How This Book Is Organized

• Chapter 1, Introduction to Trusted Solaris Label Encodings

  Provides labels-related concepts and planning steps for the security administrator who prepares the site's label_encodings file.

• Chapter 2, Creating or Modifying the Encodings File

  Describes how to create and check the label_encodings file.

• Chapter 3, Specifying Labels and Handling Guidelines for Printer Output

  Describes the labels and handling caveats on printer output and gives procedures for modifying them.

• Chapter 4, Modifying Sun's Extensions in the Local Definitions Section

  Describes the optional LOCAL DEFINITIONS section. Describes how to use the keywords in this section to set a system-wide minimum label and clearance for users; change the names of administrative labels, specify whether administrative labels display, change the names of labels' components on label builders, and specify colors for labels.

• Chapter 5, Example: Planning an Organization's Labels

  Models how a site analyzes its label requirements and creates a simple label_encodings file, which is shown in Appendix A, Example: Label Encodings File.

• Appendix A, Example: Label Encodings File

  Contains an example of a simple label_encodings file that goes along with the chapter on planning.