Intelligent Active Directory Integration

ISBN-13: 9783639137026 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 128 str.

Markus Korbel

Opis

The fundamental proposition of this thesis is that(a) existing Active Directory APIs are restrictive,that (b) a better programming approach to theintegration of Active Directory exists and that (c)visual programming paradigms can be effectivelyapplied to achieve the goal of on-time softwaredelivery. Allowing the user to program usingdomain-specific visual languages creates an intuitiveinterface and, in addition, generates an underlyingframework to perform validation with security checkson the visual elements. Such a framework stimulatesrapid application development. Since the visuallydesigned diagrams cannot be executed, code-generationis necessary. Supplementary security analyses wereperformed to ensure that no security vulnerabilitieswould be "generated" in the source-code. Generatedcode based on visual designs, is finally compiledinto a Dynamic Link Library that can be included inexisting or new applications, enabling them to usethe generated Active Directory methods. Thisadditional layer of abstraction allows theapplications designer to focus on user interfacingand related tasks rather than Active Directoryprogramming.

O autorze

Discovering new technologies and ways of combining them reflects
my constant drive for investigation and examination. My key
interests of network, software and system design allow me to
explore these. And the chance to work on great projects with
people from different countries and backgrounds has been one of
my best experiences so far.