PSARC/2008/494 GNU emacs

[Darren J Moffat]

Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Since there is not yet any standard for minimizing Solaris -- at least 
> as distributed by Sun (and indeed Solaris is already rather large), can 
> I humbly suggest to the project team that they might want to consider 
> dropping this portion of the project.  Other distribution builders that 
> want to deliver a system without X11 will have a larger task ahead of 
> them anyway, and can easily repackage emacs to their own taste if so 
> desired.

Yes there is, while the URLs I mention below are out of date with 
respect to the OS versions it mentions the techniques still apply:

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Updated Solaris Operating Environment Minimization for Security: A 
Simple, Reproducible and Secure Application Installation Methodolgy 
Updated for Solaris 8 Operating Environment
-by Alex Noordergraaf

http://www.sun.com/blueprints/1100/minimize-updt1.pdf
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Solaris Operating Environment Minimization for Security: A Simple, 
Reproducible and Secure Application Installation Methodology
-by Keith Watson and Alex Noordergraaf
Discuss OS minimization as a technique for reducing system 
vulnerabilities; a simple method for duplicating these installations on 
large numbers of servers is also introduced.

http://www.sun.com/blueprints/1299/minimization.pdf
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There have been updates to this for Solaris 9 and 10 but they weren't 
published as blueprints with "Minimization" in their titles.  There has 
also been a lot of work done by 3rd Parties that Sun Security 
Ambassadors and Solaris Security group have endorsed and participated in.


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Darren J Moffat