[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link.
]
“SearchOpenSource.com: What role does Red Hat Directory
Server play in the upcoming Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
release?“Mike Ferris: We are heavily investing in
taking a very stable and scalable platform with a Directory Server
and extending that with other technologies. The upcoming release of
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will include the ability to do smart
cards and single sign-on into the platform itself, using back-end
componentry that includes our certificate system and Directory
Server technology. So, the Directory Server itself is not just an
identity store, but it really starts to become part of the open
source identity infrastructure to allow accelerated values such as
single sign-on. At the core of it, you’ll be better able to
identify users, identify roles and identify applications and how
they connect to resources and systems, and you’ll be controlling
that and auditing it at an exceptionally strong kernel
level…”
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