We recently wanted to use OiD for sign-on to a new app. I asked Oracle
about the licencing and they said it was *only* available as part of IAS,
even when used as a replacement for ONAMES. I didn't entirely believe the
answer, so I asked again, and got the same reply. Since the app does not
need the rest of IAS, it was a non-starter.
Also, OiD, like Active Directory, is very much non-standard LDAP. We went
with OpenLDAP (free but flakey on windows) on unix and Sun directory server
(a lot cheaper than IAS) on windows and large unix installations.
--
David Lord
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kanagaraj [mailto:john.kanagaraj_at_hds.com]
> Sent: 23 September 2003 02:40
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: RE: Migrating from ONAMES to OID
>
>
> Ponnu,
>
> Looks like our resident OiD expert - Rich Jesse - didn't pick
> this up :) My
> thoughts are:
>
> * My understanding is that although Oracle threatened to yank
> Onames, they
> have still allowed it to reside in 9.2.0.x. I haven't heard
> anything about
> this in 10g...
> * OiD is a lot more than just a replacement for Onames - it
> is the basis for
> Single-signon and a starting point for Content management. As such, my
> reading is that it is still not kosher enough... (although I
> heard a BDE
> person say that the OiD in iAS 9.0.4 was much improved)
> * OiD is supposed to be LDAP (v3?) compliant - that would mean that M$
> products should work seamlessly against a Corporate LDAP
> server served out
> of Oracle OiD. Try getting M$ to bless this ;-) OTOH, OiD is
> supposed to be
> able to replicate well from M$ ADS. I haven't had the
> opportunity to try
> that out yet...
>
> Although I wouldn't advice against progress (Onames -> OiD),
> my question is
> 'Why fix something that is currently not broken'? Until the
> whole LDAP space
> settles down, I would advice waiting. (You still have V7 and
> that will crimp
> your style)
>
> John Kanagaraj
> DB Soft Inc
> Phone: 408-970-7002 (W)
>
> Disappointment is inevitable, but Discouragement is optional!
>
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ponnusamy Rangasamy [mailto:ponnu_at_kyocera-wireless.com]
> >Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:25 PM
> >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >Subject: Migrating from ONAMES to OID
> >
> >
> >Folks,
> >
> >We are in the process of evaluating - migration from Oracle
> >Names to 9i OID
> >and will be glad to know
> >your experiences.. I understand that clients should be 8i. we
> >have Oracle
> >Ver. 7 thru 9i.
> >Listed below is an overview of the procedures..
> >
> >a) Installing 9i OID on the database server
> >b) Directory Services on LDAP
> >c) Installing ldap clients for all existing oracle clients.
> >d) Schema for OID in a database.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >..Ponnu
> >
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