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Preface
This volume is the third IBM® Redbook about Lotus® security to be published.
The previous two Redbooks, The Domino Defense: Security in Lotus Notes
4.5 and the Internet, and Lotus Notes and Domino R5.0 Security Infrastructure
Revealed, focused primarily on the strong security that has always been a part of
the family of Lotus products. This redbook continues down the path set by these
first two books, with the exception that it goes beyond simply covering Notes and
Domino, incorporating topics pertaining to other collaborative products and
solutions offered by Lotus and IBM.
Overall, this redbook provides best practices for building a secure infrastructure,
not only with Lotus Notes® and Domino, but with all Lotus collaborative
technologies. To meet this goal, the book is broken into four main parts.
The first part of this book introduces the basic concepts related to security, and
covers a number of methodologies for architecting and deploying security from
beginning to end in an organization. This part of the book is most appropriate for
those looking for a broad understanding of the IT security specialty.
The second part of the book delves into the specific concepts and components
involved in a secure infrastructure. This includes discussions about security
zoning, single sign-on (SSO), public key infrastructure (PKI), and directory
strategies. This part is most appropriate for those looking to expand their
knowledge of the actual components used to build a secure infrastructure, and
how Lotus technologies react and interface with such key security components.
The third part of the book discusses the specific security features in the latest
versions of Lotus products. Detailed security features of Lotus Notes and
Domino 6, Sametime® 3, QuickPlace 2.08, Domino Web Access (iNotes),
WebSphere® Portal, and other IBM/Lotus collaborative technologies are all
discussed. This part is especially relevant to those readers who want to learn
what is new in terms of security for specific Lotus products or are looking for hints
and tips on securing specific Lotus products.
Finally, the fourth part of the book provides a real-life scenario demonstrating the
secure implementation of Lotus collaborative technologies, following the
guidelines and best practices provided in the first three parts. This part can help
all readers pull together the rest of the material in this book, and provides some
implementation details for how to actually make some of these capabilities work.
It is assumed that the reader has a good understanding of the basic concepts
involved with the Lotus Notes and Domino security model, and a basic
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