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Limiting Process Privileges Should Be Easier

2007-11-09 10:00:00 by Security Retentive in Security Retentive
 
...Solaris Sun has a couple of nice blueprints on how to limit the privileges for a process/service. I think it still isn't quite to the default-deny and allow only what you want stage, but interesting nonetheless Limiting Service Privileges in the Solaris 10 Operating System Privilege Debugging in the Solaris 10 Operating System Windows Server...
 
Tags: process, uid, effective process sandbox, kill, prohibit kill, uid range, prohibit, privileges, target uid
 
 
 
 
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Failure to patch flaw exposes data on 60,000 at Antioch

2008-04-04 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Antioch University's failure to patch a Solaris flaw exposed data on more than 60,000 individuals
 
Tags: failure, solaris flaw, data, patch, antioch university, individuals
 
 
 
 
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Fun Log-reading

2008-04-21 21:24:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Solaris BSM anyone? :-) [some of the logs there are worth dumping...] ) that they are truly useless for most conceivable purposes and can be thrown away with no loss of useful information whatsoever Description of security events in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 " - read it if you are into sort of thing :-) Enjoy About me:...
 
Tags: logs, hot video link, security, security events, information whatsoever, fun, enjoyable pile, windows server, conceivable purposes
 
 
 
 
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Quest homes in on Unix password management

2008-04-28 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b58eb0 in Network World on Security
 
Overall, QPM requires moderate Unix administrative skills to both install and use. It doesn't, of course, cover Windows, but does cover Solaris and HP-UX (not tested). It's very highly configurable, and puts reasonably strong barriers in place to prevent undesired privileged access
 
Tags: unix administrative skills, cover solaris, cover windows, strong barriers, highly configurable, qpm requires, prevent, access, install
 
 
 
 
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More Log Management Questions - Answered!

2008-05-23 16:04:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Solaris Q3: What the typical retention schedule for logs which might be required logs for compliance issues A3: I wish I can give a simple answer for this, but there is none. Well, PCI DSS makes it simple: 1 year for logs from in-scope systems. Other regulations are not as clear and the numbers, or - more often! - guesses at such number...
 
Tags: log management, log, defines log retention, log policy, log management tool, log management program, infrastructure logs, logs, log messages
 
 
 
 
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Adapting to Shelf Life

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2008-09-04 10:22:34 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
...Solaris kernel. Its not all about new primitives, its also about finding the art of the possible of what we can do with what we already have. Chief among these is adapting to technical realities
 
Tags: security, security technologies, real software architectures, software, security folk, technical realities, software security, web, web servicesxml
 
 
 
 
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Dumb Luck IS a Strategy!

2008-09-18 09:38:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...Solaris system with Internet-exposed telnet with a guessable password OR a telnet vulnerability (circa 1994 an exposed VPN appliance with a manufacturer's administrator password a router with default "enable" password or, something else entirely - but something that rivals the above example in its unparalleled, unbelievable, abysmal, deep...
 
Tags: dumb luck, dumb luck strategy, security, security countermeasures, security professional, security program, risk, obvious huge risk, password
 
 
 
 
 
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