NewsForge: Unite Your Linux and Active Directory Authentication

“Authentication is easily one of the most critical services
provided by your network infrastructure. It is the gatekeeper for
every resource on your network. Workstations, applications,
printers, and files would all be open to the world without a system
of ensuring that only those people who need any given resource can
gain access to it. Once you have accepted the fact that you need
authentication, you must decide whether to stay with one network
operating system in the interest of a completely homogenous
network, or accept a “best of breed” system that will better
fulfill your needs, even though it will complicate your
environment. If you choose the second option, often times you are
left with a management nightmare, where you have two, three, or
even more authentication engines to maintain across your network
operating systems…”

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