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QNX SDP8.0QNX OS System Security GuideAPIConfiguration
The QNX System Security Guide is intended for both system integrators who are responsible for the security of a QNX OS system and developers who want to create a QNX OS resource manager free from vulnerabilities.
This guide is organized around these main topics:
| Topic | Chapter(s) |
|---|---|
| Security problems and attacks and the QNX OS security features that can mitigate them | Security Matrix |
| Brief descriptions of the features that protect the system and individual processes from attack | Security Features Overview |
| More detailed descriptions of security features that are primarily of interest to developers of resource managers and other QNX OS projects | Security Features for Developers |
| More detailed descriptions of features that are primarily of interest to those who are responsible for implementing and enforcing security policies that create and maintain a trusted execution environment | Security Features for System Integrators |
| Using security policies that control privileges centrally instead of in the processes themselves | Security Policies |
| Using fortified versions of various system functions that check their arguments for conditions such as potential overflow of a destination buffer | Fortified System Functions |
| Restrict the code executed by a privileged process | Pathtrust |
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