NSSA-221 Lecture 3: Active Directory
30 Jan 2019
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A nos is a networked environment in which various types of resources such as user, group, and computer accounts are stored in a central repository that is controlled by administrators and accessible to end users. A typical networked environment will include one or more servers that provide authentication, authorization, and account management. Clients or end users are granted access to those servers. Microsoft first introduced nos with windows nt 3. 0, circa 1990. Active directory (ad) was released in beta, circa 1997. Windows nt introduced the concept of a domain . Grouping resources into administrative and security boundaries. Directory service - a repository of network, application, or nos information that is useful to multiple applications and/or users. Ldap and x. 500 defined the standard for how a directory service is implemented and accessed. Developed by the itu and iso defining structure, security, and functionality for directory services. Difficult to implement at a client level.
