Naming Services: A Quick Comparison - System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

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Part I About Naming and Directory Services

1. Naming and Directory Services (Overview)

What Is a Naming Service?

Solaris Naming Services

Naming Services: A Quick Comparison

2. The Name Service Switch (Overview)

Part II DNS Setup and Administration

3. DNS Setup and Administration (Reference)

Part III NIS Setup and Administration

4. Network Information Service (NIS) (Overview)

5. Setting Up and Configuring NIS Service

6. Administering NIS (Tasks)

7. NIS Troubleshooting

Part IV LDAP Naming Services Setup and Administration

8. Introduction to LDAP Naming Services (Overview/Reference)

9. LDAP Basic Components and Concepts (Overview)

10. Planning Requirements for LDAP Naming Services (Tasks)

11. Setting Up Sun Java System Directory Server With LDAP Clients (Tasks)

12. Setting Up LDAP Clients (Tasks)

13. LDAP Troubleshooting (Reference)

14. LDAP General Reference (Reference)

15. Transitioning From NIS to LDAP (Overview/Tasks)

16. Transitioning From NIS+ to LDAP

Part V Active Directory Naming Service

17. Setting Up Solaris Active Directory Clients

A. Solaris 10 Software Updates to DNS, NIS, and LDAP

Service Management Facility Changes

pam_ldap Changes

Documentation Errors

Naming Services: A Quick Comparison

	DNS	NIS	NIS+	LDAP
NAMESPACE	Hierarchical	Flat	Hierarchical	Hierarchical
DATA STORAGE	Files/ resource records	2 column maps	Multi-columned tables	Directories [varied]
SERVER NAMES	Master/slave	Master/slave	Root master/non-root master primary/secondary cache/stub	Master/replica
SECURITY	None	None (root or nothing)	Secure RPC (AUTH_DH) Authentication	SSL, varied
TRANSPORT	TCP/IP	RPC	RPC	TCP/IP
SCALE	Global	LAN	LAN	Global

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