Details how to determine services your system offers, AIX tools to manage services and an analysis of vendor provided services. Recommendations on services to remove and a kit to implement different policies. Patch management is fundamental to security. Traditional Unix tar kit available. The default SNMP configuration, while perhaps reasonably secure, can be made substantially more secure with a little effort.
Recommendations show how to eliminate three daemons and nine network services.
Tested on Solaris 8, should apply to other versions. Linux systems have been compromised because vulnerablities are not patched and services are exposed that aren't required. Some best advice on keeping your system patched, some tools to keep your system patched, some advice about hardening off network services and notes on how to detect a compromise. Requires that you use an IMAP mail client and are familiar with mail folders. Hardening Solaris by removing network services.