Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2nd Edition)
Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0672323168
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1997
Pages: 245
Pages: 245
- Home
- Home
- About the Authors
- Contacting Us
- Looking Ahead
- Further Reading
- Further Reading
- 5. Defining Your Directory Needs
- Defining Your Directory Needs Checklist
- Sources for Data
- The Schema Checking Process
- Directory Topology Overview
- Replication Concepts
- Security Threats
- Making the Right Product Choice
- Pre-pilot Testing
- Analyzing and Reducing Costs Checklist
- IV: Maintaining Your Directory Service
- Looking Ahead
- Looking Ahead
- Further Reading
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- Further Reading
- Directory Service Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Directory Service Design
- Directory Drivers
- About the Technical Reviewers
- 3. An Introduction to LDAP
- II: Designing Your Directory Service
- An Overview of the Directory Needs Definition Process
- Looking Ahead
- Data Design Checklist
- Sources for Predefined Schemas
- The Purposes of a Namespace
- Authentication in a Distributed Directory
- Designing Your Directory Replication System
- Analyzing Your Security and Privacy Needs
- Evaluation Criteria for Directory Software
- Piloting Checklist
- Looking Ahead
- 16. Backups and Disaster Recovery
- 19. Troubleshooting
- 21. Directory-Enabling ExistingApplications
- VI: Case Studies
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Applications
- Maintenance
- Deployment
- Acknowledgments
- Application-Specific and Special-Purpose Directories
- What Is LDAP?
- 4. Directory Road Map
- Determining and Prioritizing Application Needs
- Looking Ahead
- Documenting and Publishing Your Schemas
- Examples of Namespaces
- Topology Design Checklist
- Further Reading
- Further Reading
- Directory Software Options
- 14. Analyzing and Reducing Costs
- Backup and Restore Procedures
- The Data Maintenance Policy
- Selecting and Developing Monitoring Tools
- Discovering Problems
- Common Ways Applications Use Directories
- Reasons to Directory-Enable Existing Applications
- Determining Your Requirements
- 23. Case Study: Netscape Communications Corporation
- Looking Ahead
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- What Can a Directory Do for You?
- General-Purpose, Standards-Based Directories
- LDAP APIs
- The Directory Life Cycle
- Determining and Prioritizing Deployment Constraints
- Common Data-Related Problems
- Schema Design Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 11. Privacy and Security Design
- III: Deploying Your Directory Service
- Further Reading
- The Politics of Costs
- Advice for Going Production
- Directory-Specific Issues in Disaster Recovery
- Handling Exceptions
- Notification Techniques
- Troubleshooting and Resolving Problems
- Advice for LDAP Application Developers
- Example 1: A Directory-Enabled finger Service
- Privacy and Security Considerations
- An Overview of the Organization
- An Overview of the Organization
- 25. Case Study: A Large Multinational Enterprise
- Looking Ahead
- Further Reading
- The Book s Organization
- Directory Services Overview Checklist
- Conclusion
- LDAP and Internationalization
- Further Reading
- Choosing an Overall Directory Design and Deployment Approach
- Identifying Which Data Elements You Need
- Elements of LDAP Schemas
- Looking Ahead
- 9. Topology Design
- Security Guidelines
- 12. Choosing Directory Products
- 13. Piloting Your Directory Service
- Design, Piloting, and Deployment Costs
- Going Production Checklist
- Backups and Disaster Recovery Checklist
- Data Maintenance Checklist
- A Sample Directory Monitoring Utility
- Looking Ahead
- Example 2: An Employee Time-Off Request Web Application
- Directory-Enabling Existing Applications Checklist
- Example 2: A Virtual Directory
- Directory Service Design
- Directory Service Design
- An Overview of the Organization
- The Book s Audience
- Why Replicate?
- Developing New Applications Checklist
- Contacting Us
- Replication Concepts
- Further Reading
- I: An Introduction to Directory Services and LDAP
- Advanced Features
- Looking Ahead
- 1. Directory Services Overview
- Replication Checklist
- What Is a Directory?
- Looking Ahead
- Advice for Directory-Enabling Existing Applications
- What Can a Directory Do for You?
- 11. Privacy and Security Design
- Example 1: A Directory-Enabled finger Service
- What a Directory Is Not
- Example 2: Adding LDAP Lookup to an Email Client
- Directory Services Overview Checklist
- Security Guidelines
- Directory-Enabling Existing Applications Checklist
- Further Reading
- The Purpose of Security
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- Security Threats
- Looking Ahead
- 2. A Brief History of Directories
- Security Tools
- 22. Directory Coexistence
- Prehistory and Early Electronic Directories
- Designing for Security
- Why Is Coexistence Important?
