IBM's Cluster 1600 Security Aspects

This paper discusses the new International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation environment known as Cluster 1600, the software at the heart of the environment, and the security features of this software. In combination with IBM's Unix operating system, AIX, the Cluster 1600 environment is based on IBM's Parallel System Support Programs. These software packages provide security features that address secure remote administration, centralized and secure password administration, delegation of root authority, log monitoring, and file auditing. Cluster 1600 takes security seriously. It provides simplified and centralized administration that gives a system administrator the appropriate tools to be effective.