Directory System Agent

Directory System Agent

A Directory System Agent (DSA) is the element of a X.500 directory service that provides User Agents with access to a portion of the directory (usually the portion associated with a single Organizational Unit).[1][2][3] X.500 is an international standard developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T). The model and function of a directory system agent are specified in ITU-T Recommendation X.501.

Active Directory

In Microsoft's Active Directory the DSA is a collection of servers and daemon processes that run on Windows 2000 Server systems that provide various means for clients to access the Active Directory data store.[4][5]

Clients connect to an Active Directory DSA using various communications protocols:

References

  1. ^ Daniel Blum (1989-10-30). "Details of X.500 architecture". Network World (IDG Network World Inc) 6 (43): 58. ISSN 0887-7661. 
  2. ^ Zahir Tari and Omran Bukhres (2001). Fundamentals of distributed object systems: the CORBA perspective. Parallel and distributed computing. 8. John Wiley and Sons. pp. 219. ISBN 9780471351986. 
  3. ^ "X.500: Directory Access Protocol (DAP)". Javvin Technologies, Inc.. http://www.javvin.com/protocolX500.html. Retrieved 2005-09-22. 
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Platform SDK: Active Directory: Directory System Agent". MSDN. Microsoft. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/ad/ad/directory_system_agent.asp. Retrieved 2005-09-22. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Active Directory: Active Directory Diagnostics, Troubleshooting, and Recovery: Summary of Active Directory Architecture: Directory System Agent". Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit. Microsoft. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc961806.aspx. Retrieved 2010-10-02. 

RFCs

  • RFC 2148 — Deployment of the Internet White Pages Service


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