Open System Services Management and Operations Guide (G06.27+, H06.04+)

Managing Security
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Components of OSS Security Management
Components of OSS Security Management
Figure 8-1 on page 8-8 illustrates the major components and interfaces of OSS
security management.
See the Security Management Guide for an overview of both Guardian and OSS
security. See the Safeguard Audit Service Manual for a description of the SAFEART
program and the information logged for audited OSS files.
The commercial text Practical UNIX & Internet Security listed in UNIX Security on
page xix contains many suggestions for securing file systems. Those suggestions
include which actions to avoid in best-practice system administration.
Figure 8-1. Major Components and Interfaces for OSS Security Management
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OSS Environment Guardian Environment
Application Using
OSS APIs
OSS Regular
File
Guardian
File
File I/O
File I/O
File
auditing
SAFECOM
Manager interface
$ZSMP
Security
Database
Access control and
information retrieval
System
Audit Log
SAFEART