| Directory/Metadirectory Options: | |
| Product(s) | Novell NDS |
| URL | http://www.novell.com/products/index.html |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | X.500, X.509 |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | LDAP over SSL, NOT SASL! |
| OS Platforms | NetWare, Solaris, HP-UX Tru64, Linux, AIX (in development) |
| OS Platform Connectors | NetWare, NT4, Active Directory, Solaris, AIX, Linux, HP-UX FreeBSD |
| Database Connectors | Exchange, Notes, Examples: POPd, RADIUS, SSH, ActiveX, ISAPI, Apache |
| Cost | ~$1.50 per user with other site Novell Academic License Agreement purchase |
| Product(s) | Sun iPlanet |
| URL | http://www.iplanet.com/products/platform_layer/unified_user_2_1e.html |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | X.509v2,3, XMLDAP |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | PKCS#11, Digest MD5, SSL, UserID/password |
| OS Platforms | Sun OS 6, Solaris 8, AIX 4.3.3, NT4, Win2000, HP-UX 11 |
| OS Platform Connectors | Active Directory |
| Database Connectors | Oracle API, LDAP |
| Cost | |
| Product(s) | Tivoli SecureWay |
| URL | http://tivoli.com/products/index/user_admin/ |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | X.509v3, … |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | |
| OS Platforms | NT4, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX |
| OS Platform Connectors | NT4, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Active Directory, NDS, Linux, OS/2, OS/390, OS/400 |
| Database Connectors | Oracle, Notes |
| Cost | |
| Product(s) | Microsoft Metadirectory |
| URL | http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/technologies/directory/MMS/default.asp |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | Krb5 |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | Krb5 |
| OS Platforms | ?? |
| OS Platform Connectors | ?? |
| Database Connectors | Notes, Exchange |
| Cost | Free??? With engagement of consultant |
| Product(s) | InJoin Meta-Directory Server |
| URL | http://www.cp.net/products/injoin_index.html |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | X.500, X.509 |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | SSL, PKI |
| OS Platforms | NT4, Win 2000, HP-UX 11, AIX 4.3, IRIX 6.5, Sun OS 2.6 |
| OS Platform Connectors | |
| Database Connectors | |
| Cost | |
| Product(s) | OpenLDAP |
| URL | http://www.openldap.org/ |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | X.509 |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | Kerberos v5, Start TLS, others with lots of fiddling |
| OS Platforms | Virtually any UNIX, kludgy Windows support |
| OS Platform Connectors | PAM_LDAP and NSS_LDAP available for Linux, Solaris |
| Database Connectors | PostgresSQL, Oracle?? |
| Cost | Free |
| Product(s) | Kerberos 5 |
| URL | http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/ |
| Directory Access Protocol(s) | Krb4, krb5 |
| Encryption/Authentication Standards | Krb4, krb5 |
| OS Platforms | Solaris, Irix, Tru64, Source known to compile on AIX, Linux, others… |
| OS Platform Connectors | PAM_krb5 for Solaris, Linux; APIs available for Windows, Mac 8-9-X |
| Database Connectors | Oracle, mySQL, Microsoft SQL??? |
| Cost | Free |
Last modified September 18 2001 04:15 PM
