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To: Jack Whitley who wrote (30346)	2/16/2000 4:15:00 AM
From: jwright	Respond to of 42771

Jack said >> To use MSFT Active Directory in this context, wouldn't both the customer and the vendor have to be using Windows 2000, with the vendor also being required to have Windows 2000 installed internally, server through desk top? << I'm sure this is what Microsoft wants but this is where Meta-Directories come into play. Unfortunately I'm not all that hip on them since to me they seem like a gateway moved up to the application level of the OSI protocol stack. I've written a number of gateways while working at HP and believe me they are no fun. As Scott has said numerous times the access protocol is not nearly as important as a standardized schema in the industry. Information and how that information is represented is what is important. To oversimplify the storage of information and to quickly access information is where Novell excels due to their superior plumbing. Microsoft excels in presentation of information (i.e. applications) and in manipulation of information (i.e. development tools, and API's). I currently see no clear-cut winner in the security of the information. For the stuff I'm doing I really have fallen in love with PERL5. It's power in manipulation of data is awesome. Using PERL5 to generate on the fly DHTML/XML is a powerful combination. Jimmy

To: Jack Whitley who wrote (30346)	2/16/2000 10:45:00 AM
From: Scott C. Lemon	Respond to of 42771

Hello Jack, > To use MSFT Active Directory in this context, wouldn't both the > customer and the vendor have to be using Windows 2000, with the > vendor also being required to have Windows 2000 installed > internally, server through desk top? This is actually an interesting area ... If the solution were built on top of protocols such as LDAP, then I do not believe that would be the case. There are no real ties that I am aware of between their LDAP server, and any particular client ... you would just be using AD as a "database" of personal information. However, I have heard the talk several times about the requirement of having Windows2000 everywhere for AD to be used. I think this is if you want AD to manage all of your workstations and servers. For basic identity management I don't think this would be required. I'm working to get one of my test machines updated so that I can look at their LDAP server ... I'll know more then ... Scott C. Lemon