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| Secure Identity Management Overview Course |
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| March 2003 |
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Architecture Overview
Nsure Resources consists of the following major infrastructure components:
- Workforce Tree. A tree created in Novell eDirectory that can be installed on Novell.
- NetWare, Windows NT/2000, Linux or Solaris server.
- Novell DirXML Engine. Installed on the same server as the Workforce Tree.
- Novell DirXML drivers. Installed on the HR client system, messaging system, and account and directory systems included in the lab setup.
- Novell DirXML Remote Loader Service. Installed on the HR client system, messaging system, and account and directory services machines included in the lab setup.
Other components:
- Novell iManager. Installed on the Web server.
- Novell eGuide. Installed on the Web server.
Figure 1:
The deployment of the Nsure Resources components in a typical setup.
Three major characteristics distinguish Novell Nsure Resources from other user identity management systems:
Standards based. Nsure Resources is based on extended markup language (XML) which facilitates data sharing with other systems.
Attribute level distributed authority. Nsure Resources permits the organization to maintain authoritative data sources for user identity information in different systems. For example, most additions and modifications to employee information must be initiated by HR system. E-mail address additions and modifications must be initiated in the messaging system. Employees can modify some personal information such as cell phone and home phone numbers.
Real-time bi-directional information sharing. Nsure Resources propagates, in real time, changes made to user identity data in one system to all other systems that share that data. When an employee e-mail address is changed in the messaging system, for example, the address is immediately changed in the HR system and account systems or directories.
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