Is there a Trusted Solaris 10 product? What is Solaris Trusted Extensions?
The term “Trusted Solaris” refers to earlier, specially developed versions of the Solaris Operating System that were modified to include labels and mandatory access control technology. The last release of a separate Trusted Solaris OS was Trusted Solaris 8. As of Solaris 10 11/06, Sun has included labels and mandatory access controls as a standard part of the Solaris OS. The collective features providing this functionality are known as Solaris(TM) Trusted Extensions. Thus, there is no separate “Trusted Solaris 10” release as the functionality of this kind required by customers is now integrated into Solaris 10. Solaris Trusted Extensions extends the existing security features of Solaris 10 to include labeling and mandatory access controls. It is not a separate operating system, it does not require a separate support contract and all applications that run with Solaris 10 and Solaris Containers will work when Solaris Trusted Extensions is enabled. Since it is an integrated feature of Sol
