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Product and Installation Overview
This chapter describes what is contained in Oracle Application Server and
recommended topologies. It contains the following sections:
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Section 1.1, "Product Overview"
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Section 1.2, "Where Do I Find Installation Instructions for My Product?"
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Section 1.3, "Recommended Topologies"
1.1 Product Overview
Oracle Application Server is made up of a middle tier and OracleAS Infrastructure.
You deploy and run your applications on the middle tiers. The infrastructure provides
services that are used by middle tiers. These services can be shared by one or more
middle tiers.
Oracle Application Server 10g (10.1.4.0.1) provides a comprehensive Identity and
Access Management solution. The Identity and Access Management Suite includes:
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Oracle Internet Directory: Provides scalable, robust LDAP V3-compliant directory
services implemented on the Oracle Database.
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Oracle Identity Federation: Provides standards-based, multi-protocol, and
cross-domain single sign-on.
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Oracle Security Developer Tools: Provides a APIs for developing federation and
secure web services applications.
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Oracle Access Manager: Provides a state-of-the-art solution for centralized identity
administration and access control.
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Oracle Identity Manager: Provides a powerful and flexible enterprise identity
management system that automatically manages users’ access privileges within
enterprise IT resources.
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Oracle Virtual Directory: Provides Internet and industry-standard LDAP and XML
views of existing enterprise identity information, without synchronizing or
moving data from its native locations.
In addition to the Identity and Access Management Suite, this release provides a
revision of OracleAS Infrastructure, which includes the following Oracle Identity
Management components and OracleAS Metadata Repository:
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Oracle Internet Directory: A scalable, robust LDAP V3-compliant directory service
implemented on the Oracle Database.