Oracle9i Directory Service Integration and Deployment Guide

Contents......Page 3
Send Us Your Comments......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
Organization......Page 14
Related Documentation......Page 15
Conventions......Page 16
Documentation Accessibility......Page 19
1 The Oracle Directory Environment......Page 21
LDAP-Enabled Oracle Products......Page 22
Oracle Internet Directory......Page 23
Integrating Oracle Products with Third-Party Directories......Page 24
2 Directory Server Concepts......Page 25
Directories and Relational Databases Compared......Page 26
Distribution......Page 27
The Benefits of Standards-Based Online Directories......Page 28
The Benefits of LDAP......Page 29
LDAP Version 3......Page 30
LDIF......Page 31
Directory Information Flow: An Example......Page 32
Entries......Page 34
Types of Attributes......Page 36
Attribute Syntaxes and Matching Rules......Page 37
Object Classes......Page 38
Auxiliary Object Classes......Page 39
Naming Contexts......Page 40
Schema......Page 41
Access Control Lists......Page 42
The Oracle Context......Page 44
3 Planning and Deployment Guidelines......Page 47
Designing an Effective Directory Tree and Choosing Entry Names......Page 48
Reasons to Replicate......Page 49
Designing for High Availability and Failover......Page 50
Sizing......Page 51
Tuning......Page 52
Designing Directory Security......Page 53
4 Deploying Oracle Products with Oracle Internet Directory......Page 55
Oracle Net Services......Page 56
How Oracle Net Services Uses Oracle Internet Directory......Page 57
Oracle Net Services Entries Under the Oracle Context......Page 59
Directory Deployment Factors for Oracle Net Services......Page 63
Central Management of User Authorizations......Page 65
Oracle Advanced Security Entries Under the Oracle Context......Page 66
Security Measures for Oracle Advanced Security Entries......Page 68
Directory Deployment Factors for Oracle Advanced Security......Page 69
How Application Context Uses Oracle Internet Directory......Page 70
Application Context Entries Under the Oracle Context......Page 71
Security Measures for Application Context Entries......Page 73
How Oracle Advanced Queuing Uses Oracle Internet Directory......Page 74
Oracle Advanced Queuing Entries Under the Oracle Context......Page 75
Directory Deployment Factors for Oracle Advanced Queuing......Page 76
Oracle Dynamic Services......Page 77
How Oracle Dynamic Services Uses Oracle Internet Directory......Page 78
Oracle Dynamic Services Entries Under the Oracle Context......Page 81
Directory Deployment Factors for Oracle Dynamic Services......Page 83
5 Completing Directory Usage Configuration......Page 85
Directory Usage Configuration During Custom Installation on the Server......Page 86
Directory Usage Configuration During a Client Installation......Page 88
Directory Usage Configuration After Installation......Page 89
Product-Specific Configuration Tasks......Page 93
A Oracle-Specific LDAP Schema Extensions......Page 95
Attributes......Page 96
Attributes......Page 98
Application Context......Page 99
Attributes......Page 100
Structural Object Classes......Page 102
Attributes......Page 103
B LDAP Command-Line Tools......Page 105
LDAP Command-Line Tools......Page 106
Optional Arguments for Command-Line Tools......Page 113
Index......Page 115