BSDCan2007 - Confirmed Schedule
BSDCan 2007
The Technical BSD Conference
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Robert Watson |
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| Day | 4 |
| Room | SITE A0150 |
| Start time | 10:00 |
| Duration | 01:00 |
| Info | |
| ID | 25 |
| Event type | Lecture |
| Track | User |
| Language | English |
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FreeBSD Security Features
Deploying Advanced Operating System Security Services
UNIX system administrators are familiar with the UNIX security model: users, groups, and file permissions. Many will also have deployed firewalls to protect their systems.
Security for UNIX systems has been one of the most active areas of OS research and development over the last ten years, leading to dozens of new features in FreeBSD between FreeBSD 4.x and FreeBSD 6.x. This talk will provide a tour of some of the new FreeBSD security features, describing where they may be useful and how to use them. Topics covered include Access Control Lists (ACLs), Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM), Jails, Security Event Auditing, and several system hardening techniques based on the TrustedBSD MAC Framework. The presenter offers a unique perspective as the designer or implementor of several of these features.