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Oracle Solaris Trusted Extensions Developer's Guide     Oracle Solaris 11 Express 11/10
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Preface

1.  Trusted Extensions APIs and Security Policy

2.  Labels and Clearances

3.  Label Code Examples

4.  Printing and the Label APIs

Printing Labeled Output

Designing a Label-Aware Application

Understanding the Multilevel Printing Service

get_peer_label() Label-Aware Function

Determining Whether the Printing Service Is Running in a Labeled Environment

Understanding the Remote Host Credential

Obtaining the Credential and Remote Host Label

Using the label_to_str() Function

Handling Memory Management

Using the Returned Label String

Validating the Label Request Against the Printer's Label Range

5.  Interprocess Communications

6.  Trusted X Window System

7.  Trusted Web Guard Prototype

8.  Experimental Java Bindings for the Solaris Trusted Extensions Label APIs

A.  Programmer's Reference

B.  Trusted Extensions API Reference

Index

Printing Labeled Output

Typically, printers are shared resources. Multilevel printing allows users who are operating at different security levels to share a printer, subject to the restrictions of the security policy. The printing service is also label-aware so that labels can be clearly marked on printed documents.

You can assume the System Administrator role in role-based access control (RBAC) to configure a printer so that the output is labeled. The session label at which the print job is initiated is printed on the banner and trailer pages. The label of the session is also added to the header and footer of every printed page. The labels can be printed because of a printing adapter. The Trusted Extensions printing adapter determines the host label or the zone label at which the print request was initiated. The adapter passes along this label information with the print job to enable the printed output to be labeled.