OSI目录服务技术

OSI Directory Service Technology

介绍了ISO/CCITT目录服务标准1988版和1993版的概况.目录是一个专用的分布式信息数据库.在分布式计算环境中,目录服务标准为管理不经常变化的信息提供了分布式服务.可以从OSI目录服务中获得命名客体的信息.文中描述了目录服务的功能模型,目录信息库的逻辑结构,以及目录的分布、管理、使用、安全及开发等各个方面.

The paper provides an overview of the OSI Directory Service as defined in the ISO/CCITT Directory Services Standards [IS 9594, 1988] and updated in [IS 9594,1993]. The OSI Directory Service is used to obtain information about named objects. The Directory Service is best described as a specialized distributed database. The paper describes the logical organization of information in the database, the functional model of Directory Service, the methods of controlling access to the information, the security of Directory Service and so on.