Installation guide

64-Bit AIO
The Solaris operating environment provides a new set of interfaces for developers
who want to do asynchronous I/O to large files. The following interfaces accept
64-bit AIO:
aio_read64
aio_write64
lio_listio64
aio_suspend64
aio_error64
aio_return64
The following interfaces exist, but are not supported:
aio_fsync64
aio_cancel64
These interfaces also work with KAIO. KAIO is the optimized path for doing I/O to
raw files. When using the interfaces with KAIO to raw files, there is a significant
performance improvement.
The Solaris operating environment supports another set of AIO interfaces that
pre-dates POSIX. These interfaces have also been updated for large file support:
aioread64
aiowrite64
Network Security
The Solaris operating environment provides a sophisticated security system that
controls the way users access files, protect system databases, and use system
resources. Solaris security is network-wide security, providing security over several
different systems, not just one. The Solaris security system is designed to
accommodate different security models, giving users the flexibility to choose the
model that best fits their needs now and in the future. There are a number of new
features that add to the Solaris security system in the areas of access control,
encryption, and authentication.
NFS Kerberos
Kerberos authentication uses DES encryption to improve security over the network.
The kernel implementations of NFS and RPC network services have been modified
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Information Library for Solaris 2.6 (Intel Platform Edition) ♦ August 1997