Based upon open technologies and standards, including LDAP and Kerberos, Red Hat Enterprise IPA provides centrally managed identity, single sign-on services, high-availability directory services, and an access control framework. All in a package that's easy to install and manage.

Identity should be at the cornerstone of your security infrastructure. Knowing who is doing what with your data and applications is key to maintaining the proper security stance. Enterprise IPA delivers identity management to Linux and Unix environments in an easy to install package that's simple to maintain. Single sign-on simplifies user logins. Centralized management of identities improves compliance for security regulations. Tedious and manual administration of individual password files is a thing of the past.

While Enterprise IPA is optimized for your Linux and Unix environments, it also works well with other technologies. Synchronization with Active Directory for users, groups and passwords comes out of the box. Administration of user accounts is used across both Active Directory and Enterprise IPA domains. And if your NIS migration requires a more robust, functional directory services tool, look to the complete Penrose suite of tools for virtual directory and meta directory support for LDAP compliant directories, SQL databases and flat files.