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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 intra- and extranet applications.

• Centralizes management of people and their profiles, thus 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 and Solaris platforms
  

• Provides the foundation for strong certificate-based authentication when used in conjunction with a Red Hat Certificate System
  

• Directory Server is available for the following operating environments:
  

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 3 (X86), 32-bit

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4 (X86), 32-bit

  • Solaris 9 (SPARC), 32-bit

  • Solaris 9 (SPARC), 64-bit

  • HP-UX 11i for HP-9000 and HP Integrity servers, 64-bit