Securing Apple's Open Directory

Apple's Open Directory is a powerful directory services platform that supports a variety of clients, most notably Mac OS X and Windows. As such, Open Directory is an easy-to-manage application for Mac and multiplatform networks. It functions well as a network's sole directory service and can integrate well with Active Directory or, for that matter, with any LDAP-based directory services platform.

For administrators, employing a robust directory services application that supports all their clients is only part of the equation. Directory servers manage user authentication and maintain significant amounts of information about users, groups, servers, workstations and network configurations. This makes securing directory servers a paramount concern for any network admin

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