Oracle announces Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems
ConvergenceAsia staff
03/04/2008

Oracle has announced the immediate availability of Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, a new offering within Oracle Identity Management, a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware.

Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems is software that centralises user management and authentication across major Linux and Unix flavours.

Traditionally, organisations have had to store and manage access and identity information locally on individual Linux or Unix servers throughout their enterprise. With Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, IT managers can now centralise this information in a single corporate directory resulting in improved management while end users can access enterprise applications as well as Linux or Unix servers through a single sign-on login.

“Although the challenge of effectively and efficiently managing access to mission critical applications deployed on Linux and Unix is not new to organisations, this is an area that security and identity vendors have failed to address until now,” said Hasan Rizvi, vice president, Identity Management and Security Products, Oracle.

Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, part of the Oracle Directory Services offering, is based on open standards and includes the following features and complementary directory components:

- Tight integration with Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) on Unix and Linux operating systems, including Oracle Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), Sun Solaris, IBM AIX and HPUX.
- Tools and scripts to configure both PAM and Oracle Internet Directory components for a simplified migration and native security between network endpoints.
- Oracle Internet Directory, built on the Oracle Database, which securely stores and distributes data pertaining to users, groups, roles and entitlements across the enterprise.

“Today, Oracle is filling the void by delivering Oracle Authentication Services for Operating Systems, which allows administrators to easily centralise authentication and user data management throughout the organisation,” said Rizvi.

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