[Freeipa-devel] About FreeIPA Blurb

[Dmitri Pal]

On 04/13/2011 05:05 PM, Adam Young wrote:
> On 04/13/2011 04:26 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>> On 04/13/2011 04:23 PM, JR Aquino wrote:
>>> On Apr 13, 2011, at 1:00 PM, Dmitri Pal wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 04/13/2011 11:34 AM, Adam Young wrote:
>>>>> The FreeIPA.org Landing page needs a better description of the
>>>>> project.  Can anyone suggest a One-Three line description that
>>>>> orients
>>>>> people to FreeIPA, assuming they know little/nothing about the
>>>>> project?  Exl;ainig that it integrates Kerbers an LDAp is the second
>>>>> step, but it really is an implementation detail.
>>>>>
>>>>> I typacilly tell people that we do for Linux systems what Active
>>>>> Directory does for Windows systems.  This explanation works for
>>>>> people
>>>>> familiar with AD, and then we can talk about how IPA is built on open
>>>>> source code and open standards.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The closest we have4 right now is
>>>>>
>>>>> "FreeIPA is an integrated security information management solution
>>>>> ..."  this is a good start, but is a little generic.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll throw this out as a strawman:
>>>>>
>>>>> FreeIPA is a centralized management solution for Users and Computers.
>>>>> Built on Open Standards and open source software, IPA allows you to
>>>>> securely  establish policy for access to the resources in your
>>>>> organization.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> FreeIPA is a centralized identity management and authentication
>>>> solution
>>>> built on open standards leveraging proven technologies. It is a
>>>> authentication and identity hub with focus towards the needs of the
>>>> Linux/Unix clients.
>>> FreeIPA is a scalable centralized identity management framework.
>>> It is built on open standards that provide authentication and
>>> authorization with a focus towards the needs of the Linux/Unix
>>> clients .
>>>
> I suspect term "Identity management Framework"   might be too general
> to orient people not already thinking "Users and Computers"
>
> The term Scalable is an unnecessary buzzword.  Can we cut it down to
> this?
>
> "FreeIPA is a centralized authentication and authorization management
> framework, built on open standards, with a focus towards the needs of
> Linux and Unix clients."
>

Works for me.

>
>> Bingo!
>>
>>> ---
>>> Scalable authorization is a big one that has yet to be properly
>>> solved in the Linux Community for a central directory.
>>> It should be captured in our description.
>>>
>>>>> I challenge you to come up with a better one.
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> Dmitri Pal
>>>>
>>>> Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
>>>> Red Hat Inc.
>>>>
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Thank you,
Dmitri Pal

Sr. Engineering Manager IPA project,
Red Hat Inc.


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