Sun Internet Administrator

Sun Internet Administrator provides secure central management for distributed ISP services. It gives ISP administrators the following features:

• Single sign-on for administrators. ISP administrators log onto Sun Internet Administrator once to access all functions for which they have authorization. Services developed according to ISP guidelines and managed from Sun Internet Administrator receive log-on information from it; the user is not subsequently challenged.

• Secure communications between administrators' client machines and remote service hosts. The optional SKIP software can be installed and configured on all connections to the console, and from the console to the service host machines, making those communications snoop-proof and spoof-proof.

• Logging of administrator actions for traceability. Each administrator action, from initial log-on attempt through logout, is logged via the syslog utility. This provides both troubleshooting and accountability information.

• Remote management of existing ISP services. Service components provided with Solaris for ISPs can all be managed from the Sun Internet Administrator, regardless of their location on the network. Additionally, Sun^TM Internet FTP Server^TM and Sun^TM Internet News Server^TM are three-tier components and receive all the security benefits built into Sun Internet Administrator. See "Managing Services with Sun Internet Administrator" for more information on service interaction with Sun Internet Administrator.

• Extensibility for existing services. ISPs can integrate their own applications with Sun Internet Administrator and manage them in the same way as services provided with Solaris for ISPs. See Chapter 7, Integrating Existing Service Applications for instructions on integrating applications with Sun Internet Administrator.