Chapter 7. Securing Access to Resources
Time | This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete. |
Goals | Learn the different classifications of accounts in Mac OS X Learn how to disable hardware via altering drivers Learn about public key encryption Learn how to work with digital certificates Learn how to grant additional privileges using the authorization database Learn to alter file system permissions via POSIX permissions, flags, and ACLs |
To provide deep protection, Mac OS X Server security is built on layers of defense. Various methods safeguard the system by authorizing whether a user or computer has the right to perform a restricted operation, and authenticating (that is, verifying) the identity of an account or service. These system-level ...
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