IBM Tivoli Directory Server
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IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS), formerly known as IBM Directory Server, is an IBM
implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
, and is part of the IBM Tivoli Identity & Access Management portfolio.
IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a powerful, security-rich
and standards-compliant enterprise directory for corporate intranet
s and the Internet
. Directory Server is built to serve as the identity data foundation for rapid development and deployment of Web application
s and security and identity management
initiatives by including strong management, replication and security features.
Several authentication
methods are available with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, beyond basic usernames and passwords. ITDS supports digital certificate-based authentication
, the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(SASL), Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism MD5 (CRAM-MD5), and Kerberos
authentication.
IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a powerful LDAP infrastructure that provides a foundation for deploying comprehensive identity management applications and advanced software architectures.
in it, and is now known as IBM Tivoli Directory Server. The latest release offered as of Nov 2011 is IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3.
One of the main advantages of Tivoli Directory Server is that it runs on IBM mainframes
. Supported platforms also include Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows.
- ITDS, IBM Tivoli Directory Server
- ITDS, Internet, Tecnologia e Desenvolvimento de Software
IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS), formerly known as IBM Directory Server, is an IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network...
, and is part of the IBM Tivoli Identity & Access Management portfolio.
IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a powerful, security-rich
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
and standards-compliant enterprise directory for corporate intranet
Intranet
An intranet is a computer network that uses Internet Protocol technology to securely share any part of an organization's information or network operating system within that organization. The term is used in contrast to internet, a network between organizations, and instead refers to a network...
s and the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
. Directory Server is built to serve as the identity data foundation for rapid development and deployment of Web application
Web application
A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are...
s and security and identity management
Identity management
Identity management is a broad administrative area that deals with identifying individuals in a system and controlling access to the resources in that system by placing restrictions on the established identities of the individuals.Identity management is multidisciplinary and covers many...
initiatives by including strong management, replication and security features.
Several authentication
Authentication
Authentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...
methods are available with IBM Tivoli Directory Server, beyond basic usernames and passwords. ITDS supports digital certificate-based authentication
Public key certificate
In cryptography, a public key certificate is an electronic document which uses a digital signature to bind a public key with an identity — information such as the name of a person or an organization, their address, and so forth...
, the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Simple Authentication and Security Layer is a framework for authentication and data security in Internet protocols. It decouples authentication mechanisms from application protocols, in theory allowing any authentication mechanism supported by SASL to be used in any application protocol that uses...
(SASL), Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism MD5 (CRAM-MD5), and Kerberos
Kerberos
Kerberos may refer to:* Cerberus, the hound of Hades * Kerberos saga, a science fiction series by Mamoru Oshii* Kerberos , a computer network authentication protocol* Kerberos Dante, a character from Saint Seiya...
authentication.
IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a powerful LDAP infrastructure that provides a foundation for deploying comprehensive identity management applications and advanced software architectures.
History
During the product's inception, IBM named its product the IBM SecureWay Directory. This name wasn't changed until the Release 5.1 of the product and was then known as IBM Directory Server. With the next version of the product, Release 5.2, the name was again changed to include the TivoliTivoli Software
Tivoli Software is the service management brand of the IBM Software Group. IBM purchased Austin-based Tivoli Systems, Inc. on March 4, 1996 and allowed existing executive management to operate Tivoli as a wholly owned subsidiary in the IBM Software Group...
in it, and is now known as IBM Tivoli Directory Server. The latest release offered as of Nov 2011 is IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3.
Comments
IBM's directory server uses their DB2/UDB database as the underlying data store. In older versions, the impact of this was that it had comparatively poor performance, and required tuning of both the LDAP server and the UDB server to get any kind of respectable performance. As of the latest version (6.1), and possibly the one before (5.1), it is believed that the server's performance has been rectified.One of the main advantages of Tivoli Directory Server is that it runs on IBM mainframes
Mainframe computer
Mainframes are powerful computers used primarily by corporate and governmental organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and financial transaction processing.The term originally referred to the...
. Supported platforms also include Linux, AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and Microsoft Windows.
Features
- Supports hundreds of millions of entries by leveraging advanced reliability and scalability of IBM DB2IBM DB2The IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition is a relational model database server developed by IBM. It primarily runs on Unix , Linux, IBM i , z/OS and Windows servers. DB2 also powers the different IBM InfoSphere Warehouse editions...
9 technology and built-in proxy server - Extends an on demand identity infrastructure to leading business solutions through compliance with LDAP
- Maintains high availability using robust master/subordinate and peer-to-peer replication capabilities, with up to dozens of master servers
- Seamlessly integrates with IBM middleware, identity management and security products, plus leverage open integration with non-IBM offerings
- Offers end users Web-based access to, and the ability to update, “white pages” information
- Flexibly supports leading platforms, including IBM AIX, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows Server, HP-UX, and SUSE and Red Hat Linux distributions
- Remote administration of the server through an extensive web-based interface