Overview of NIS+ to LDAP Migration
Comparing Features and Security Between LDAP-UX and NIS+
•Centralized authentication of HP-UX PAM-enabled applications and LDAP-enabled enterprise applications.
•Host access control of individual users or groups.
•Enforcement of global account and password policies.
•Data privacy using SSL encryption.
•Co-existence with HP-UX Trusted Mode and shadow passwords.
LDAP-UX Client Services simplifies HP-UX system administration by consolidating account, group and other configuration information into a central LDAP directory server. The LDAP-UX Client Services product works with a variety of LDAP v3 capable directory servers and is fully tested with the Netscape Directory Server and the Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Servers.
For detailed information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services with the Netscape Directory Server for HP-UX version 6.x, refer to LDAP-UX Client Services Administrator’s Guide at http://docs.hp.com.
For detailed information on the integration of LDAP-UX Client Services with the Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory Server, refer to LDAP-UX Client Services with Microsoft Windows 2000/2003 Administrator’s Guide at http:;//docs.hp.com.
Comparing Features and Security Between LDAP-UX and NIS+
This section describes the LDAP-UX and NIS+ features and security comparisons.
Feature Comparison Between LDAP and NIS+
Both NIS+ and LDAP server provide services to their clients as a data repository. The NIS+ server supports SecureRPC with Diffie-Hellman authentication. The LDAP directory server not only provides authentication, but also uses access control when the clients attempt to