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Considerations for Integrating with Third-Party Directories

This chapter discusses the decisions you need to make before integrating with a third-party directory. Once you have made these decisions, you can configure bootstrapping and synchronization between the directories. This chapter assumes that you are familiar with:

• Chapter 19, "Deployment of Oracle Identity Management Realms"

• Chapter 30, "Oracle Delegated Administration Services"

• Chapter 31, "Oracle Internet Directory Self-Service Console"

This chapter contains these topics:

• General Considerations for Integrating with a Third-Party Directory

• Choose Which Directory Is to Be the Central Enterprise Directory

• Choose Where to Store Passwords

• Choose the Structure of the Directory Information Tree

• Select the loginID Attribute

• Select the User Search Base

• Select the Group Search Base

• Decide How to Address Security Concerns

• Configuring Synchronization with a Third-Party Directory: Step by Step Guide

• Limitations of Third-Party Integration in Oracle Internet Directory 10g (9.0.4)