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Forums (Blog: Should I Disable RPC Devices to Increase Security in Oracle Solaris?
Recently someone asked Alex Barclay what Oracle's official position was regarding disabling RPC devices to increase security on Solaris 10 and Solaris 11. Here's his answer
posted Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:32 +0000
Recently someone asked Alex Barclay what Oracle's official position was regarding disabling RPC devices to increase security on Solaris 10 and Solaris 11. Here's his answer
posted Wed, 15 May 2013 16:57:32 +0000
Tech Article: How to Build a Web-Based Storage Solution with Oracle Solaris 11.1
Have you ever wanted to build a cloud just to see if you can? Turns out it's not that difficult. Install Oracle Solaris 11.1 on your laptop via VirtualBox, set up a little ZFS storage, a little access control, and configure AjaXplorer so you and your friends can manage your files. Don't neglect to drop phrases like "Download that from the cloud I just built" into casual conversation.
posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:37:42 +0000
Have you ever wanted to build a cloud just to see if you can? Turns out it's not that difficult. Install Oracle Solaris 11.1 on your laptop via VirtualBox, set up a little ZFS storage, a little access control, and configure AjaXplorer so you and your friends can manage your files. Don't neglect to drop phrases like "Download that from the cloud I just built" into casual conversation.
posted Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:37:42 +0000
Blog: The Sysadmin as CEO
Bjoern Rost began his professional life as a sysadmin and became the CEO of his own consulting company. Oracle recently announced his appointment to Oracle ACE Director. Here's more information about Bjoern and his company, a video interview, and links to his blog posts.
posted Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:24:30 +0000
Bjoern Rost began his professional life as a sysadmin and became the CEO of his own consulting company. Oracle recently announced his appointment to Oracle ACE Director. Here's more information about Bjoern and his company, a video interview, and links to his blog posts.
posted Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:24:30 +0000
Video Interview: What Forsythe Corp Has Been Helping Customers Do With Oracle Solaris 11
Lee Diamante, Solutions Architect for Forsythe Corp, an Oracle Solaris Partner, explains why Forsythe has been recommending Oracle Solaris to its customers, and what those customers have been doing with it.
posted Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:28:34 +0000
Lee Diamante, Solutions Architect for Forsythe Corp, an Oracle Solaris Partner, explains why Forsythe has been recommending Oracle Solaris to its customers, and what those customers have been doing with it.
posted Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:28:34 +0000
Video Interview: An Engineer's Perspective - Why the OS Is Still Relevant
Sysadmins are handling hundreds or perhaps thousands of VM's. What is it about Solaris that makes it such a good platform for managing those VM's? Liane Praza, senior engineer in the Solaris core engineering group provides an engineer's perspective.
posted Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:39:38 +0000
Sysadmins are handling hundreds or perhaps thousands of VM's. What is it about Solaris that makes it such a good platform for managing those VM's? Liane Praza, senior engineer in the Solaris core engineering group provides an engineer's perspective.
posted Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:39:38 +0000
Video Interview: Aspirin for the Sysadmin - How Oracle Solaris 11 Alleviates Three Pain Points
Isaac Rozenfeld explains in depth how Oracle Solaris 11 alleviates three of the most pressing pain points for sysadmins: rising costs of managing deployed systems, taking advantage of new features, and applying system updates.
posted Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:18:16 +0000
Isaac Rozenfeld explains in depth how Oracle Solaris 11 alleviates three of the most pressing pain points for sysadmins: rising costs of managing deployed systems, taking advantage of new features, and applying system updates.
posted Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:18:16 +0000
Video Interview: The Fine-Grained Security Controls In Oracle Solaris 11
Alex Barclay talks security with Darren Moffat and Casper Dik, two security pros on the Oracle Solaris engineering team. They cover the fine-grained security controls that make Solaris so well-suited for a multi-tenant data center or cloud environment, and how to keep a web server or application from exploiting vulnerabilities in a site's security policy. Taped at the recent Oracle Solaris Innovations Workshop.
posted Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:32:37 +0000
Alex Barclay talks security with Darren Moffat and Casper Dik, two security pros on the Oracle Solaris engineering team. They cover the fine-grained security controls that make Solaris so well-suited for a multi-tenant data center or cloud environment, and how to keep a web server or application from exploiting vulnerabilities in a site's security policy. Taped at the recent Oracle Solaris Innovations Workshop.
posted Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:32:37 +0000
Blog: Miss Moneypenny and the Oracle Solaris 11 Provisioning Assistant
Oracle Solaris 10 has just released a nifty tool called Oracle Solaris 11 Provisioning Assistant. It lets you run the automated installer from Oracle Solaris 11 on a Solaris 10 system. That means you can set up an IPS (Image Packaging System) repository on your Solaris 10 system, and use it to provision one or more Solaris 11 systems.
posted Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:40:56 +0000
Oracle Solaris 10 has just released a nifty tool called Oracle Solaris 11 Provisioning Assistant. It lets you run the automated installer from Oracle Solaris 11 on a Solaris 10 system. That means you can set up an IPS (Image Packaging System) repository on your Solaris 10 system, and use it to provision one or more Solaris 11 systems.
posted Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:40:56 +0000
Video Interview: Why Oracle Did Not Provide a Direct Upgrade Path to Oracle Solaris 11
Bart Smalders, from the Oracle Solaris core engineering team, explains why they decided not to provide a direct upgrade path from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11, and the best way for a data center to perform an indirect upgrade.
posted Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:30:23 +0000
Bart Smalders, from the Oracle Solaris core engineering team, explains why they decided not to provide a direct upgrade path from Oracle Solaris 10 to Oracle Solaris 11, and the best way for a data center to perform an indirect upgrade.
posted Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:30:23 +0000
Tech Article: How to Evaluate Oracle Solaris 11 from Inside VirtualBox
How to import an Oracle Solaris 11 image into VirtualBox, how to configure the virtual machine settings, and how to explore the interesting features of Oracle Solaris 11 from within VirtualBox. Covers user management, networking, service management, and even VirtualBox guest additions. By Yuli Vasiliev
posted Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:11:40 +0000
How to import an Oracle Solaris 11 image into VirtualBox, how to configure the virtual machine settings, and how to explore the interesting features of Oracle Solaris 11 from within VirtualBox. Covers user management, networking, service management, and even VirtualBox guest additions. By Yuli Vasiliev
posted Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:11:40 +0000
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