Day 9 Flashcards
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
an open standard protocol for accessing object oriented databases.
LDAP defines how clients acess the directory server and perform database operations over an IP network.
Uses port 389
LDAP encompasses 4 models:
the information model, naming model, functional model, security model
information model
objects- most fundamental item in a directory attributes- characteristics of objects schema- set of rules or structure that defines objects classes-logical grouping of objects container- used for organizing objects, but cannot have ...........group policies linked directly to them organizational unit (OU)- used for organizing objects ............and can have group policies linked to them domains-contain OU's, containers, and objects User Principal Name- May be used as user logon name .........for the domain. Combines username and DNS ..........name; commonly used as an email address
naming model
distinguished name (DN)-- full name--- contains the relative distinguished name (RDN) and location within the LDAP directory. contains every piece after what is asked for.
Relative distinguished name (RDN) – Common Name– portion of the name that does not relate to the directory strucuture.
portion of the name that applies
object class identifiers as defined in RFC-1777
DC- domain component
OU- Organizational Unit Name
CN- Common Name
functional model
provides information that details what can be done with the database.
authentication—bind is the primary operation
Interrogation–search is the primary operation
update–add, modify, and delete
security model
how directory information is protected
active directory fundamentals
Active Directory is Microsoft’s implementation of LDAP directory services.
AD is contained in the %systemroot%\NTDS\Ntds.dit database file
benefits of active directory
flexible querying integration with DNS extensibility policy-based administration scalability replication security interoperability
Domains
serve as boundries for authentication and policy
domain controller
installing Active Directory on a Windows server makes it a domain controller
member server
Window’s servers that do not have AD installed are called member servers
replication
required when a domain has multiple domain controllers to maintain data conformity
sites
used to represent the physical topology of the network
Benefits of sites
Enables clients to efficiently discover services that are close
Enables network traffic control to optimize replication between domain controllers
Enables policy application
Benefits of sites
Enables clients to efficiently discover services that are close
Enables network traffic control to optimize replication between domain controllers
Enables policy application