She currently provides UNIX system administration and development support for a number of projects. Some of these attacks are based on well-publicized techniques, with scripts and other tools available to make it possible for less knowledgeable crackers to apply exploits against systems. Our goal is to provide an easy to follow guide that system administrators can use to improve the resistance of Solaris-based systems to attacks. We present what we believe to be sound practices you can follow during the installation and configuration of both operating system and server applications. We have used these procedures to build several hosts, and while no system is absolutely secure, we are confident that following these guides will result in systems that are harder for crackers to compromise.
Continued vigilance is required to keep systems secure.
The checklists also provide basic guidance on administering and monitoring systems once they have been placed in operational status. Using the Checklists Since each site may have its own set of operational requirements, not all items shown on these checklists may be applicable. The system or web administrator should document exceptions while completing each checklist. In this way, the checklist can serve as part of the system documentation. Checkmarks made through the Web browser interface will not be saved.