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Sun Microsystems, Inc. Sun Java™ System Directory Server 5.2

Product Version Certified: Sun Java™ System Directory Server 5.2
Certified for use with: Check Point Next Generation

Product Description: The Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 is software that provides a central repository for storing and managing identity profiles, access privileges, application and network resource information. With over 1.5 billion licenses sold the Sun Java System Directory Server is the most widely deployed general-purpose, LDAP-based directory server. The Sun Java System Directory Server is rated #1 in the Directory Server Magic Quadrant by Gartner Research, #1 market share leader by Radicati Research, #1 market penetration by The Burton Group.

   
Key Features and Benefits
OPSEC Integration
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Company Description: Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - "The Network Is The Computer" - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web.

 
Key Features and Benefits
  • Feature: High-performance design now optimized to support 64-bit caching on Solaris and HP-UX operating systems
    Benefit: Enables vertical scalability to take advantage of large multi-CPU systems as well as address more than 1.8 terabytes of memory.
  • Feature: Four-way multi-master replication across local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs)
    Benefit: Enables always on directory services across distributed data centers through an advanced, highly sophisticated replication protocol.
  • Feature: Fractional replication, attribute encryption and fine-grained password management
    Benefit: Provides stronger security and privacy mechanisms to help with regulatory compliance.
  • Feature: Protocol independent architecture
    Benefit: Provides support for LDAPv3, DSMLv2 today, while providing support for other open standards in the future.
OPSEC Integration
The integration between the Sun Java System Directory Server 5.2 and the OPSEC framework allows user data to be shared between VPN-1/FireWall-1 and other applications. These two applications are able to reside on different hosts and be maintained by different administrators. The Directory Server is accessible to both the SmartDashboard Client and to the VPN-1/Firewall-1 applications. It controls the types of attributes that can be defined for users, so the process for extending the Directory Server schema must be extended to also incorporate Check Point specific attributes used by the VPN-1/Firewall-1 application.
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