Solaris Directory Services 3.1

Sun^TM Directory Services 3.1 provides a comprehensive and flexible directory and naming service. It federates all of an organization's information into a single database that is accessible from any web server.

The product contains:

• A Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, compliant with the LDAP v3 Internet standards
• An LDAP replication service
• A Network Information Service (NIS) server, that integrates into an existing NIS environment to provide an integrated naming service
• A Remote Access Dialup User Service (RADIUS) server that provides authentication for remote users connecting to the network through a Network Access Server (NAS), and that also provides accounting services
• A Java^TM administration console that offers local and remote configuration and management
• A Java directory editor and browser, called Deja, for maintaining directory information
• A web gateway that offers access to the directory from any web browser
• A set of administration commands, including data import and export utilities
• SNMP agents for monitoring by a management application

Sun Directory Services also offers the following security features:

• Encryption of communications between client and server using SSL (provided the SSL library is installed)
• Strong authentication in bind through the SASL protocol
• Password encryption in RADIUS transactions

Installation Requirements

Sun Directory Services 3.1 runs on Solaris^TM SPARC^TM and x86 systems with 64 Mbytes of RAM. The product requires a Solaris 2.6 or compatible operating environment, and a Java compatible browser. HotJava 1.0.1 is recommended.

If you want to use SSL security features, you need to install the SSL libraries provided with Sun WebServer^TM. Note that due to legal restrictions in certain countries, SSL is not available worldwide.