Red Hat Directory Server

Centralized repository for your identity and user information

Red Hat Directory Server is an LDAP-based server that centralizes application settings, user profiles, group data, policies, and access control information into an operating system-independent, network-based registry. Forming the central repository for an Identity Management infrastructure, Red Hat Directory Server simplifies user management, eliminating data redundancy and automating data maintenance. It also improves security, by storing policies and access control information, Red Hat Directory Server creates a single authentication source across entire enterprise for both intranet and extranet applications.

• Read the Directory Server product sheet [PDF]
• Read the technical brief- "Scalable Centralized Authentication Services" [PDF]

Features Overview

• Centralizes management of people and their profiles, reducing administrative costs
• Acts as a central repository for user profiles and preferences, enabling personalization
• Allows 4-way multi-master replication of data across the enterprise, providing a centralized, consistent data source available to enterprise applications
• Enables single sign-on access with a partner solution
• Provides scalability for massive numbers of users by containing the information control required for developing extranet applications
• Provides full support for 64-bit HP-UX, Solaris and Red Hat Enterprise Linux platforms
• Provides the foundation for strong certificate-based authentication when used in conjunction with a Red Hat Certificate System

Directory Server Small Business Bundles

For more information, or to participate in a free trial evaluation of Red Hat Directory Server, contact sales on the web or call 00800 7334 2835.