Terms Used in this Guide
The following terms are used in this guide:
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AD – Active Directory
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Certificate – Generally refers to an X.509 certificate
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Kerberos – Network authentication protocol
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LDAP – Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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OID – Oracle Internet Directory
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OPSS - Oracle Platform Security Services
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SSL – Security Sockets Layer, a protocol for encrypted connections over which application traffic can be transported. Replaced by TLS, although SSL is still used as a generic term.
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TLS – Transport Layer Security, a successor to SSL.
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WLS – WebLogic Server
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X.509 Certificate – A certificate issued by a trusted authority (certificate authority) to certify that a specified entity (individual, organization, server, or other entity) holds the matching private key for a public key.