Sun's Open Source Identity Mgmt Whitepaper

Open Source Identity Management Solutions Provide the Scalability for the Enterprise in the Extranet

Sun Identity Source Offers an Approach

The white paper "Guide to Open Source Identity Management" (login or registration required) explores the advantages of open-source identity software and provides a look at Sun Identity Source, the open-source identity initiative, which currently includes OpenSSO and OpenDS.

OpenSSO, Sun's open-source identity management project, provides highly scalable, high-performance capabilities for single sign-on (SSO), access management, federation, and secure Web services. OpenDS is an open-source community project focused on building a free, comprehensive, next-generation directory service based on LDAP and DSML standards.

As the white paper points out, the advantage of open source solutions in identity management situations lies in their being able to be highly usable and intuitive. Only such a solution can accommodate the hundreds of millions of users anticipated to result from the shift in enterprise IT as it moves from enterprise-focused applications to extranet-focused
applications.

Identity and Access Management Product Matrix, Sun 2009