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Oracle® Solaris 11.3 Security and Hardening Guidelines

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Updated: March 2018
 
 

Adding Labeled Multilevel Security

Trusted Extensions extends Oracle Solaris security by enforcing a label-based mandatory access control (MAC) policy. Sensitivity labels are automatically applied to all sources of data (networks, file systems, and windows) and consumers of data (user and processes). Access to all data is restricted based on the relationship between the label of the data (object) and the consumer (subject). The layered functionality consists of a set of label-aware services.

    A partial list of Trusted Extensions services includes:

  • Labeled networking

  • Label-aware file system mounting and sharing

  • Labeled desktop

  • Label configuration and translation

  • Label-aware system management tools

  • Label-aware device allocation

The system/trusted and system/trusted/trusted-global-zone packages are sufficient for a headless system or a server that does not require a multilevel desktop. The system/trusted/trusted-extensions package provides the Oracle Solaris multilevel, trusted desktop environment.

Configuring Trusted Extensions

You must install the Trusted Extensions packages, then configure the system. When you install the trusted-extensions package, the system can run a desktop with a directly connected bitmapped display, such as a laptop or workstation. Network configuration is required to communicate with other systems.

Configuring Labeled IPsec

You can protect your labeled packets with IPsec.