- Application-Specific and Special-Purpose Directories
- Further Reading
- Determining Your Requirements
- Network Operating System Directories
- Looking Ahead
- Coexistence Techniques
- General-Purpose, Standards-Based Directories
- III: Deploying Your Directory Service
- Privacy and Security Considerations
- Directory Services Future
- Example 1: One-Way Synchronization with Join
- Conclusion
- 12. Choosing Directory Products
- Example 2: A Virtual Directory
- Directory Services Time Line
- Directory Coexistence Checklist
- Further Reading
- Making the Right Product Choice
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- Categories of Directory Software
- Looking Ahead
- 3. An Introduction to LDAP
- Evaluation Criteria for Directory Software
- VI: Case Studies
- What Is LDAP?
- Directory Software Options
- 23. Case Study: Netscape Communications Corporation
- The LDAP Models
- Choosing Directory Products Checklist
- LDAP APIs
- Further Reading
- An Overview of the Organization
- LDIF
- Looking Ahead
- Directory Drivers
- LDAP and Internationalization
- 13. Piloting Your Directory Service
- Directory Service Design
- LDAP Overview Checklist
- Directory Service Deployment
- Further Reading
- Pre-pilot Testing
- Directory Service Maintenance
- Looking Ahead
- A Piloting Road Map
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- II: Designing Your Directory Service
- Piloting Checklist
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- 4. Directory Road Map
- 14. Analyzing and Reducing Costs
- Looking Ahead
- The Directory Life Cycle
- The Politics of Costs
- An Overview of the Organization
- Directory Design Checklist
- Reducing Costs
- Directory Drivers
- Further Reading
- Design, Piloting, and Deployment Costs
- Directory Service Design
- Looking Ahead
- Ongoing Costs of Providing Your Directory Service
- Deployment
- 5. Defining Your Directory Needs
- Analyzing and Reducing Costs Checklist
- Maintenance
- An Overview of the Directory Needs Definition Process
- Looking Ahead
- Applications
- Analyzing Your Environment
- 15. Going Production
- Directory Deployment Impact
- Determining and Prioritizing Application Needs
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Determining and Prioritizing Users Needs and Expectations
- Creating a Plan for Going Production
- Looking Ahead
- Determining and Prioritizing Deployment Constraints
- Advice for Going Production
- 25. Case Study: A Large Multinational Enterprise
- Determining and Prioritizing Other Environmental Constraints
- Executing Your Plan
- Choosing an Overall Directory Design and Deployment Approach
- Going Production Checklist
- An Overview of the Organization
- Setting Goals and Milestones
- Looking Ahead
- Directory Drivers
- Defining Your Directory Needs Checklist
- IV: Maintaining Your Directory Service
- Directory Service Design
- Further Reading
- Deployment
- Looking Ahead
- 16. Backups and Disaster Recovery
- Maintenance
- 6. Data Design
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Data Design Overview
- Disaster Planning and Recovery
- Further Reading
- Common Data-Related Problems
- Directory-Specific Issues in Disaster Recovery
- Looking Ahead
- Creating a Data Policy Statement
- Summary
- 26. Case Study: An Enterprise with an Extranet
- Identifying Which Data Elements You Need
- Backups and Disaster Recovery Checklist
- General Characteristics of Data Elements
- Further Reading
- An Overview of the Organization
- Sources for Data
- Looking Ahead
- Directory Drivers
- Maintaining Good Relationships with Other Data Sources
- 17. Maintaining Data
- Directory Service Design
- Data Design Checklist
- Deployment
- Further Reading
- The Importance of Data Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Looking Ahead
- The Data Maintenance Policy
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- 7. Schema Design
- Handling New Data Sources
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- The Purpose of a Schema
- Checking Data Quality
- Elements of LDAP Schemas
- Data Maintenance Checklist
- Directory Schema Formats
- Further Reading
- The Schema Checking Process
- Looking Ahead
- Schema Design Overview
- 18. Monitoring
- Sources for Predefined Schemas
- Defining New Schema Elements
- An Introduction to Monitoring
- Documenting and Publishing Your Schemas
- Selecting and Developing Monitoring Tools
- Schema Maintenance and Evolution
- Proactive Monitoring
- Schema Design Checklist
- Notification Techniques
- Further Reading
- Taking Action
- Looking Ahead
- A Sample Directory Monitoring Utility
- 8. Namespace Design
- Monitoring Checklist
- The Structure of a Namespace
- Looking Ahead
- The Purposes of a Namespace
- 19. Troubleshooting
- Analyzing Your Namespace Needs
- Examples of Namespaces
- Discovering Problems
- Namespace Design Checklist
- Types of Problems
- Further Reading
- Troubleshooting and Resolving Problems
- Looking Ahead
- Troubleshooting Checklist
- 9. Topology Design
- Looking Ahead
- Directory Topology Overview
- Gluing the Directory Together: Knowledge References
- Authentication in a Distributed Directory
- Designing Your Directory Server Topology
- Topology Design Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 10. Replication Design
- Why Replicate?
