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Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual

Netscape NETSCAPE DIRECTORY SERVER 6.0 - DEPLOYMENT Deployment Manual (188 pages)

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
About this Guide

9
- Purpose of this Guide
  9
- Directory Server Overview
  10
- Conventions Used in this Guide
  11
- Related Information
  11
Chapter 1 Introduction to Directory Server

13
Chapter 2 How to Plan Your Directory Data

25
Chapter 3 How to Design the Schema

39
Chapter 4 Designing the Directory Tree

57
- Introduction to the Directory Tree
  57
- Designing Your Directory Tree
  58
  - Choosing a Suffix
    58
    
    Suffix Naming Conventions
    59
    
    Naming Multiple Suffixes
    60
  - Creating Your Directory Tree Structure
    60
    
    Branching Your Directory
    60
    
    Identifying Branch Points
    62
    
    Replication Considerations
    64
    
    Access Control Considerations
    66
  - Naming Entries
    67
    
    Naming Person Entries
    67
    
    Naming Group Entries
    69
    
    Naming Organization Entries
    69
    
    Naming Other Kinds of Entries
    70
- Grouping Directory Entries
  70
  - About Roles
    71
  - Deciding between Roles and Groups
    72
  - About Class of Service
    72
- Directory Tree Design Examples
  74
  - Directory Tree for an International Enterprise
    74
  - Directory Tree for an ISP
    75
- Other Directory Tree Resources
  76
Chapter 5 Designing the Directory Topology

77
- Topology Overview
  77
- Distributing Your Data
  78
  - About Using Multiple Databases
    79
  - About Suffixes
    80
- About Knowledge References
  82
  - Using Referrals
    82
    
    The Structure of an LDAP Referral
    83
    
    About Default Referrals
    84
    
    Smart Referrals
    84
    
    Tips for Designing Smart Referrals
    87
  - Using Chaining
    88
  - Deciding between Referrals and Chaining
    89
    
    Usage Differences
    90
    
    Evaluating Access Controls
    90
- Using Indexes to Improve Database Performance
  93
  - Overview of Directory Index Types
    93
  - Evaluating the Costs of Indexing
    94
Chapter 6 Designing the Replication Process

95
- Introduction to Replication
  95
  - Replication Concepts
    96
    
    Unit of Replication
    97
    
    Read-Write Replica/Read-Only Replica
    97
    
    Supplier/Consumer
    97
    
    Change Log
    98
    
    Replication Agreement
    99
  - Data Consistency
    99
- Common Replication Scenarios
  100
  - Single-Master Replication
    100
  - Multi-Master Replication
    101
  - Cascading Replication
    103
  - Mixed Environments
    105
- Defining a Replication Strategy
  107
- Using Replication with Other Directory Features
  115
  - Replication and Access Control
    115
  - Replication and Directory Server Plug-Ins
    115
  - Replication and Database Links
    116
  - Schema Replication
    117
Chapter 7 Designing a Secure Directory

119
- About Security Threats
  119
  - Unauthorized Access
    120
  - Unauthorized Tampering
    120
  - Denial of Service
    121
- Analyzing Your Security Needs
  121
  - Determining Access Rights
    122
  - Ensuring Data Privacy and Integrity
    122
  - Conducting Regular Audits
    123
  - Example Security Needs Analysis
    123
- Overview of Security Methods
  124
- Selecting Appropriate Authentication Methods
  124
  - Anonymous Access
    125
  - Simple Password
    126
  - Certificate-Based Authentication
    127
  - Simple Password over TLS
    127
  - Proxy Authentication
    128
- Preventing Authentication by Account Inactivation
  128
- Designing a Password Policy
  129
  - Password Policy Attributes
    129
    
    Password Change after Reset
    129
    
    User-Defined Passwords
    130
    
    Password Expiration
    130
    
    Expiration Warning
    131
    
    Password Syntax Checking
    131
    
    Password Length
    131
    
    Password Minimum Age
    132
    
    Password History
    132
    
    Password Storage Scheme
    132
  - Designing a Password Policy in a Replicated Environment
    133
  - Designing an Account Lockout Policy
    133
- Designing Access Control
  134
  - About the ACI Format
    134
    
    Targets
    135
    
    Permissions
    136
    
    Bind Rules
    137
  - Setting Permissions
    138
    
    The Precedence Rule
    138
    
    Allowing or Denying Access
    138
    
    When to Deny Access
    139
    
    Where to Place Access Control Rules
    139
    
    Using Filtered Access Control Rules
    140
  - Using Acis: some Hints and Tricks
    140
- Securing Connections with SSL
  142
- Other Security Resources
  143
Chapter 8 Directory Design Examples

145
- An Enterprise
  145
  - Data Design
    146
  - Schema Design
    146
  - Directory Tree Design
    147
  - Topology Design
    148
    
    Database Topology
    149
    
    Server Topology
    149
  - Replication Design
    151
    
    Supplier Architecture
    151
    
    Supplier Consumer Architecture
    152
  - Security Design
    153
  - Tuning and Optimizations
    154
  - Operations Decisions
    154
- A Multinational Enterprise and Its Extranet
  154
  - Data Design
    155
  - Schema Design
    156
  - Directory Tree Design
    156
  - Topology Design
    159
    
    Database Topology
    159
    
    Server Topology
    161
  - Replication Design
    163
    
    Supplier Architecture
    164
  - Security Design
    166
Glossary

167
Index

183

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