Administering Security on the Solaris Operating System
Length: 5 days
Prerequisite: Intermediate and Advanced Solaris System Administration
Recommendation Statement:
To succeed fully in this course, students should have basic Solaris OS system and network administration skills, be able to install the Solaris OS, administer users, printers, file systems, networks, and devices on the Solaris OS. The student should also have a basic understanding of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
Course Description:
This Security course provides students with the skills necessary to implement, administer, and maintain a secure Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS). The operating system will be Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10) - Sun's implementation of SystemV release4.
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
· Describe security terminology and common forms of security attacks
· Use Solaris OS logging and auditing to identify actual and potential security attacks
· Secure a Solaris OS host against user and network attacks
· Use tools, such as Solaris Security Toolkit (SST), to improve system security
