Features include:

• MAC and DAC - including ACLs;
• Least privilege with fine-grained privileges for all policies;
• Trusted networking and trusted NFS;
• Identification and authentication - including password generation;
• Roles for separating user and administration capabilities;
• Rights profiles for grouping commands, applications, and authorisations and assigning to users or roles;
• Multilevel windowing environment with trusted path for invoking trusted commands and applications;
• Centralised administration with easy-to-use graphical tools;
• Auditing actions of users and roles, as well as non-attributable events.

The TOE, Sun Trusted Solaris Version 8 4/01, was certified to EAL4 in June 2002. The ALC_FLR.3 augmentation was certified in March 2004. Assurance has now been maintained using the Common Criteria Assurance Continuity process to fully cover Version 8 2/04; see the Maintenance Report MR1 and updated Security Target ST1 for details. Assurance in earlier derivatives to Version 8 HW 7/03 was previously maintained using the UK Assurance Maintenance process see the Assurance Maintenance Status Summary AMSS for details.