A reference to selecting, implementing and managing directory services in heterogenous networks.
-- This book provides the critical background material for anyone considering implementing, expanding, or integrating directory services on their network
-- This book delivers the needed information in a highly concise manner, providing a succinct overview of the critical technologies involved in current and future directory services
-- Doug and Beth Sheresh have over three decades of experience in the computer industry, and certifications in NT and NetWare. They apply their combined experience in implementing and supporting NT and NetWare networks to examining directory services in the context of today's heterogeneous networking environmentsUnderstanding Directory Services will provide the reader with a thorough knowledge of the fundamentals of directory services; what DS are, how they are designed, and what functionality they can provide to an IT infrastructure. We will explain directory services through the models of X.500, LDAP, and DNS, much like current networking theory is taught via the OSI and DOD models. This information, along with in-depth chapters on the critical technologies being used to implement DS (X.500, LDAP, and DNS), will provide a concise guide to creating a directory-enabled, LDAP-compliant, DNS-integrated, heterogeneous network. This book will provide a framework to the exploding market of directory services by placing the technology in context and helping people understand what directories can, and can't, do for their networks. To help readers apply this DS theory to real life, we also cover DS evaluation dimensions and criteria, and provide a review ofcurrent directory service implementations, with special focus on Active Directory and NDS.
