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Short Description:
The Trusted Solaris 8 System Administration course provides students with the skills and knowledge for administration of a Trusted Solaris 8 Operating System (OS).
Full Description:
Who Can Benefit
Trusted Solaris 8 OS system administrators and network administrators interfacing with other systems running Trusted Solaris OS.
Prerequisites
To succeed fully in this course, students should be able to:
Add and delete users
Share file systems and directories
Install and configure custom software, including the Solaris OS
Skills Gained
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
Describe the Trusted Solaris OS access control and labels
Work within the Trusted Solaris OS Common Desktop Environment (CDE)
Work with labeled data
Configure Trusted Solaris OS based upon security requirements
Add users within the Trusted Solaris OS
Establish privileges
Process authorization, attributes, and execution profiles
Configure Trusted Solaris OS networking aspects
Manage devices and file systems
Install and configure the Trusted Solaris OS
Describe auditing and analyze audit trails
Related Courses
Before: SA-239: Intermediate System Administration for the Solaris 9 Operating System
After: SC-300: Administrating Security on Solaris 2.X Environments
Course Content
Module 1: Trusted Solaris OS Concepts
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Describe the Common Criteria standards for evaluating information technology (IT) security
Select an operating system security structure that fits with your local site's security policy
Explain how the Trusted Solaris OS can satisfy your company's security requirements
Module 2: Access Control and Labels
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Use the Discretionary Access Control (DAC) features
Use the Mandatory Access Control (MAC) components and features
Describe the interaction of DAC and MAC as part of the implementation of the security policy
Module 3: Solaris Management Console
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Describe how to use the Trusted Solaris Management Console (SMC)
Initialize and configure databases
Manage users, roles, and hosts
Module 4: Accessing a Trusted Solaris OS
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Log in to a Trusted Solaris OS
Identify the features of Trusted CDE
Work within the Trusted Solaris OS windowing environment
Create workspaces with different sensitivity labels
Module 5: The Trusted Window Environment
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Describe the CDE environment and the MAC extensions to it
Use ACLs on files and directories
Use multilevel directories
Use the drag-and-drop and copy-and-paste features of the Trusted Solaris OS
Use and describe the handling of email, calendars, and other features on systems running the Trusted Solaris OS
Module 6: The label_encodings Database
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Describe the concepts of the label_encodings database and the role it plays in setting security policy
Demonstrate through examples the steps to create, test, and implement a label_encodings database
Analyze an existing label_encodings database, explaining the sections and their function and importance
Module 7: Privileges and Process Attributes
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Describe the advantages of the Principle of Least Privilege from a technical point of view
Check and assign privileges to an application
Verify what privileges are needed by an application in order to run successfully
Module 8: User and Role Authorizations and Rights Profiles
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Describe authorizations and how they are applied to users and roles with the use of rights profiles
Choose the right profile to assign to a user
Create new rights profiles and modify existing ones
Module 9: Configuring the Network
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Differentiate between the various networking protocols supported by the Trusted Solaris OS
Properly configure the networking aspects of the Trusted Solaris OS
Module 10: Device and File System Management
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Configure file systems, including disk-based and NFS
Configure and use allocatable devices and printers
Module 11: JumpStart and Name Services
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List the primary components for setting up a JumpStart network installation
Set up a JumpStart installation server to provide the Trusted Solaris OS with the software necessary to install clients from a workstation running the standard Solaris OS
Add install clients to the install servers and boot servers
Create a configuration server with customized rules and class files
Boot install clients
Install and configure NIS+ and NIS
Module 12: Installation and Configuration
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Explain the hardware requirements for a Trusted Solaris OS installation
State the different installation methods available for the Trusted Solaris OS
Describe the differences between the installation of the Trusted Solaris OS and standard Solaris OS
Install and configure a Workstation with the Trusted Solaris OS
Module 13: Audit Configuration
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Describe how the auditing system works, and be able to customize it so it will not bring your system to a halt
Define what actions are to be audited
Analyze the resulting audit trail
Duration:
5 days
Price:
$2795.00
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