Covers not just one directory services option, but all the leading alternatives and platforms.

Includes extensive application code in C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic.

CD-ROM packed with valuable resources, including SDKs for Windows, Solaris, and IBM OS/390, LDAP, JNDI tools, and more. In this book, a team of leading software engineers cover all you need to know to start building enterprise-class directory services applications with todays most important technologies, including LDAP, Suns JNDI, and Microsofts ADSI. Start by understanding the problems directories were invented to solve, and the key qualities enterprise-class directory services and directory applications must have, such as availability and security. Review the past, present, and future of directory technologies, as well as "nuts and bolts" issues such as replication, partitioning, and schema. The book includes a full section of case studies demonstrating how directory-enabled applications can solve critical problems throughout the enterprise. The accompanying CD-ROM contains extensive directory services code in C, C++, Java, and Visual Basic, as well as LDAP software developer kits for Windows, Solaris, and IBM OS/390; the IBM SecureWay LDAP Directory Server; a JNDI client SDK; all relevant RFCs; plus this entire book and four bonus IBM Redbooks on LDAP and Enterprise JavaBeans.