Archive for the 'Security' Category

Basic Security Tips

Linuxhaxor has a list of some very basic security tips for Linux but they are mostly applicable to all platforms. They are indeed basic but I’ve seen many places where people do not care about these.

November 22nd, 2007 | Posted in Links, Security | 2 Comments

Security Guidelines for Solaris 10

Glenn Brunnette is announcing that Sun together with Center for Internet Security has published new security guidelines for Solaris 10 11/06 and 08/07. Read the whole story on Glenn’s blog or go directly to the documents.
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November 10th, 2007 | Posted in Configuration, OpenSolaris, Security, Solaris | No Comments

Solaris, Secure by Default

If you know about OpenBSD (and you really should, it is a great OS) you may also know that one of their slogans are “Secure by Default” which now also Solaris is adopting. OpenBSD is one of the few operating systems you can put directly on the Internet and be quite sure that I won’t […]

July 9th, 2007 | Posted in OpenSolaris, SMF, Security, Solaris | 8 Comments