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Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions Configuration and Administration Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10 |
Part I Initial Configuration of Trusted Extensions
1. Security Planning for Trusted Extensions
2. Configuration Roadmap for Trusted Extensions
3. Adding Trusted Extensions Software to the Oracle Solaris OS (Tasks)
4. Configuring Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
5. Configuring LDAP for Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
6. Configuring a Headless System With Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
Part II Administration of Trusted Extensions
7. Trusted Extensions Administration Concepts
8. Trusted Extensions Administration Tools
9. Getting Started as a Trusted Extensions Administrator (Tasks)
10. Security Requirements on a Trusted Extensions System (Overview)
11. Administering Security Requirements in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
12. Users, Rights, and Roles in Trusted Extensions (Overview)
13. Managing Users, Rights, and Roles in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
14. Remote Administration in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
15. Trusted Extensions and LDAP (Overview)
Using the LDAP Naming Service in Trusted Extensions
16. Managing Zones in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
17. Managing and Mounting Files in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
18. Trusted Networking (Overview)
19. Managing Networks in Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
20. Multilevel Mail in Trusted Extensions (Overview)
21. Managing Labeled Printing (Tasks)
22. Devices in Trusted Extensions (Overview)
23. Managing Devices for Trusted Extensions (Tasks)
24. Trusted Extensions Auditing (Overview)
25. Software Management in Trusted Extensions (Reference)
Creating and Managing a Security Policy
Site Security Policy and Trusted Extensions
Computer Security Recommendations
Physical Security Recommendations
Personnel Security Recommendations
Additional Security References
B. Configuration Checklist for Trusted Extensions
Checklist for Configuring Trusted Extensions
C. Quick Reference to Trusted Extensions Administration
Administrative Interfaces in Trusted Extensions
Oracle Solaris Interfaces Extended by Trusted Extensions
Tighter Security Defaults in Trusted Extensions
Limited Options in Trusted Extensions
D. List of Trusted Extensions Man Pages
Trusted Extensions Man Pages in Alphabetical Order
Oracle Solaris Man Pages That Are Modified by Trusted Extensions
To achieve uniformity of user, host, and network attributes within a security domain with multiple Trusted Extensions systems, a naming service is used for distributing most configuration information. LDAP is an example of a naming service. The nsswitch.conf file determines which naming service is used. LDAP is the recommended naming service for Trusted Extensions.
The Directory Server can provide the LDAP naming service for Trusted Extensions and Oracle Solaris clients. The server must include Trusted Extensions network databases, and the Trusted Extensions clients must connect to the server over a multilevel port. The security administrator specifies the multilevel port when configuring Trusted Extensions.
Trusted Extensions adds two trusted network databases to the LDAP server: tnrhdb and tnrhtp.
For information about the use of the LDAP naming service in the Oracle Solaris OS, see System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP).
Setting up the Directory Server for Trusted Extensions clients is described in Chapter 5, Configuring LDAP for Trusted Extensions (Tasks). Trusted Extensions systems can be clients of an Oracle Solaris LDAP server by using an LDAP proxy server that is configured with Trusted Extensions.
Note - Systems that are configured with Trusted Extensions cannot be clients of NIS masters.
If a naming service is not used at a site, administrators must ensure that configuration information for users, hosts, and networks is identical on all hosts. A change that is made on one host must be made on all hosts.
On a non-networked Trusted Extensions system, configuration information is maintained in the /etc, /etc/security, and /etc/security/tsol directories.
Trusted Extensions extends the Directory Server's schema to accommodate the tnrhdb and tnrhtp databases. Trusted Extensions defines two new attributes, ipTnetNumber and ipTnetTemplateName, and two new object classes, ipTnetTemplate and ipTnetHost.
The attribute definitions are as follows:
ipTnetNumber ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.34 NAME 'ipTnetNumber' DESC 'Trusted network host or subnet address' EQUALITY caseExactIA5Match SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
ipTnetTemplateName ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.35 NAME 'ipTnetTemplateName' DESC 'Trusted network template name' EQUALITY caseExactIA5Match SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
The object class definitions are as follows:
ipTnetTemplate ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.18 NAME 'ipTnetTemplate' SUP top STRUCTURAL DESC 'Object class for Trusted network host templates' MUST ( ipTnetTemplateName ) MAY ( SolarisAttrKeyValue ) ) ipTnetHost ( 1.3.6.1.1.1.2.19 NAME 'ipTnetHost' SUP top AUXILIARY DESC 'Object class for Trusted network host/subnet address to template mapping' MUST ( ipTnetNumber $ ipTnetTemplateName ) )
The cipso template definition in LDAP is similar to the following:
ou=ipTnet,dc=example,dc=example1,dc=exampleco,dc=com objectClass=top objectClass=organizationalUnit ou=ipTnet ipTnetTemplateName=cipso,ou=ipTnet,dc=example,dc=example1,dc=exampleco,dc=com objectClass=top objectClass=ipTnetTemplate ipTnetTemplateName=cipso SolarisAttrKeyValue=host_type=cipso;doi=1;min_sl=ADMIN_LOW;max_sl=ADMIN_HIGH; ipTnetNumber=0.0.0.0,ou=ipTnet,dc=example,dc=example1,dc=exampleco,dc=com objectClass=top objectClass=ipTnetTemplate objectClass=ipTnetHost ipTnetNumber=0.0.0.0 ipTnetTemplateName=internal