NIS+ to LDAP Migration Guide

Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Comparing Features and Security Between LDAP-UX and NIS+
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• Centralized authentication of HP-UX PAM-enabled applications and
LDAP-enabled enterprise applications.
• Host access control of individual users or groups.
• Enforcement of global account and password policies.
• Data privacy using SSL encryption.
• Co-existence with HP-UX Trusted Mode and shadow passwords.
LDAP-UX Client Services simplifies HP-UX system administration by
consolidating account, group and other configuration information into a
central LDAP directory server. The LDAP-UX Client Services product
works with a variety of LDAP v3 capable directory servers and is fully
tested with the Netscape Directory Server and the Windows 2000/2003
Active Directory Servers.
For detailed information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services
with the Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX version 6.x, refer to
LDAP-UX Client Services Administrator’s Guide at http://docs.hp.com.
For detailed information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services
with the Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Server, refer to LDAP-UX
Client Services with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Administrator’s
Guide at http:;//docs.hp.com.
Comparing Features and Security Between
LDAP-UX and NIS+
This section describes the LDAP-UX and NIS+ features and security
comparisons.
Feature Comparison Between LDAP and NIS+
Both NIS+ and LDAP server provide services to their clients as a data
repository. The NIS+ server supports SecureRPC with Diffie-Hellman
authentication. The LDAP directory server not only provides
authentication, but also uses access control when the clients attempt to