Ten New Identity Management (IdM) Features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1

– One-Time Password Authentication
– Migrating Existing Environments to AD Trust
– Backup and Restore
– Identity Management CA Certificate Renewal
– Increased Access Control Granularity
– A New Fresh and Responsive Web UI
– Apply Automember Rules to Existing Users or Hosts
– DNS Interface Enhancements
– Keytab Retrieval Management
– Resolve Group Membership of Active Directory Users Prior to Log In

1. One-Time Password Authentication

One of the best ways to increase authentication security is to require two factor authentication (2FA). A very popular option is to use one-time passwords (OTP). While this technique began in the proprietary space, open standards have emerged (e.g. HOTP: RFC 4226, TOTP: RFC 6238) over time. Identity Management in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 contains the first commercially supported implementation of the standard OTP mechanism over the Kerberos protocol.

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