Implementing Directory Services - Softcover

Reed, Archie

9780071344081: Implementing Directory Services

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007134408X ISBN 13: 9780071344081

Publisher: Computing McGraw-Hill, 2000

Implement directory services without headaches! Now there's a single, all-in-one source for selecting and deploying directory services products from all major vendors. Archie Reed's Implementing Directory Services: Microsoft Active Directory, Novell NDS, Netscape NDS and Cisco/Microsoft Directory-Enabled Networks sorts through the hype to tell you what you really need to know. Learn the top ten factors that can streamline or sabotage implementation, take charge of legal, security, and manageability issues, and compare solutions with the book's own built-in resource guide with capabilities sorted by vendor and by standard (LDAP, X.500, DNS, NIS+, ADSI, and

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Your One-Stop to the New Directory Services from Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, and Netscape

Implementing directory services--e-mail, e-commerce, enterprise security, the Internet, and client-server applications--can be extremely beneficial for business as they provide significant return on investment. But, implementation of these services can be a daunting task.

This book gives you all the information you'll need for smart and strategic implementation of directory services, on both the business and technical sides. There is a lot more to directory services than just LDAP, and this important resource provides a guide to the various standards available, including LDAP, X.500, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and Directory Enabled Networks (DEN), as well as the vendor products available today, including Microsoft Active Directory, Novell NDS, and Netscape DS.

Inside you'll find:

Instructions for implementing a directory service Complete business justification for directory services and real world case studies A CD-ROM that includes demos and utilities from the major players in directory services

Network designers, programmer, and administrators managing large network systems will find this book to be an invaluable resource to today's standards and protocols as well as the ones to watch for in the future.

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