Part 7: System Security

This part introduces system security in four chapters. Chapter 20 introduces the basic concepts of system security, including file, system, and network security. Chapter 21 describes how to use ASET. Chapter 22 describes authentication methods. It provides an overview of DES encryption and Diffie-Hellman authentication. It also explains how to use pluggable authentication modules (PAM). Chapter 23 describes the new Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality available in the Solaris 8 Version 3 release.

Refer to these chapters if you want to familiarize yourself with the basics of system security, if you want to use authentication services and ASET security, and if you want to assign system administrators rights to perform certain sets of system administration tasks.