Longer-term issues with Directory Servers

• Infrastructure Issues

  • Scalability
  • Replication
    • Same vendor server to server
    • Different vendor server to server
  • Inter-operability between different servers
  • “Platform” independence
  • Security and authentication
    • Certificates, etc.
    • Proxy connections and access control

• Application Support Issues

  • Schema design and extension
  • Directory structure and layout
    • Organizational, Network-oriented, Geographic, Flat
  • Access control to support a variety of different uses
  • Transaction support

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