Basic Trusted Solaris Environment

There are four major differences between the Trusted Solaris environment (see the following figure) and the standard Solaris environment:

Figure 4-1 Basic Trusted Solaris Environment

• Label displays - All windows, workspaces, files, and applications have a label (which may be visible or hidden) associated with them. The graphical interface provides stripes and other indicators for viewing an entity's labels.

• Trusted stripe - A special graphical security mechanism called the trusted stripe is always displayed at the bottom of the screen.

• Limited access to applications from the Front Panel - The Front Panel provides access only to those applications permitted in your user account.

• Trusted Path menu - The switch area in the Front Panel provides access to the Trusted Path pop-up menu for performing security-related tasks.