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| eDirectory for the Beginner |
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| February 2002 |
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| DeveloperNet University Course |
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Keep Your Network Resources Secure
eDirectory provides:
- Superior security features. It protects access to the network by requiring users to authenticate to it when they log on.
- Authentication support. Flexible user authentication support ranging from passwords encrypted over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to X.509v3 certificates and smart cards. The login authentication service is based on the public-key/private-key encryption technology developed by RSA Data Security, Inc., which relies on a private key and digital signature to verify the user's identity. Once the user is authenticated to the network, further authentication (which is required when a user makes a request to a different server) is handled in the background by eDirectory and thus is transparent to the user.
- Security management. With eDirectory 8.5 you can create a secure environment by providing the scalability, reliability, and universal access necessary to properly manage digital certificates, cryptography, authentication and other security technologies. eDirectory has open standard security services establishing Novell as the leading provider of directory-based network security.
The eDirectory security solution components include:
- Novell International Cryptographic Infrastructure (NICI). The first international cryptographic infrastructure that developers can leverage to receive the appropriate level of encryption for their application (based on the region of the world where the application will be used) without embedding cryptography in the application.
- Secure Authentication Services (SAS). A modular authentication framework that provides next-generation authentication services; SAS currently provides SSLv3 support.
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