[Freeipa-devel] About FreeIPA Blurb

[Adam Young]

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."


> Bingo!
>
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>> 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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