If you screw up your /etc/system file ……

Setting Solaris Network Tunable Parameters

Solaris Processor Info

Layer-3 Switches

Overview of how it layer-3 switches work. Catalyst Switches are normally used as Layer-3 switches. Thus, the switch can have a SUP engine ,a redundant SUP engine , a RSM module and layer-2 (ethernet or fast ethernet) ports.

Adding BANNER information in Solaris ……

Many tools on the net help to find the OS and the version of the OS that is used and a widely used strategy is first to open a connection to the server and there u have it .

This strategy can be used only to defend against tools which uses the banner grabbing strategy to identify systems and will not help against tools such as NMAP etc which uses more advanced schemes for the same …..

Configuring C-2 Level Security in Solaris

According to the Orange Book , the operating system security is evaluated and categorised into different levels such as D, C1, C2, B1 etc …

Normally all operating systems in the market tend to have the C1 level of security while Trusted Solaris 8 is B-level certified .While Solaris OE comes with C1 certification , It can be converted to C2 level certification with minimal effort …….

To log all Telnet , FTP Connections to a Solaris Machine

By default , the solaris inetd deamon does not log the IP address of the machines that are connecting to Solaris Server . To enable the logging of all the IP addresses of machines connecting to the server and the connection time ………..

Use BackSpace Key to Erase characters instead of Delete Key

Normally when you access Solaris in text mode , for erasing a character the Delete Key has to be used . To use the BackSpace key instead …….