This section highlights information for existing customers about important new features in security technologies in this release.
adistack and adiheap security extensions provide process-level security. For more information, see Security Extensions Framework.
The kadi security extension assists testers and developers in debugging kernel ADI errors. For more information, see Using KADI in Writing Device Drivers in Oracle Solaris 11.4.
libsasl2 is a modified version of the Cyrus SASL open source libsasl library and does not include plugins that were customized for Oracle Solaris. If you are using customized internal plugins, you must test them before upgrading to Oracle Solaris 11.4. For more information, see Chapter 2, Using Simple Authentication and Security Layer in Managing Authentication in Oracle Solaris 11.4.
For more information about new features in security technologies for administrators, see What’s New in Security Features in Oracle Solaris 11.4 in Oracle Solaris 11.4 Security and Hardening Guidelines.