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ANNOUNCEMENT
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ANNOUNCEMENT
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A N N O U N C E M E N T
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OpenLDAP 1.1
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OpenLDAP 2.0-alpha
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The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability
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of OpenLDAP release 1.1, a suite of the Lightweight Weight
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of OpenLDAP release 2.0-alpha, a suite of the Lightweight Weight
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Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development tools.
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OpenLDAP is derived from University of Michigan LDAP release 3.3.
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This release contains the following major enhancements:
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This release includes the following components:
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* LDAPv3 support
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- RFC2251 support
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- named referrals
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- named aliases
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* SASL bind support
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* TLS/SSL support
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* Updated C API
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* Additional SLAPD backends:
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- LDAP backend
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- Perl backend
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- TCL backend
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- slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
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- slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server
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- ldapd - an LDAP-to-X.500 gateway server
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- centipede - an LDAP centroid generation and maintenance program
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- libldap - an LDAP client library
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- liblber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library
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- ldif tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
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- in.xfingerd - a finger-to-LDAP gateway server
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- go500 - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching
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- go500gw - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching and browsing
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- rcpt500 - an email-to-LDAP query responder
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- mail500 - an LDAP-capable mailer
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- fax500 - an LDAP-capable mailer that supports remote printing
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- LDAP tools - A collection of shell-based LDAP utility programs
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This release includes the following major components:
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* slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
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* slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server
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* -lldap - an LDAP client library
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* -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library
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* LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
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* LDAP gateways - finger, gopher, email to LDAP gateways
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* LDAP mailers - sendmail-compatibile mail delivery agents
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* LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utility programs
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In addition, there are some contributed components:
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- gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk
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- php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3
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- saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program
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- whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway
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* ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK
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* gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk
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* php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3
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* saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program
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* whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway
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CHANGES
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Changes from OpenLDAP 1.0
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- improved build environment with dynamic library support,
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- externally configurable client library support: ldap.conf(5),
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- improved password security features include SHA1, MD5, crypt(3)
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user and root passwords instead of clear-text password
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- integrated SDK and tools for MS NT,
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- platforms updates, and
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- numerous bug fixes and build changes.
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Changes from U. Mich release 3.3
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- TCP Wrappers support added to slapd,
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- Berkeley DB2 compatibility added to slapd,
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- ACL enhancements including Access by Group and POSIX regex(3) support,
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- platforms updates, and
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- numerous bug fixes and build changes.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use
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the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is
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managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation.
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OpenLDAP software is derived from University of Michigan
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LDAP release 3.3.
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See the CHANGES file in the distribution for more details.
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AVAILABILITY
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This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License.
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For download information is available at:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/
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SUPPORT
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The software is provided as is without any express or implied
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warranty, but there is a bug reporting mail address which is
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responded to on a best-effort basis:
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OpenLDAP software is user supported.
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OpenLDAP-bugs@OpenLDAP.org
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http://www.openldap.org/support/
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To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System:
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http://www.openldap.org/its/
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The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful:
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http://www.openldap.org/fag/
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In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
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related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/
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The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information
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and online documentation is available at this URL:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
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SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
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This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms
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including AIX, Digital UNIX (OSF/1), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux,
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NetBSD, NexTSTEP, OpenBSD, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, and Ultrix.
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The client libraries and some clients have also been ported to
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MS Windows 95/NT.
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The release has also be ported (in part or in whole) to other
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platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows 95/NT.
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