Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 538 pages
- Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
- Edition: 1st Edition June 14, 2005
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0072254238
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072254235
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Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 2.2 pounds
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Covers all Sun Certified Security Administrator topics, including: Attacks, Motives, and Methods * Best Security Practices * Logging and Process Accounting * Auditing, Planning, and Management * Device, System, and File Security * Denial of Service and Remote Access Attacks * Access Control * Solaris Cryptographic Framework * Authentication * Secure Shell
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About the Authors: John Chirillo, CISSP, ISSAP, CCNP, ASE, SCSA, is a Senior Internetworking Engineer at ValCom and the author of several computer security books. Edgar Danielyan, CISSP, CIW, Security+, CCNA, CCDP, CWNA, is a Solaris security expert and author.
About The Author
About The Author John Chirillo, CISSP, ISSAP, ASE, CCDA, CCNA, CCNP, SCSECA, is a Senior Internetworking Engineer at ValCom and the author of several computer security books. John has also achieved certifications in numerous
programming languages and is responsible for dozens of published security exploits and alerts throughout numerous listings. He has actively participated in core security developments of various UNIX flavors under the GNU. John can be reached at tiger@tigertools.net.
About the Co-Author Edgar Danielyan, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, CISA, MBCS, SCSA, SCNA, is Information Systems Audit Manager with Deloitte & Touche in the city of London. Before joining Deloitte, he had been an independent security consultant since 1999. He is also the author of
Solaris 8 Security (New Riders, 2001) and technical editor of a number of books on Solaris, security, UNIX, and internetworking. His personal web site can be found at www.danielyan.com.
About the Technical Editor Tom Brays, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, MCP, is a network administrator for a large telecommunications firm and the technical editor and contributing author of several computer books. He can be reached at tombrays@techie.com
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Reader ReviewsFirst off, a little about me to give this review context. I have been working in the industry as a *nix administrator with a heavy concentration on Sun products for the last 12 years. For the last year and a half, I have been working on my organization's Solaris ten baseline as one of the lead designers and the technical security architect for the baseline. Basically that means I have spent the last 18 months or so looking into security issues and building a common baseline that meets our needs within the Solaris ten paradigm. I took and passed the exam a few days ago using this book as a resource and offer the following observations about it: When I purchase a book for certification preparation, I expect two things. First I expect it to be relevant to the exam in question, and second I expect it to have a life after the exam as a desk reference. The most excellent Calkins book for Solaris ten System Administration is a great example of what I am talking about. This book does neither of those things. The first half is a primer on the basic principles of IT security. As such, it does a passable job. That's half of the book spent on information that is easily obtainable from any number of sources. The second half, which is semi-technical in nature, covers a portion of the testable topics, leaving out some of the most important security features introduced in Solaris 10. What is covered is done from the pre-Solaris ten perspective and is largely useless for someone attempting to learn practical Solaris ten security. The book would be much better advertised if it removed Solaris ten from the title. Although I don't think the material that is covered is done on enough of a technical basis for Solaris 9 security certification either. Basically if you are looking for a Solaris 9 security primer, that explains the overall concept of some of the Solaris 9 OS security features, this may be an acceptable book. The only reason I passed the exam is because I have been working on security related projects on Solaris ten for some time. Nothing beats practical experience. If you are looking for technical information about Solaris ten security features, check out Glenn Brunette's web blog and presentations which are all locatable via google. He has some great work out there in the public domain talking about this subject.
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