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Chapter Four : Gathering Information
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ADS (Active Directory™ Services) Domain
Active Directory™ presents organizations with a directory service designed for
distributed computing environments. Active Directory™ allows organizations to centrally
manage and share information on network resources and users while acting as the central
authority for network security. In addition to providing comprehensive directory services
to a Microsoft® Windows® environment, Active Directory™ is designed to be a
consolidation point for isolating, migrating, centrally managing, and reducing the number
of directories that companies require.
Active Directory™ is the integral directory service within the Microsoft® Windows®
2000 operating system. This service improves manageability, enables security and
extends interoperability between Microsoft® Windows® 2000 and other operating
systems.
Item Description
Server Name/IP
Workgroup/Domain
Name
Organizational Unit
Admin Name
Admin Password
Confirm Password
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NIS (Network Information System) Domain
Network Information System. Developed by Sun™ Microsystems, NIS is a distributed
naming and directory service originally called Yellow Pages™ or YP. It is a mechanism
for identifying and locating network objects and resources. It provides a uniform storage
and retrieval method for network-wide information in a transport-protocol and media-
independent fashion.
NIS is a network naming and administration system typically used for smaller networks.
Using NIS, each host, client or server in the system has knowledge about the entire
system. A user at any host can get access to files or applications on any host in the
network with a single user identification and password. It is intended for use on local