Sun Delivers First Liberty-enabled Single Sign-on Solution Sun ONE Identity Server 6, Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2
Sun is shipping the first end-to-end network
identity solution that addresses customers' needs for heightened
security, privacy and federated identity management that is fully
compliant with the recently announced Liberty Alliance version 1.0
specification.
"Identity is the most fundamental Web service and customers want open,
interoperable solutions that enable frictionless commerce on the Web,"
said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president, software, Sun. "CIOs
and commerce sites are spending millions on
redundant, proprietary identity infrastructure. By offering early
support of the Liberty spec, Sun is giving enterprises more choice in
network identity and enabling them to take advantage of the rising tide
of business opportunities. With Sun's solutions, customers can reduce
redundancies between existing systems while extending their network
identity environment safely to deliver single sign-on today within
their own organizations or among groups of companies working together
in a circle of trust."
The SunTM ONE Platform for Network Identity features pre-integrated
software, hardware and services. It has been completely updated with
the Liberty-enabled SunTM ONE Identity Server 6 (formerly iPlanetTM
Identity Server: Access Management Edition), SunTM ONE Directory
Server (formerly iPlanetTM Directory Server) 5.2, SolarisTM 9
Operating Environment (Solaris OE) and new professional services
offerings. Other products in the SunTM Open Net Environment (Sun ONE)
software portfolio will be Liberty-enabled over time, beginning with
the award-winning SunTM ONE Portal Server (formerly iPlanetTM
Portal Server).
The Sun ONE Platform for Network Identity includes:
Sun ONE Identity Server 6: This new version enables enterprises to
bridge disparate authentication systems with single sign-on. Based on
open standards, including Liberty, SAML and JavaTM Authentication and
Authorization Service, customers can integrate the Sun ONE platform into existing
systems without lock-in to a single vendor. Sun ONE Identity Server
includes increased authentication, policy administration and security
controls, such as Kerberos v5, Microsoft NT and Windows 2000
authentication plug-ins, automatic resource-based authentication and
OSCP for digital certificates. The product also supports the leading
application servers for development and integration, including the
SunTM ONE Application Server (formerly iPlanetTM Application
Server) as well as third-party products such as the BEA Web Logic
Server, SAP Web Application Server, IBM WebSphere and others. The
product is available in early access (EA) and is expected to be released in
October of this year. To register for the EA program, go to:
Sun ONE Directory Server 5.2: Sun ONE Directory Server now features
password synchronization with Microsoft Active Directory and added
scalability and performance through 64-bit addressing. The product will
also offer increased availability in mission-critical applications
through SunTM Cluster 3.0 software agent support and four-way multi-master
replication over WAN for global deployments. The Sun ONE Directory
Server 5.2 is expected to be available in November.
Services: Two new services for network identity are now available,
including the Security Hardening Service that utilizes the Solaris OE
controls for identification, authentication and access control and the
Security Assessment Service for Firewall DMZ to help establish a strong
perimeter defense. Additional learning, consulting and support programs
for network identity are also available.
Additional components of the Sun ONE solution include Solaris 9 OE, Sun
FireTM 280R servers, UltraTM workstations and SPARCR III servers,
and Sun StorEdgeTM storage arrays.
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