hey gang - The Solaris 10 Security Essentials book has been officially published! http://www.amazon.com/Solaris-Security-Essentials-Microsystems-Engineers/dp/0137012330
While the title implies this is just for Solaris 10, all of the concepts apply to OpenSolaris as well, though a few of the examples may slightly differ between the two operating systems. This text goes in depth for some of the most useful security features in the operating system, including: Zones virtualization security, system hardening, Trusted Extensions, priveleges & RBAC, cryptographic services, IPfilter, IPsec, PAM, etc. You have probably seen posts from many of the authors here before: Glenn Brunette, Hai-May Chao, Martin Englund, Glenn Faden, Mark Fenwick, Valerie Anne Fenwick, Wyllys Ingersoll, Wolfgang Ley, Darren Moffat, Pravas Kumar Panda, Jan Pechanec, Mark Phalan, Darren Reed, Scott Rotondo, Christoph Schuba, Sharon Read Veach, Joep Vesseur, and Paul Wernau. It was a pleasure to work with all of them, especially Sharon, who also served as our patient editor. Having never written a book before, there were many things in the process that surprised me, but all of our hard work has paid off and we ended up with an excellent finished product that we're all proud of :-) None of this would've been possible without the hard work and perseverance from our project manager, Jim Siwila! Enjoy! Valerie -- Valerie Fenwick, http://blogs.sun.com/bubbva/ @bubbva Solaris Security Technologies, Developer, Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17 Network Circle, Menlo Park, CA, 94025.