SUN RELEASES NEW ITSEC-EVALUATED VERSION
OF TRUSTED SOLARIS OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
PALO ALTO, Calif.- September 29, 1998
- Sun
Microsystems, Inc., has announced the availability of
Trusted SolarisTM 2.5.1, an enhanced version of Sun's
scalable Solaris operating environment that
incorporates heightened security features for
governmental and commercial applications. Released
through Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, Inc., the Trusted
Solaris 2.5.1 operating environment is the follow-on to
the Trusted Solaris 2.5 environment and supports Sun's
line of hardware based on PCI architecture as well as
new transmission mediums, including ATM, FDDI, Token
Ring and Gigabit Ethernet.
In addition, Sun announced that the U.K. Information
Technology Security Evaluation Criteria (U.K. ITSEC)
board has completed its evaluation of the Trusted
Solaris 2.5.1 operating environment to E3/F-C2 and
E3/F-B1. The UK ITSEC scheme, which certifies the level
of assurance which can be placed on the tested
products or systems, is a U.K. government-backed
initiative which has been designed specifically to give
business and government an easy means of assessing
the security features of various computer software
applications, including operating systems and firewalls.
Other SunTM products already certified include: the
SolarisTM 2.4 and Solaris 2.5.1 operating environments,
which are certified to Level E2/F-C2 and the Trusted
Solaris 1.2 operating environment, which achieved the
higher-level E3/F-B1 certification.
"ITSEC-compliant Trusted Solaris 2.5.1 reinforces Sun's
commitment to providing secure operating environment
across the enterprise," said John Marselle, president of
Sun Microsystems Federal, Inc. "Our government and
commercial customers need to secure their firewalls,
communications gateways, web and commerce servers,
guards and databases and Trusted Solaris'
security-enhanced features help provide the computer
security they need."
The Solaris 2.5.1 operating environment uses the
Common Desktop Environment (CDE) and can be
customized to meet C2, B1 or CMW security
requirements. It offers advanced multithreading and
support for symmetric multiprocessing, giving
organizations moving to Web-based computing the
ability to handle an increased number of network
transactions.
Also, the Trusted Solaris environment offers users a
highly secure operating system with distributed
client-server computing, along with the ease of use,
power and system management available from Sun's
commercial products. Information can be shared
throughout the entire enterprise with strict security
maintained. Customers can implement a consistent
enterprise-wide security policy, relying on protection
within the Trusted Solaris environment, including NIS+,
the Trusted version of Sun's NFSTM and secure
networking. Selected features can be enabled or
disabled to configure a system that meets a site's
security and usability requirements.
In addition, the Trusted Solaris 2.5.1 operating
environment supports UltraSPARCTM processor-based
machines providing scalable secure computing from
Sun UltraTM 5 desktop workstations through the 30-cpu
SunTM EnterpriseTM Server 6500. It enforces the same
policies and attributes over NFS distributed networks
and with other Trusted Solaris 2.5.1 systems. The
Trusted Solaris 2.5.1 environment also supports the
MAXSIX standard to enable interoperability with Trusted
Solaris 1.2 systems.
ITSEC certification is accepted in Europe, Canada and
Australia. Under ITSEC, products can be evaluated for
both assurance and functionality. Assurance is rated
from level E1 (lowest) up to level E6 (highest).
Functionality for operating systems is measured by a
mapping of the TCSEC/Orange Book standard. E2/F-C2
is equivalent to C2 in the U.S. TCSEC/Orange Book (i.e.
with Discretionary Access Control) and E3/F-B1 equates
to B1 (i.e. with Mandatory Access Control).
Sun supplies government and commercial customers
with distributed computing technologies, products and
services. Sun's innovative network computing solutions
use "open" (non-proprietary) technologies and include
networked workstations and servers, operating systems
software and other value-added technologies. Sun
systems are used by governments and commercial
organizations worldwide for many demanding tasks
ranging from command and control, internet commerce,
law enforcement, land management, geographic
information systems, traffic monitoring, and tax form
processing to delivering social services.
About Sun Microsystems,
Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular
vision, "The
Network Is The ComputerTM," has propelled Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW), to its position as
a leading provider of high quality hardware, software
and services for establishing enterprise-wide intranets
and expanding the power of the Internet. With more than
$9 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more
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