Red Hat DIRECTORY SERVER 8.0, Administration Manual

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Glossary
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master See
supplier
.
master agent See
SNMP master agent
.
matching rule Provides guidelines for how the server compares strings during a
search operation. In an international search, the matching rule tells
the server what collation order and operator to use.
MD5 A message digest algorithm by RSA Data Security, Inc., which can
be used to produce a short digest of data that is unique with high
probability and is mathematically extremely hard to produce; a piece
of data that will produce the same message digest.
MD5 signature A message digest produced by the MD5 algorithm.
MIB Management Information Base. All data, or any portion thereof,
associated with the SNMP network. We can think of the MIB as
a database which contains the definitions of all SNMP managed
objects. The MIB has a tree-like hierarchy, where the top level
contains the most general information about the network and lower
levels deal with specific, separate network areas.
MIB namespace Management Information Base namespace. The means for directory
data to be named and referenced. Also called the
directory tree
.
monetary format Specifies the monetary symbol used by specific region, whether the
symbol goes before or after its value, and how monetary units are
represented.
multi-master replication An advanced replication scenario in which two servers each hold
a copy of the same read-write replica. Each server maintains a
changelog for the replica. Modifications made on one server are
automatically replicated to the other server. In case of conflict, a
time stamp is used to determine which server holds the most recent
version.
multiplexor The server containing the database link that communicates with the
remote server.
N
n + 1 directory problem The problem of managing multiple instances of the same information
in different directories, resulting in increased hardware and personnel
costs.
name collisions Multiple entries with the same distinguished name.
nested role Allows the creation of roles that contain other roles.
network management
application Network Management Station component that graphically displays
information about SNMP managed devices, such as which device is
up or down and which and how many error messages were received.
network management
station See
NMS
.