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Developer's Guide to Oracle Solaris Security     Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10
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Preface

1.  Oracle Solaris Security for Developers (Overview)

2.  Developing Privileged Applications

3.  Writing PAM Applications and Services

4.  Writing Applications That Use GSS-API

5.  GSS-API Client Example

6.  GSS-API Server Example

7.  Writing Applications That Use SASL

8.  Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework

Oracle Solaris Cryptography Terminology

Overview of the Cryptographic Framework

Components of the Cryptographic Framework

What Cryptography Developers Need to Know

Requirements for Developers of User-Level Consumers

Requirements for Developers of User-Level Providers

Requirements for Developers of Kernel-Level Consumers

Requirements for Developers of Kernel-Level Providers

Avoiding Data Cleanup Collisions in User-Level Providers

9.  Writing User-Level Cryptographic Applications and Providers

10.  Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Key Management Framework

A.  Sample C-Based GSS-API Programs

B.  GSS-API Reference

C.  Specifying an OID

D.  Source Code for SASL Example

E.  SASL Reference Tables

F.  Packaging and Signing Cryptographic Providers

Glossary

Index

Chapter 8

Introduction to the Oracle Solaris Cryptographic Framework

The Oracle Solaris cryptographic framework is an architecture that enables applications in the Oracle Solaris operating system to use or provide cryptographic services. All interactions with the framework are based on the RSA Security Inc. PKCS#11 Cryptographic Token Interface (Cryptoki). PKCS#11 is a product by RSA Laboratories, the research arm of RSA Security Inc.

This chapter presents the following topics on the Oracle Solaris cryptographic framework: