Network Security Features of HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2

Network Security Features of HP-UX 11i
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identification, and access control information. In addition, you can extend the Netscape Directory Server
to support your entire enterprise with a global directory service that provides you with centralized
management of all your enterprise resource information.
HP provides the Netscape LDAP Directory Server as a software bundle on Software Depot.The Netscape
LDAP Directory Server is available also available on the HP-UX Application Release CD.
Netscape Directory Server Features
The key features and benefits of the Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX are:
• LDAP Directory: Provides a powerful directory server specifically designed for LDAP.
• Network based Administration console: Provides a powerful directory management tool that uses a
graphical interface to manage local or remote directory servers.
• Command-line tools: Let you script updates and other modifications to your directory server and its
contents.
• On-line Backup and restore database: Lets you make backups of the directory database and restore
from the backups to protect against data loss.
• SSL: Provides secure communications over the network including cipher with up to 168-bit
encryption.
• Multi-Master Replication: Provides highly available directory services for both read and write
operations.
• Support for SNMP: Lets you monitor your directory server in real time using the Simple Network
Management Protocol (SNMP).
• Chaining and Referrals: Increases 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.
• Password Policy and Account Lockout: Lets you define a set of rules that govern how passwords
and accounts are managed in the directory server.
• Plug-in API: The Directory Server Plug-In API is fully supported. You can extend the functionality
of the Directory Server by writing your own plug-in functions using this API.
• DSML Import/Export Tool - Enables importing and exporting of DSML (version 1.0) documents.