Internet Directories (Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed) (Hardcover)

This practical guide covers each leading Internet directory services technology, their benefits, and what it takes to directory-enable your applications with them. Review each leading alternative for Internet-based directory services, including Domain Name Services (DNS), Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), X.500, and Whois. Consider the Internet protocol stack from the directory perspective, understanding key interrelationships and interdepencies that directly impact the way you directory-enable your applications. Compare the leading directory programming interfaces, including Microsoft's MAPI messaging API; X/Open Directory Services API; and the University of Michigan API. Review each leading category of directory-enabled applications, and make better decisions about which to implement -- now, and in the future. For all system administrators, Web professionals, and others developing directory-enabled applications. Part of the

Directory-enabled applications: understand the benefits, master the technologies!

• All you need to know to directory-enable your applications!
• Key concepts, protocols, standards, and APIs
• In-depth coverage of LDAP and DNS
• Reviews several powerful directory services applications
• By Bruce Greenblatt, former Novell NDS LDAP Component Design Lead

Prentice Hall Series in Computer Networking and Distributed Systems, Radia Perlman, Series Advisor

Internet Directories is the most comprehensive, practical guide to today's leading Internet directory services technologies. Bruce Greenblatt—former design lead for Novell's NDS LDAP component—introduces every key concept associated with Internet-based directory services, demonstrates the compelling advantages of directory-enabled applications, and presents real-world techniques for directory-enabling your own applications. Coverage includes:

• Detailed definitions and explanations of each Internet directory
• Extensive coverage of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Domain Name Services (DNS)
• Text-based Internet directory services: Finger, Whois, and Whois++
• Key interrelationships between directory services
• Back-end directory protocols used by Internet directory servers
• Real-world techniques for administering Internet directories
• Building LDAP browsers using Java and much more

Greenblatt provides in-depth coverage of several key directory-enabled applications, covers the APIs available for accessing Internet directories, and reviews two leading directory servers that implement LDAP: Microsoft's Active Directory and Novell's NDS.

Whether you're a sysadmin, developer, or Web professional, Internet directories offer you powerful tools for managing today's complex applications and networks. With Internet Directories, one of the field's leading experts helps you master these tools—and achieve real-world results.

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