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Symlabs LDAP Proxy

 

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Reliable, Scalable, and Secure


Symlabs LDAP Proxy leads the industry in flexibility. It adds a layer of abstraction between client applications and back-end data repositories, so you can enhance overall performance, increase failover capabilities, or alter the presentation of data stored in your repositories on-the-fly. With its built-in functionalities and bundled library of plug-ins, Symlabs LDAP Proxy is one of the most powerful components you can add to your existing directory infrastructure - it can be used in an almost infinite number of configurations to resolve problems associated with LDAP back-end data repositories.


Symlabs LDAP Proxy is built on the core engine used in Symlabs Virtual Directory Server, and inherits many of its features, including:


  • virtual unified views of data stored within heterogeneous back-end LDAP repositories
  • performance enhancing load-balancing algorithms, connection pooling, and search caching facilities
  • health checking and failover mechanisms that improve availability
  • filtering and ACL mechanisms to implement a consolidated security policy
  • a staged architecture that facilitates customized scripts to manipulate requests and responses moving between clients and back-end repositories

 

"The LDAP Proxy works brilliantly. We saved a lot of effort and money by using this product"
- Juan Cortez, HPCG

Symlabs LDAP Proxy gives you the ability to quickly modify the presentation of data on the fly, so you can easily integrate new applications into your existing identity infrastructure without any requirement to alter directory information - your data remains in its original place and format. The software has been ported to and optimized for all major platforms, allowing it to run in environments where a variety of operating systems may be used. Configurations are platform independent and can be managed remotely either using a Java based GUI, or through a web-based front-end.

Symlabs LDAP Proxy delivers blazing speed, extraordinary data security, and maximum ease-of-use. It is designed to provide a cost effective alternative to a virtual directory which includes the critical subset of that functionality many of our clients have asked for. Symlabs LDAP Proxy incorporates a smaller range of protocols when compared to Symlabs Virtual Directory Server, and does not integrate with relational database back-end servers.

The latest release of Symlabs LDAP Proxy, version 5.0, incorporates the expertise and knowledge developed by Symlabs in over 100 deployments to-date.

 

New Features In Version 5.0


  • Improved GUI Configuration tools
  • Increased list of default plug-ins (standard functions), including new plug-ins specifically for LDAP Servers
  • New Virtual Tree option for LDAP listeners
  • Log level changes now done on-the-fly for debugging of live instances
  • Enhanced Remote Administration Server with a new web-based management front-end
  • New features specifically for Active Directory to handle cross domain authentication and to route on domains
  • Improved canonicalization options
  • Script editing now in an external editor, plus improvements to the built-in editor
  • Improved documentation and support facilities
  • Numerous code enhancements

The new version 5.0 release builds upon the benefits that have already made Symlabs LDAP Proxy an essential component in many critical directory services infrastructures:

Enhances Overall Architecture

  • Creates an abstraction layer between client applications and data repositories
  • Offers the ability to use a variety of back-end data repository types to service requests
  • Presents a 'Virtual Tree' to unify data from discrete heterogeneous data repositories without impacting existing infrastructure
  • Establishes an easily-scalable architecture through the use of managed ServerGroups

Increases Performance

  • Includes a collection of load balancing and failover algorithms
  • Provides search caching for LDAP requests
  • Delivers powerful request routing functionality

Improves Security

  • Provides granular filtering controls to effectively firewall operations and network traffic
  • Includes an ACL plug-in that can allow you to develop a single security policy and apply it to all back-end servers
  • Contains a number of powerful logging utilities that can be used for auditing and data recovery purposes

Built-In Manageability

  • Offers flexible Remote Administration and configuration options using either a Java based GUI, or a standard Web browser
  • Includes a huge collection of plug-ins to automate tasks
  • Provides integrated health checking facilities

Easily Customized and Extended

  • All plugins are easily modifiable to allow for customization
  • Staged architecture facilitates scripted behaviors that can be triggered to act on packets of data as they traverse the LDAP Proxy

Delivers Broad Platform and Protocol Support

  • Engine support for Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX
  • Java-based client configuration and administration tools, web-based administration panel
  • Protocol support includes LDAP and LDAPS

About Symlabs
 
Symlabs is the performance leader for virtual directory and identity management solutions.   Benchmarks show Symlabs Virtual Directory Server, LDAP Proxy and Federated Identity Suite are the fastest and most powerful products in the industry for managing and unifying identity data.   Global giants like Sony, IBM, Vodafone, Nokia and United Nations already depend on Symlabs to add flexibility, security, and reliability to their infrastructure.  Symlabs also offers annual support, training and professional services to our clients to help them develop, integrate, and maintain solutions.