This chapter looks at a number of techniques that can be used to secure NDS/eDirectory in order to proactively prevent administrator-created problems through either accidental or intentional misuse of the management tools. It also discusses different ways of protecting your network from external hackers and describes how to set up security access for help desk personnel in order to perform common tasks such as changing passwords and resetting grace logins. This chapter also covers the pros and cons of using RBS for help desk tasks . Finally, this chapter discusses the use of proxy user to secure LDAP access.
