[Info-vax] Externally authenticated users

[Michael D. Ober]

"Syltrem" <syltremzulu at videotron.ca> wrote in message 
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> "Michael D. Ober" <obermd. at .alum.mit.edu.nospam.> wrote in message 
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>> The LDAP/AD integration works well.  I just wish HP would allow multiple 
>> LDAP servers, so when you're doing the monthly MS updates, you can still 
>> authenticate.
>>
>> Mike.
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> We don`t install Windows patches unless they fix a problem we are facing.
> Actually the same applies for VMS except we install the priority 1 patches 
> when we get a chance (usually once a year).
> Windows patches often create new problems so we stay away from them.
>
> Have you thought of creating an alias name which points to 2 IP addresses 
> ?
> I don't really know how to do it for the windows servers (our net admin 
> would know) but we do this for our VMS servers. People never connect to a 
> physical address but to to an alias. If a machine is down they just get 
> redirected to another server.
>
> Example:
> APPSRV = NODE1 or NODE2.
> People (and applications) connect to APPSRV.
> No one connects to NODE1 or NODE2 directly.
>
> When I'm finished testing LDAP here I will certainly do this before going 
> in production.
>
> HTH
> Syltrem
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Although Windows itself doesn't support alias names, I wonder if this can be 
done via DNS?

Mike.