openldap/doc/drafts/draft-ietf-ldup-subentry-xx.txt

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draft-ietf-ldup-subentry-00.txt
                                                               Ed Reed
                                                          Novell, Inc.
                                                       August 15, 1999

                         LDAP Subentry Schema


1. Status of this Memo

This document is an Internet-Draft and is in full conformance with all
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This Internet-Draft expires on January 9, 1999.


2. Abstract

This document describes an object class called lDAPsubEntry which MAY
be used to indicate operations and management related entries in the
directory, called LDAP Subentries.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and  "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. The
sections below reiterate these definitions and include some additional
ones.







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3. Definition


3.1 LDAPsubEntry Class

( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.?? NAME 'LDAPsubEntry'
   DESC 'LDAP Subentry class, named by cn'
     SUP top STRUCTURAL
     MUST ( cn ) )

The class lDAPsubEntry is intended to be used as a super class when
defining other structural classes to be used as LDAP Subentries.  The
presence of lDAPsubEntry in the list of super-classes of an entry in
the directory makes that entry an LDAP Subentry.  Object classes
derived from lDAPsubEntry are themselves considered lDAPsubEntry
classes, for the purpose of this discussion.

LDAP Subentries MAY be named by their commonName attribute [LDAPv3].
Other naming attributes are also permitted.

LDAP Subentries MAY be containers, unlike their [X.500] counterparts.

LDAP Subentries MAY be contained by, and will usually be located in
the directory information tree immediately subordinate to,
administrative points and/or naming contexts [LDUPINFO].  Further
(unlike X.500 subentries), LDAP Subentries MAY be contained by other
LDAP Subentries (the way organizational units may be contained by
other organizational units).  Deep nestings of LDAP Subentries are
discouraged, but not prohibited.

LDAP Subentries SHOULD be treated as "operational objects" in much the
same way that "operational attributes" are not regularly provided in
search results and read operations when only user attributes are
requested).

NOTE:  No special treatment of LDAP Subentries by applications is
required, but it might be worth considering creating an LDAPv3 control
to indicate when LDAP Subentries are desired to be returned (subject
to access controls and search filters, of course) for LDAP search
operations.



4. Security Considerations

LDAP Subentries will frequently be used to hold data which reflects
either the actual or intended behavior of the directory service.  As
such, permission to read such entries MAY need to be restricted to

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authorized users.  More importantly, IF a directory service treats the
information in an LDAP Subentry as the authoritative source of policy
to be used to control the behavior of the directory, then permission
to create, modify, or delete such entries MUST be carefully restricted
to authorized administrators.



5. References

[LDUPINFO] _ E. Reed, "LDUP Replication Information Model", draft-
ietf-ldup-infomod-01.txt

[LDAPv3] Kille, S., Wahl, M., and T. Howes, "Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997

[X.500] ITU-T Rec. X.501, "The Directory: Models", 1993



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7. Acknowledgements

The use of subEntry object class to store Replica and Replication
Agreement information is due primarily to the lucid explanation by
Mark Wahl, Innosoft, of how they could be used and extended.

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8. Author's Address

     Edwards E. Reed
     Novell, Inc.
     122 E 1700 S
     Provo, UT   84606
     USA
     E-mail: Ed_Reed@Novell.com

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