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Short Description:
The Administering Security on the Solaris Operating System course provides students with the skills to implement, administer, and maintain a secure Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS).
Full Description:
Who Can Benefit
System administrators or security administrators who have responsibility for administering one or more homogeneous Solaris OS systems or administering security on one or more Solaris OS systems.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Demonstrate basic Solaris OS system and network administration skills
Install the Solaris OS
Administer users, printers, file systems, networks, and devices on the Solaris OS
Demonstrate a basic understanding of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
Describe security terminology and common forms of security attack
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
Related Courses
Before: SA-399: Network Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
Course Content
Module 1 - Exploring Security
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Describe the role of system security
Describe historical examples of break-ins
Define security terminology
Classify security attacks
Describe the motivations of an attacker
Run an intrusion detection system
Define a security policy
Use the open source security tools
Module 2 - Using Solaris OS Log Files
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Describe the Solaris OS standard log files
Configure the system logging (syslogd) utility
Monitor log files using the swatch tool
Describe the Solaris OS monitoring tools
Collect information using the Solaris OS accounting package
Module 3 - Examining the Solaris OS Basic Security Module (BSM)
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Configure BSM auditing
Start and stop the BSM
Create an audit trail using the BSM
Generate an audit trail
Interpret and filter audit data
Implement BSM device management
Module 4 - Preventing Security Attacks
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Recognize Trojan horses
Identify back door attacks
Detect and prevent Trojan horse and back door attacks
Use rootkits to hide attackers
Identify Denial of Service (DoS) attacks
Module 5 - Administering User Accounts Securely
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Administer regular users
Administer superuser accounts
Secure guest accounts
Protect dormant accounts
Check user security
Classify non-login accounts
Limit user options with restricted shells
Module 6 - Administering Password Security
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Describe password mechanisms
Run a password-cracking program
Module 7 - Securing Root Access
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Control root access with role based access control (RBAC)
Control root access with the sudo utility
Module 8 - Preventing File System Attacks
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Set up the root partition
Set file system permissions for security
Describe set-user-ID and set-group-ID permissions
Secure files using access control lists (ACLs)
Describe other security defense mechanisms
Protect systems using backups and restores
Module 9 - Auditing File Systems
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Describe file system auditing
Describe file system auditing tools
Using the TripWire tool to audit file systems
Module 10 - Attacking Network Data
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Define network sniffing
Describe network sniffer tools
Defend against network service attacks
Module 11 - Securing Network Data
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Implement secure communication using the SSL
Describe the IPsec architecture
Configure security using the skip utility in the SunScreen software
Module 12 - Analyzing Network Services
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Apply network security probing tools
Describe using the GUI to configure the SAINT
Configure the SAINT network analysis tool
Interpret SAINT reports
Detect network analyzer attacks
Module 13 - Securing Network Services
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Restrict network services
Defend network services
Use Berkeley "r" commands for remote connections
Secure services with the chroot command
Integrate services using the Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM)
Describe the Sun enterprise authentication mechanism (SEAM)
Module 14 - Automating Server Hardening
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Describe system hardening
Describe system hardening using the SST
Set up the SST
Module 15 - Authenticating Network Services
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Describe network authentication using TCP wrappers
Configure host access control
Use banners with TCP wrappers
Module 16 - Securing Remote Access
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Describe the benefits of Secure Shell
Configure Secure Shell
Module 17 - Securing Physical Access
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Assess the risk from physical intrusion
Apply physical security measures
Module 18 - Connecting the Enterprise Network to the Outside World
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Design the network to improve security
Running enterprise security audits
Explain the role of security audits
Identify common sources of security information
Duration:
5 days
Price:
$2795.00
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