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Administering Security on the Solaris Operating System

Length: 5 Days              

Prerequisite: Solaris Intermediate and Advanced System Administration

Recommendation Statement:
Students must possess basic Solaris system and network administration skills which include experience installing the Solaris OS, administering user accounts, administering printer queues, file systems, networks, and devices on Sun SPARC systems. The student should also possess network administration skills and understand Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) networking

Course Description:
This course provides students with the skills necessary to implement, administer, and maintain a secure Solaris Operating Environment. The operating system will be Solaris 10 (SunOS 5.10) running on Sun SPARC SunFire servers.
 

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe security terminology and common forms of security attacks
• Use Solaris OS logging and auditing to identify actual and potential security attacks
• Secure a Solaris OS host against user and network attacks
• Use tools, such as Solaris Security Toolkit (SST), to improve system security