Solaris 10 7/07 HW What's New

Retail and Nonretail Options for Providers in Solaris Cryptographic Framework

This feature is new in the Solaris Express 6/04 release.

Vendors of cryptographic providers that connect to the Solaris Cryptographic Framework have more flexibility in requesting certificates from Sun Microsystems. Certificates now support both retail and nonretail export distribution.

Retail encryption products are those products that the U.S. government permits to be shipped to all countries. Retail products cannot be shipped, however, to designated nations that the U.S. government considers to be security threats. Nonretail encryption products are those products that the U.S. government has permitted for domestic use only or for countries that the government has exempted.

For more information, see the elfsign(1) man page and Appendix F, “Packaging and Signing Cryptographic Providers,” in the Solaris Security for Developers Guide.