I am very pleased to have the honor of announcing the immediate availability of the much anticipated Security Configuration Guide for Mac OS X Server 10.3.x released by the National Security Agency's Systems and Network Attack Center (SNAC).
This Security Guidance Document is another public deliverable from a multi-year Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA) between the Research Directorate at the National Security Agency and Apple Computer, Inc.
The document is currently posted on the NSA / IA website and will then also be posted and referenced on the Apple ITPro & Federal websites.
NSA Information Assurance
Security Configuration Guides
Apple Mac OS X Guides
Apple Mac OS X v10.3.x "Panther" Security Configuration Guide
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Apple Federal (all things Apple for the Federal Market)
Apple Federal Security (all things Apple Security for the Federal Market)
Apple ITPro Website
Future Guidance
This is the first of several such guidance documents. Topics for consideration in future versions of this guide or in other guidance documentation include [but are not limited to]:
* Security Guidance Documents for Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X Server 10.4
* Managing Mac OS X Networks
* Cross-Platform (OSX<->Windows / OSX<->Linux, etc.) Security Issues
* Apple Remote Desktop (remote management)
* A "Pull-out" User's Guide
* More detailed Configuration of the Built-in Firewall
* Managing Certificates in Mac OS X
* IPSec / VPNs under Mac OS X
* Using SmartCards with Mac OS X
* Secure File Deletion
* Tools for Checking the Security Configuration of a Mac OS X System
* Using Groups under Mac OS X
* Using Global Keychains
More to come!
Please forward to other lists if appropriate and as always, all comments/suggestions are welcome.
-Shawn
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Shawn Geddis
Security Consulting Engineer
Apple Computer