NDS authentication is a method of user identification that performs authentication based on a specified
server, and an entered user name and password for NDS (Novell Directory Services) running on NetWare
5.1 or later.
Conventionally, NDS authentication only supported IPX/SPX communication protocols, however, the
C652/C552/C452/C652DS also support NDS authentication over TCP/IP.
NDS authentication can be performed by specifying either IPX/SPX or TCP/IP protocols.
NDS authentication over TCP/IP obtains the IP address of the NDS authentication server by requesting the
DNS server for a specified tree and context.