This guide covers the public APIs and public SPIs to security features in the Oracle Solaris operating system. For information about how these security features operate from the system administrator's viewpoint, review the guides on the Securing the Oracle Solaris Operating System shelf in the Oracle Solaris 11.3 Information Library.
The Oracle Solaris OS provides a network security architecture that is based on standard industry interfaces. Through the use of standardized interfaces, applications that consume or provide cryptographic services should need no modification as security technologies evolve.