Developer(s) IBM Type Directory service | Stable release 6.4 / March 2015 License Proprietary | |
Operating system Platform x86-compatible
SPARC
PowerPC
IBM System i
IBM System z9 |
IBM Security Directory Server, formerly known as IBM Directory Server and IBM Tivoli Directory Server, is an IBM implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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IBM Security Directory Server is an enterprise directory for corporate intranets and the Internet. IBM Security Directory Server is built to serve as the identity data foundation for rapid development and deployment of Web applications and security and identity management initiatives by including strong management, replication and security features.
Several authentication methods are available with IBM Security Directory Server, beyond basic usernames and passwords. IBM Security Directory Server supports digital certificate-based authentication, the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL), Challenge-Response Authentication Mechanism MD5 (CRAM-MD5), and Kerberos authentication.
IBM Security Directory Server has an LDAP infrastructure that provides a foundation for deploying comprehensive identity management applications and advanced software architectures.
History
During the product's inception, IBM named its product the IBM SecureWay Directory. This name wasn't changed until the Release 5.1 of the product and was then known as IBM Directory Server. With the next version of the product, Release 5.2, the name was again changed to include the Tivoli in it, and was known as IBM Tivoli Directory Server. The latest release offered as of Mar 2014 is IBM Security Directory Server.