of an OpenSolaris 2008.11 JeOS this week. This new
> project will begin shaping a 2009.06 iteration of JeOS prototype that is
> in its early stage of definition.
>
> Project Description
> ===================
> Focuses on the definition and delivery of reduced forms of OpenSolaris
> for headless server, small system and hardware appliances deployments
> using both virtual machine (VM) image and bare metal installation
> techniques.
>
> Scope
> =====
> * Provide an anchor for discussions and RFEs concerning OpenSolaris JeOS
> capabilities.
>
> * Define OpenSolaris profiles and associated meta-packages geared to
> reduced sized installations.
>
> * Deliver ready-to-use, developer quality OpenSolaris JeOS VM images for
> popular v12n platforms and aligned with named OpenSolaris releases.
>
> * Work with the OpenSolaris program to plan for the productization of
> JeOS images and JeOS install techniques.
> ** Help integrate building of JeOS images into standard OpenSolaris
> build process.
> ** Help drive scoping of testing required for production supported JeOS
> images.
>
> * Define out-of-the-box experience for the JeOS images.
>
> * Ensure standard security hardening techniques are applied to JeOS images.
>
> * Provide input into other efforts to ensure OpenSolaris properly
> integrates on various system virtualization and cloud platforms.
>
> * Complement various forms of establishing OpenSolaris JeOS
> installations such as Automated Installer and Distro and VM Constructor
> by providing JeOS-oriented input to them on requirements, install
> profiles, meta-packages, etc.
>
> Initial Contributors
> ====================
> * Rudolf Kutina
> * Gabor Puhalla
> * Chris Kampmeier
> * Kohsuke Kawaguchi
>
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