The first
edition of this book covered the underlying
directory service technologies (X.500,
LDAP,
DNS), and
integrated the information using a networking perspective
and a special focus on Novell Directory
Services and Active
Directory.
The 2nd Edition extends this coverage to the LDAP-Based
directories (such as iPlanet and SecureWay) and the
X.500-based enterprise directory services (including
eTrust, InJoin, LiveContent, and Nexor).
In addition, this 2nd Edition covers the emerging
MetaDirectory technologies and products that are crucial to
the integration and interoperability of the multiple
directories used in an enterprise-networking
environment.
To help readers apply directory service theory to real
life, this book also covers evaluation dimensions and
criteria, and provides a review of current directory
service products.
Contents
Introduction.
1. Introduction to Directory Services.
2. Evolution of Directory Services.
3. Storing Directory Information.
4. X.500: A Model for Directory Services.
5. LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
6. DNS: The Domain Name System.
7. X.500 Directory Services.
8. LDAP-Only Directory Services.
9. eDirectory.
10. Active Directory.
11. Metadirectory Services.
12. Directory Markup Languages.
13. Evaluating Directory Services.
Appendix A. References.
Appendix B. Glossary.
Index.