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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