Operating System Services Security

• POSIX Security Interfaces and Mechanisms
  • Introduction to POSIX Security
  • Posix Security Functionality
    • FIPS 151-2 Security Mechanisms and Interfaces (P1003.1)
    • Data Structures and the Interface Scheme
  • Audit Trail Generation and Manipulation
    • Audit Trail Functionality
    • Audit Trail Mechanism Overview
  • Discretionary Access Control
    • POSIX.1 Permission Bit Mechanism
    • Access Control Lists
    • Discretionary Access Algorithm
    • Discretionary Access Control Interfaces
    • Application Considerations
  • Privilege
    • Super-user and Appropriate Privilege
    • Privileges and Interfaces Requiring Privilege
    • Privilege Determination and Privilege Inheritance
  • Mandatory Access Control
    • Determining MAC Access
    • MAC Labeling Mechanism
  • Information Labels
    • Information Labeling Mechanism
    • Interface Descriptions
  • Protection and Control Utilities
    • Access Control Lists
    • Privilege
    • Mandatory Access Control
    • Information Labels
  • Status and Future Work
• Standard Cryptographic Service Calls
  • Background
  • Overview of Secret-Key and Public-Key Cryptography