- Replication Concepts
- Advanced Features
- Designing Your Directory Replication System
- Replication Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 11. Privacy and Security Design
- Security Guidelines
- The Purpose of Security
- Security Threats
- Security Tools
- Analyzing Your Security and Privacy Needs
- Designing for Security
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- III: Deploying Your Directory Service
- 12. Choosing Directory Products
- Making the Right Product Choice
- Categories of Directory Software
- Evaluation Criteria for Directory Software
- Reaching a Decision
- Directory Software Options
- Choosing Directory Products Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 13. Piloting Your Directory Service
- Pre-pilot Testing
- A Piloting Road Map
- Piloting Checklist
- Looking Ahead
- 14. Analyzing and Reducing Costs
- The Politics of Costs
- Reducing Costs
- Design, Piloting, and Deployment Costs
- Ongoing Costs of Providing Your Directory Service
- Analyzing and Reducing Costs Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 15. Going Production
- Creating a Plan for Going Production
- Advice for Going Production
- Executing Your Plan
- Going Production Checklist
- Looking Ahead
- IV: Maintaining Your Directory Service
- 16. Backups and Disaster Recovery
- Backup and Restore Procedures
- Disaster Planning and Recovery
- Directory-Specific Issues in Disaster Recovery
- Summary
- Backups and Disaster Recovery Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 17. Maintaining Data
- The Importance of Data Maintenance
- The Data Maintenance Policy
- Handling New Data Sources
- Handling Exceptions
- Checking Data Quality
- Data Maintenance Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 18. Monitoring
- An Introduction to Monitoring
- Selecting and Developing Monitoring Tools
- Proactive Monitoring
- Notification Techniques
- Taking Action
- A Sample Directory Monitoring Utility
- Monitoring Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 19. Troubleshooting
- Discovering Problems
- Types of Problems
- Troubleshooting and Resolving Problems
- Troubleshooting Checklist
- Looking Ahead
- V: Leveraging Your Directory Service
- 20. Developing New Applications
- Reasons to Develop Directory-Enabled Applications
- Common Ways Applications Use Directories
- Tools for Developing LDAP Applications
- Advice for LDAP Application Developers
- Example 1: A Password-Resetting Utility
- Example 2: An Employee Time-Off Request Web Application
- Developing New Applications Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 21. Directory-Enabling ExistingApplications
- Reasons to Directory-Enable Existing Applications
- Advice for Directory-Enabling Existing Applications
- Example 1: A Directory-Enabled finger Service
- Example 2: Adding LDAP Lookup to an Email Client
- Directory-Enabling Existing Applications Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 22. Directory Coexistence
- Why Is Coexistence Important?
- Determining Your Requirements
- Coexistence Techniques
- Privacy and Security Considerations
- Example 1: One-Way Synchronization with Join
- Example 2: A Virtual Directory
- Directory Coexistence Checklist
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- VI: Case Studies
- 23. Case Study: Netscape Communications Corporation
- An Overview of the Organization
- Directory Drivers
- Directory Service Design
- Directory Service Deployment
- Directory Service Maintenance
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 24. Case Study: A Large University
- An Overview of the Organization
- Directory Drivers
- Directory Service Design
- Deployment
- Maintenance
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Applications
- Directory Deployment Impact
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Looking Ahead
- 25. Case Study: A Large Multinational Enterprise
- An Overview of the Organization
- Directory Drivers
- Directory Service Design
- Deployment
- Maintenance
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Summary and Lessons Learned
- Further Reading
- Looking Ahead
- 26. Case Study: An Enterprise with an Extranet
- An Overview of the Organization
- Directory Drivers
- Directory Service Design
- Deployment
- Maintenance
- Leveraging the Directory Service
- Summary and Lessons Learned
Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 0672323168
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1997
Pages: 245
Pages: 245