What is Trusted Solaris 8?

The Trusted Solaris 8 software package is an enhanced version of the Solaris 8 operating environment (including the Common Desktop Environment (CDE)), with special security features. The Trusted Solaris environment lets an organization define and implement a security policy for a single Sun workstation or a network of Sun workstations. A security policy is the set of rules and practices that help protect information and other resources (such as computer hardware) in your system. Typically, rules deal with such items as who has access to which information or who is allowed to write files to tape; practices are recommended procedures for performing tasks.

Here are some major security features that Trusted Solaris 8 provides. (Note that your site may not implement all of these features.)