[Am-info] New Sun Products Comply With Liberty Alliance Standards

[Fred A. Miller]

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New Sun Products Comply With Liberty Alliance Standards

Sun Microsystems on Tuesday introduced Sun One software and=20
services that are compliant with the new network-identity=20
specifications disclosed Monday by the Liberty Alliance Project.

Sun's Identity Server 6 and Directory Server 5.2 are compatible=20
with the specifications, which promise interoperability between=20
systems to enable opt-in account linking and simplified user=20
sign-on capabilities. The specifications encourage technology=20
providers to use Security Assertion Markup Language to exchange=20
user credentials between applications that exist within a company=20
or between companies. Sun is also providing Security Hardening=20
Service and Security Assessment Service for Firewall DMZ as part=20
of its new Sun One network-identity system.

The new identity and directory servers are part of the Sun One=20
Platform for Network Identity, which is sold in Enterprise and=20
Internet editions. The Enterprise Edition, which was unveiled in=20
March, is designed to manage up to 10,000 online identities=20
inside the firewall, and the Internet Edition is designed to=20
manage up to 250,000 online identities outside the firewall. The=20
Enterprise and Internet Editions are priced starting at $149,995=20
and $999,995, respectively. - Larry Greenemeier

For the full story, go to:
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeH7a0Bce7K0Cf20BfW80Ab

And for more, read:
Sun Closes Servers Price Gap
http://update.informationweek.com/cgi-bin4/flo?y=3DeH7a0Bce7K0Cf20Bet40Az

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Fred A. Miller
Systems Administrator
Cornell Univ. Press Services
fm@cupserv.org, www.cupserv.org
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