[Macpartners] Mac OS X Server Security Guidance Announcement

[Mateja Miljacki]

Mac OS X Server Security Guidance Announcement

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
<http://www.nsa.gov/ia/>

Security Configuration Guides
<http://www.nsa.gov/snac/>


Apple Mac OS X Guides
<http://www.nsa.gov/snac/downloads_macX.cfm?MenuID=scg10.3.1.1>


Apple Mac OS X Server v10.3.x "Panther" Security Configuration  
Guide    <http://www.nsa.gov/notices/notic00004.cfm?Address=/snac/os/ 
applemac/I331-003R-2005.pdf>


Apple Mac OS X v10.3.x "Panther" Security Configuration Guide
<http://www.nsa.gov/notices/notic00004.cfm?Address=/snac/os/applemac/ 
I331-009R-2004.pdf>

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Apple Federal  (all things Apple for the Federal Market)
     <http://www.apple.com/federal/>

     Apple Federal Security (all things Apple Security for the  
Federal Market)
     <http://www.apple.com/federal/security>


Apple ITPro Website
     <http://www.apple.com/itpro/>



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!

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Mateja Miljacki
mateja at apple.com
Systems Engineer
o: 617-718-9955

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     http://www.apple.com/education/technicalresources/
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