Security Security Test and Evaluation: ARSC Experiences with CRAY and SGI Systems Virginia Bedford and Liam Forbes This paper describes the experiences of the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center in preparing for and undergoing several formal Security Test and Evaluations of UNICOS and IRIX systems. Specific findings and resolutions are presented. Suggestions for determining the appropriate level of security for a site, how to reach that level, and how to maintain that level are included. The First Ten Steps to Securing a Unix Host Liam Forbes This paper will cover the first ten steps ARSC performs to secure a Unix (UNICOS or IRIX) machine. This paper is focused at system administrators implementing host based security network wide or on a single machine. None of these steps require extra security packages and have helped us to maintain a similar configuration across multiple platforms and machines. Table of Contents | Author Index | CUG Home Page | Home (Title Page)