Host Configuration Software

The Solaris for ISPs host configuration software provides the following functionality:

• Software installation. Administrators install and uninstall all Solaris for ISPs software using the host configuration software. Administrators can save installation scenarios for use in a JumpStart finish script to repeat installations automatically.

• Solaris foundation configuration. To improve security and conserve resources, unneeded Solaris services are disabled. Security-related components of Solaris are configured appropriately for an ISP environment.

• Intrusion detection. Periodically, the intrusion detector checks its log file, determining whether any failed log-on attempts have occurred since the last check. If an intrusion attempt has occurred, the detector collects the logged data and passes it to the user-specified notification mechanism (such as electronic mail).

• Server process management. This cron job ensures that server processes (such as news servers) are indeed running. If any server has stopped abnormally, the server process manager starts that server.

• Log file management. Audit and syslog logs are cycled daily. The log file management daemon archives logs weekly and deletes any archive older than one month.

The host configuration software is a required software component. It is installed on every Solaris for ISPs host machine.