20.1 About the SunONE Connector

The SunONE connector includes a synchronization component that is driven by the Oracle directory integration and provisioning server. This component maintains consistency between the directories by:

• Importing data and incremental changes from an SunONE Directory Server into Oracle Internet Directory

• Exporting data and incremental changes from Oracle Internet Directory into an SunONE Directory Server

The SunONE Directory Server and Oracle Internet Directory support similar hashing techniques for storing passwords. If the mapping rules are configured appropriately, then the SunONE connector can synchronize passwords, the same as any other attribute. In this case, passwords are in the hashed format. However, if you store passwords only in the SunONE Directory Server, use the SunONE Directory Server external authentication plug-in discussed in this chapter.