Question: Does Sun plan to support another trusted/MLS product after the Trusted Solaris 8
OS?
Answer:
Yes. Sun introduced Solaris Trusted Extensions in the Solaris 10 11/06 release.
Question: Is Solaris Trusted Extensions a separate release of the Solaris OS with
MLS features?
Answer:
No. Starting in the Solaris 10 11/06 release, Trusted Extensions is a set of packages
that can be added to the Solaris OS.
In the Solaris 10 11/06 and the Solaris 10 8/07 releases, the additional packages are in the ExtraValue directory on the Solaris installation media.
Starting in the Solaris 10 5/08 release, Trusted Extensions packages will be installed during the installation of the Solaris OS. Then, you use the service management facility (SMF) to enable Trusted Extensions on the Solaris OS.
Question: Is Solaris Trusted Extensions expensive?
Answer:
No. Starting in the Solaris 10 11/06 release, the Trusted Extensions packages are included in
the commercial Solaris OS installation media.
Question: Is the source for Solaris Trusted Extensions available?
Answer:
The source for most of Trusted Extensions has been released through the OpenSolaris
project (http://opensolaris.org).
Question: Is the support cost for Solaris Trusted Extensions extra?
Answer:
No, the support cost is not extra. Trusted Extensions support is included in
the support plans for the Solaris OS.
Question: Can Solaris Trusted Extensions connect to Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) over a labeled network
connection?
Answer:
Yes. Both Trusted Extensions and SELinux support the CIPSO protocol.
Note - Labeled connections between Trusted Extensions and SELinux have not been tested and verified.
Question: Does Solaris Trusted Extensions run on Intel
and AMD Opteron platforms?
Answer:
Yes. Starting in the Solaris 10 11/06 release, Trusted Extensions is compatible with the same
hardware that is supported by the Solaris OS.
Question: Does Solaris Trusted Extensions support a multilevel desktop other than Trusted CDE?
Answer:
Yes. Trusted Extensions supports two multilevel desktops: Trusted CDE and Sun Java
Desktop System (Trusted JDS), the first in the industry.
Question: What type of labels are supported by Solaris Trusted Extensions?
Answer:
Trusted Extensions supports the same DIA label encodings format as the Trusted Solaris
8 OS.
Question: Will Solaris Trusted Extensions be evaluated?
Answer:
Yes. Trusted Extensions is currently in evaluation.
The Trusted Extensions packages add the Common Criteria, Labeled Security Protection Profile (LSPP)
to the evaluated Solaris OS. For details, see Sun Common Criteria Certification.
Question: Does Solaris Trusted Extensions support Sun Ray installations?
Answer:
Yes. The Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 release fully supports Trusted Extensions. This
Sun Ray release provides a multilevel desktop on a thin client.
For installation instructions, see the Sun Ray Server Software 4.0 Installation and Configuration Guide for the Solaris Operating System on the Sun documentation web site.
Question: Will the Sun Java Desktop System (Trusted JDS) be supported on the
Sun Ray thin client?
Question: Can I run Solaris Trusted Extensions on a laptop?
Answer:
Yes. Starting in the Solaris 10 11/06 release, you can run Trusted Extensions on any
laptop that is supported by the Solaris OS.
For installation instructions, go to the OpenSolaris Community: Security web page. Click Trusted Extensions. On the Trusted Extensions
page under Laptop Configurations, click Laptop instructions.
Question: Is a developer guide available?
Question: Is a transition guide available that describes moving applications from the Trusted Solaris
8 OS to Solaris Trusted Extensions?
Question: Do ISV applications that run on the Solaris OS run on Solaris
Trusted Extensions?
Answer:
If the ISV application is supported in the Solaris 10 11/06 release, then the application
should be compatible with Trusted Extensions.
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