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<h1>Network Identity Manager Concepts</h1>
<p>The Network Identity Manager (NetIDMgr) organizes and manages credentials
based on how they identify the user to network services. To this end, it is assumed that each
<a href="concept_credential.htm">credential </a>will uniquely identify the user to a service as a single
<a href="concept_identity.htm">identity</a>. When using Kerberos v5 the
identity is the Kerberos principal name.
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<p>At it's core, NetIDMgr does not possess any knowledge about specific
credentials that might be available to the user or how to manage
them. It relies on several types of plug-ins to provide the
information it needs, and to carry out credentials management tasks.
One primary task is to identify and manage identities. These services
are provided by a plug-in called the <a
href="concept_ident_pro.htm">identity provider</a>. Information about
individual credentials are provided by <a
href="concept_cred_pro.htm">credential providers</a>. Other plug-ins
may extend the functionality of these plug-ins or provide additional
functionality for NetIDMgr.
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<p>The following topics provider further details: </p>
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<li><a href="concept_identity.htm">Identity</a></li>
<li><a href="concept_ident_pro.htm">Identity Provider</a></li>
<li><a href="concept_cred_pro.htm">Credentials Provider</a></li>
<li><a href="concept_credential.htm">Credential</a></li>
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