Implementing Directory Services [Paperback]

Archie Reed (Author)

Book Description

Series: Enterprise Computing | Publication Date: February 14, 2000

A guide for administrators implementing a new network operating system (such as Windows NT, Novell NetWare or UNIX) to Microsoft Active Directory, Novell NDS, Netscape NDS, and the Microsoft/Cisco collaboration, Directory-Enabled Networks. The book covers all these products, placing different vendor products within a comprehensive directory services strategy. The accompanying CD-ROM includes demos and utilities from Microsoft, Novell, Cisco and Netscape. It also contains security utilities, indexing engines, and LDAP utilities.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Your One-Stop to the New Directory Services from Microsoft, Novell, Cisco, and Netscape

Implementing directory services--e-mail, e-commerce, enterprise security, the Internet, and client-server applications--can be extremely beneficial for business as they provide significant return on investment. But, implementation of these services can be a daunting task.

This book gives you all the information you'll need for smart and strategic implementation of directory services, on both the business and technical sides. There is a lot more to directory services than just LDAP, and this important resource provides a guide to the various standards available, including LDAP, X.500, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), and Directory Enabled Networks (DEN), as well as the vendor products available today, including Microsoft Active Directory, Novell NDS, and Netscape DS.

Inside you'll find:

Instructions for implementing a directory service Complete business justification for directory services and real world case studies A CD-ROM that includes demos and utilities from the major players in directory services

Network designers, programmer, and administrators managing large network systems will find this book to be an invaluable resource to today's standards and protocols as well as the ones to watch for in the future.

Product Details

• Paperback: 752 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (February 14, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 007134408X
• ISBN-13: 978-0071344081
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,691,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Archie Reed is HP Chief Technologist for Cloud Security. He is a 20-year experienced manager and technologist, with a wide range of leadership, architecture, product, R&D, and implementation experience gained in high-profile environments. Archie has worked to deliver both commercial and internal business solutions, as well as managed both engineering and corporate development for a multi-million user, multi-tenant service provider. Archie has been involved in multiple standards efforts, including OASIS to the Cloud Security Alliance.

Archie is a regular speaker at executive events, conferences, and analyst meetings on topics including Security, Privacy, Cloud Computing, Identity Management, and Business Technology Optimization. Archie's previous books include The Definitive Guide to Identity Management, Migrating to Windows 2000 and Exchange 2000, and Implementing Directory Services, alongside many whitepapers and magazine articles. Before becoming an IT professional, Archie held prestigious roles as a croupier, a barman, and a roustabout

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, September 26, 2001

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"vgshabat" (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing Directory Services (Paperback)

I found this book pretty disappointing. There is way too much unstructured text; often it's not clear why one chapter follows another. It's too technical for a management's perspective and has too much abstract blah-blah for a techical perspective. It doesn't really qualify as a beginner's book (not enough background information, real-life or imaginary problems directory infrastructures are supposed to solve), but doesn't have enough specifics for an advanced reader.

I think there is still quite a lot of useful information in this book; however, a reader's patience is tested to the limits if he tries to extract it from this mass of text. The author could use some more time in extracting the useful bits and thus shortening the book (and making it a bit easier to carry too!)

In additions there are faults in this book's layout. The figures have no titles (it seems they are named with filenames they were stored in). There are also typos and grammatical mistakes (then instead of than etc.). All in all, nice idea, way too little work put into production.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth the money, October 12, 2001

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GAETAN HOULE (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing Directory Services (Paperback)

I was totally amazed by the author's capability to write 700 pages of text and still have nothing to say. People that would normally buy books on directory services want to increase their knowledge in that particular area. If that is your objective, don't buy this book because it is very unlikely that you will learn anything new. I don't consider myself as having a strong technical background, and did not learn much.

5.0 out of 5 stars A great all round resource, June 25, 2002

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Stephen Downes (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Implementing Directory Services (Paperback)

This book is a great place to start for anyone wanting to get to grips with the implementation of directory services. It may not hold all the information you will need, but it gives a balanced view of the issues, the solutions and the technologies. Just what I needed; a great place to start....thanks Archie.