HP-UX Directory Server Version 8.1 (B.08.10.07) Release Notes (766146-001, March 2014)

1 HP-UX Directory Server features
The HP-UX Directory Server 8.1 product replaces the Red Hat Directory Server for HP-UX (RHDS)
product line. The HP-UX Directory Server is based on the same open source software as RHDS and
includes a straightforward migration process from RHDS. HP-UX Directory Server (HPDS) provides
an industry-standard, centralized directory service on which to build your intranet or extranet. Your
HP-UX servers and other directory-enabled applications use the directory service as a common,
network-accessible location for storing shared data such as user and group identification, server
identification, and access control information. In addition, you can extend the HP-UX Directory
Server to support your entire enterprise with a global directory service that enables centralized
management of all enterprise resource information. Features of this product include:
• LDAP Directory – A powerful directory server specifically designed for LDAP (Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol).
• Administration Console – A powerful server and directory management tool with a graphical
interface. Logging in from any system connected to your network, you can configure a remote
server or manage data in a centralized directory. The included Administration Server allows
for remote operation (startup, shutdown, log viewing, SSL certificate management) of the
directory server. The improved management console includes a new dialog that facilitates
replication configuration.
• Command-line tools – Enables you to use customized scripts to update and modify your
directory server and its contents.
• Schema management interface – Enables you to create custom object classes and attributes
to define entries specific to your enterprise needs.
• On-line import and export LDIF files – Helps you manage directory entries, enabling you to
add, modify, and delete multiple entries.
• On-line backup and restore database – Enables you to make backups of the directory database
and to restore from the backups to protect against data loss.
• SSL/TLS – Provides secure communications over the network including ciphers with up to
168-bit encryption.
◦ Simple passwords - High level application integration
◦ SASL DIGEST-MD5 - Secure challenge and response
◦ SASL EXTERNAL - Client-side certificates and integration in Public Key frameworks
◦ SASL GSSAPI - Kerberos integration
• Multi-master replication – Provides a highly available directory service for both read and write
operations.
• Support for SNMP – Permits you to monitor your directory server in real time using the Simple
Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
• Chaining and referrals – Increase the power of the directory by storing a complete logical
view of the directory on a single server while maintaining data on a large number of directory
servers, transparently to clients. These features enable limitless scalability for the size of the
directory database. Chaining is an enhancement over referrals. Where referrals inform clients
where to look for requested data, chaining handles referrals for the client, freeing clients of
the responsibility for finding the location of the requested data.
• Multiple databases – Provides a simple way of splitting your directory data across multiple
databases to simplify the implementation of replication and chaining in your directory service.
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