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A Multinational Enterprise and its Extranet

This example builds a directory infrastructure for
example.com
multinational company. This example builds on the directory structure created in
the last example for
to meet its new needs.
example.com
geographic locations: the US, Europe, and Asia.
than 20,000 employees, all of which live and work in the countries where the
example.com
company-wide LDAP directory to improve internal communication, to make it
easier to develop and deploy web applications, and to increase security and
privacy.
Designing a directory tree for an international corporation involves determining
how to logically collect directory entries, how to support data management, and
how to support replication on a global scale.
In addition,
suppliers and trading partners. An extranet is an extension of an enterprise's
intranet to external clients.
The following sections describe the steps in the process of deploying a
multinational directory service and extranet for
• Data Design
• Schema Design
• Directory Tree Design
• Topology Design
• Replication Design
• Security Design
Corporation from the previous example has grown into a large,
example.com
has grown into an organization dispersed over three main
offices are located.
wants to create an extranet for use by its parts
example.com
A Multinational Enterprise and its Extranet
example.com
Corporation, expanding the directory design
example.com
decides to launch a
example.com
example.com
Chapter 8
International.
now has more
International:
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