Red Hat Directory Server
| Category: | General - Operating Systems | By: | Red Hat |
| Platforms: | Linux | More info: | www.redhat.com |

Red Hat Directory Server is an LDAP-based server
that centralizes application settings, user profiles, group data,
policies, and access control information into an operating
system-independent, network-based registry. Forming the central repository for
an Identity Management infrastructure, Red Hat Directory Server
simplifies user management, eliminating data redundancy and automating
data maintenance. It also improves security, by storing
policies and access control information, Red Hat Directory
Server creates a single authentication source across entire
enterprise for both intranet and extranet applications.
Features
Overview
- Centralizes management of people and their profiles,
reducing administrative costs
- Acts as a central repository
for user profiles and preferences, enabling personalization
- Allows
4-way multi-master replication of data across the enterprise,
providing a centralized, consistent data source available to
enterprise applications
- Enables single sign-on access with a
partner solution
- Provides scalability for massive numbers of
users by containing the information control required for
developing extranet applications
- Provides full support for 64-bit
HP-UX, Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms
- Provides the foundation for strong certificate-based authentication when
used in conjunction with a Red Hat Certificate
System