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using LDAP as the name or protocol

for the identity bus makes it sound like a virtual directory to me.

what would be the difference? how would an identity bus be different then a virtual directory?

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Seems required

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Seems that identity needs the org(s) for dynamic control and rules automation. Unless the millions of LDAP customers can be convinced to use something else, LDAP will remain the org(s). Seems natural to become the central repository for identity too. The big problem I see is managing the org(s) as one unit so that a customer can reorg on the fly without much administration and no scrambled identity rules.

Virtual Directory is NOT the answer

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Dave, your focused on the wrong problem. Bandwidth and CPU are cheap and abundant. The problem is latency and reliability. Thats why synchronizing data is usually the best solution. There is a role for dynamic queries to back-end systems but it is a limited role. Take a closer look at Novell's Service Directory concept.

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