From a04496e66b4a745752ebc421bc247cb6517ef5e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kurt Zeilenga Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 22:22:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Announcement --- ANNOUNCEMENT | 133 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 64 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT index eed58ebbe1..60922d310b 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,101 +1,106 @@ - A N N O U N C E M E N T + A N N O U N C E M E N T - OpenLDAP 2.0-Alpha + OpenLDAP 2.0-Beta - The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability - of OpenLDAP 2.0-Alpha, a suite of the Lightweight Weight - Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development tools. + The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability + of OpenLDAP 2.0-Beta, a suite of the Lightweight Weight + Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development + tools. - This alpha release is for REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. - This alpha release is NOT for GENERAL USE. - This alpha release is NOT feature complete nor well tested. + This beta release is for REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. + This beta release is NOT for GENERAL USE. + This beta release is NOT feature complete nor well tested. + This beta release is NOT fully documented. - This release contains the following major enhancements: + This release contains the following major enhancements: - * LDAPv3 support - + RFC2251-2256 - + named referrals - + DNS SRV location - * SASL support - * TLS/SSL support - * IPv6 support - * LDAP over IPC support - * Updated C API - * Enhanced Standalone LDAP Server: - + Updated Access Control System - + Thread Pooling - + DNS SRV referral backend - + LDAP backend - + Better tools + * LDAPv3 support + + RFC 2251-2256 + + Language Tags (RFC 2596) + + SASL (RFC2829) + + TLS (RFC2830) and SSL (ldaps://) + + named references + + DNS SRV location + * IPv6 support + * LDAP over IPC support + * Updated C API + * LDIFv1 (RFC2849) + * Enhanced Standalone LDAP Server: + + Updated Access Control System + + Thread Pooling + + DNS SRV referral backend (experimental) + + LDAP backend (experimental) + + SQL backend (experimental) + + Better tools - This release includes the following major components: + This release includes the following major components: - * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server - * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server - * -lldap - an LDAP client library - * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library - * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd - * LDAP gateways - finger, gopher, email to LDAP gateways - * LDAP mailer - sendmail-compatibile mail delivery agents - * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utility programs + * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server + * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server + * -lldap - an LDAP client library + * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library + * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd + * LDAP gateways - finger, gopher, email to LDAP gateways + * LDAP mailer - sendmail-compatibile mail delivery agents + * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utility programs - In addition, there are some contributed components: + In addition, there are some contributed components: - * ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK - * gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk - * php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3 - * saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program - * whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway + * ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK + * gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk + * php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3 + * saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program + * whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use - the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is - managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. + OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use + the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is + managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. - OpenLDAP LDAP implementation is derived from University of - Michigan LDAP release 3.3. + OpenLDAP LDAP implementation is derived from University of + Michigan LDAP release 3.3. AVAILABILITY - This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License, - an unrestrictive, "free," OSS-approved open source license. - For download information is available at: + This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License, + an unrestrictive, "free," OSS-approved open source license. + For download information is available at: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ SUPPORT - OpenLDAP software is user supported + OpenLDAP software is user supported - http://www.openldap.org/support/ + http://www.openldap.org/support/ - The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: + The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: - http://www.openldap.org/faq/ + http://www.openldap.org/faq/ - In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists - related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: + In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists + related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ - To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: + To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: - http://www.openldap.org/its/ + http://www.openldap.org/its/ - The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information - and online documentation is available at this URL: + The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information + and online documentation is available at this URL: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ SUPPORTED PLATFORMS - This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms - including FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and most commericial - UNIX systems. The release has also been ported (in part or in whole) - to other platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows NT/2000. + This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms + including FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and most commericial + UNIX systems. The release has also been ported (in part or in whole) + to other platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows NT/2000.