Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:22:18 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Hunt <leth@primus.ca> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: nbari@unixmexico.com Subject: Re: hotmail and yahoo Message-ID: <20021115121133.C20792-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <33886.148.243.211.89.1037337396.squirrel@mail.unixmexico.com>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 nbari@unixmexico.com wrote: > i just want to know what type or authentication does yahoo or hotmail uses > for their webmail service > > what do they use for does big servers ldap or some sql (mysql, oracle, etc)? > http://www.ldapzone.com/general_interest.html Take a look at that article. It provides a lot of information about the differences between SQL and LDAP. I would suggest LDAP over SQL when it comes to doing authentication (especially for a large number of users), simply because LDAP is designed to provide faster read operations and is easier to replicate across multiple servers. SQL would be better when you want to do transactional operations or change information frequenctly, and require it to be up to date all the time across every server. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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