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Centralized Authentication Proposal

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''===Arguments For''===
* More easily managed users
* consistent home directories over NFS
* More modern approach to user management
* Less inconsistencies throughout builders
* Ability to document centralized logon performance in ARM space
** valuable research for enterprise hardware
''===Arguments Against''===* Additonal services running on HonkgongHongkong/Ireland
* Increased network traffic
* additonal point of failure
** Can have backup/slave servers
''===Means and methods''===
'''====NIS/NIS+'''====
* Pros
** Quick and easy
**
* Cons
** Not the most scalable system
*** Mitigated by the fact that our farm is less than 100 machines
 
====OpenLDAP/389 Directory====
* Pros
** LDAP is an industry standard
** Extensible
** Fine Grained
** Lots of nice and easy to use management tools
* Cons
** Perhaps too complex
**
'''OpenLDAP/389 Directory'''- Standard '''====Kerberos/Heimdall'''====
'''====Other'''====
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