Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP)

public keyRDNrecordremote procedure call(RPC)reverse resolutionRFC 2307root domainRPCSASLschemasearchTripleSecure RPC passwordserverThe public component of a pair of mathematically generated numbers,which, when combined with a private key, generates the DES key. TheDES key in turn is used to encode and decode information. The publickey is available to all users and machines. Every user or machine hastheir own public and private key pair.Relative Distinguished Name. One part of a DN.See entry.An easy and popular paradigm for implementing the client-servermodel of distributed computing. A request is sent to a remote systemto execute a designated procedure, using arguments supplied, and theresult is returned to the caller.The process of converting workstation IP addresses to workstationnames using the DNS software.RFC specifying a mapping of information from the standard NIS mapsto DIT entries. By default, the N2L service implements the mappingspecified in an updated version RFC 2307bis.See domain.See remote procedure call (RPC).The simple authentication and security layer. A framework fornegotiating authentication and security layer semantics inapplication-layer protocols.A set of rules defining what types of data can be stored in any givenLDAP DIT.A description of where to look for a given attribute in the DIT. ThesearchTriple is composed of a ’base dn’, ’scope’ and ’filter’. This is partof the LDAP URL format as defined in RFC 2255.Password required by Secure RPC protocol. This password is used toencrypt the private key. This password should always be identical tothe user’s login password.(1) In NIS+, NIS, DNS, and LDAP a host machine providing namingservices to a network.(2) In the client-server model for file systems, the server is a machinewith computing resources (and is sometimes called the computeserver), and large memory capacity. Client machines can remotelyaccess and make use of these resources. In the client-server model forwindow systems, the server is a process that provides windowingservices to an application, or “client process.” In this model, the clientand the server can run on the same machine or on separate machines.(3) A daemon that actually handles the providing of files.302 System Administration Guide: Naming and Directory Services (DNS, NIS, and LDAP) • January 2005