[motvbi]

As far as I know the security concerns wouldn't be any different to connecting from a Windows box. This should help you http://weblog.bignerdranch.com/?p=6&page=3.

[runjake]

This blog post is from 2005 and very outdated. A lot has changed in Mac OS X regarding Active Directory and its configuration.

To join a domain, you open up System Preferences, click Accounts, and then Login options. "Network Account Server" is what you want.

If you want to use the latest version of Directory Access instead, use http://helpdesk.wisc.edu/ams/page.php?id=12248

Don't bother integrating Workgroup Preferences and all that in AD, it's flakey as crap. We can't even get Apple engineers to get it running reliably.