Sun OpenSSO Enterprise 8.0 Update 1 Release Notes

Supported Features for Various Directory Servers

In the following table, a Policy Subject refers to the "who" part of the policy definition. The Policy Subject specifies the members or entities to which the policy applies. Policy Condition refers to the additional restrictions with which the policy applies. Examples are a specified window of time in a day, a specified IP address, or a specified authentication method.

OpenSSO Enterprise Feature 

Sun Directory Server LDAPv3 

OpenDS 

Microsoft Active Directory LDAPv3 

IBM Tivoli Directory 

Generic LDAPv3 

User Data Storage 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Configuration Data Storage 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

No 

AMSDK (legacy) 

Yes 

No 

No 

No 

No 

LDAP Authentication 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Membership Authentication 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

No 

Active Directory Authentication 

Not Applicable 

Not Applicable 

Yes, with limitations 

Not Applicable 

Not Applicable 

Policy Subjects and Policy LDAP Filter Condition 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Password Reset 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

No 

No 

Account Lockout 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

No 

Cert Authentication 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

MSISDN Authentication 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Data Store Authentication (through LDAPv3 user store configuration) 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

Yes 

User creation with Password and Password Management 

Yes 

Yes 

No 

Yes 

Yes 

Password Policy  

Yes  

Limited support  

No  

No  

No