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Network Working Group K. Zeilenga
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Request for Comments: 4529 OpenLDAP Foundation
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Category: Informational June 2006
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Requesting Attributes by Object Class in the
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
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Status of This Memo
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This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
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not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
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memo is unlimited.
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Copyright Notice
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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Abstract
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) search operation
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provides mechanisms for clients to request all user application
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attributes, all operational attributes, and/or attributes selected by
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their description. This document extends LDAP to support a mechanism
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that LDAP clients may use to request the return of all attributes of
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an object class.
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Table of Contents
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1. Background and Intended Use .....................................1
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2. Terminology .....................................................2
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3. Return of all Attributes of an Object Class .....................2
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4. Security Considerations .........................................3
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5. IANA Considerations .............................................3
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6. References ......................................................4
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6.1. Normative References .......................................4
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6.2. Informative References .....................................4
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1. Background and Intended Use
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In the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [RFC4510], the
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search operation [RFC4511] supports requesting the return of a set of
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attributes. This set is determined by a list of attribute
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descriptions. Two special descriptors are defined to request all
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user attributes ("*") [RFC4511] and all operational attributes ("+")
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[RFC3673]. However, there is no convenient mechanism for requesting
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pre-defined sets of attributes such as the set of attributes used to
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represent a particular class of object.
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Zeilenga Informational [Page 1]
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RFC 4529 Requesting Attributes by Object Class June 2006
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This document extends LDAP to allow an object class identifier to be
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specified in attributes lists, such as in Search requests, to request
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the return of all attributes belonging to an object class. The
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COMMERCIAL AT ("@", U+0040) character is used to distinguish an
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object class identifier from an attribute descriptions.
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For example, the attribute list of "@country" is equivalent to the
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attribute list of 'c', 'searchGuide', 'description', and
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'objectClass'. This object class is described in [RFC4519].
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This extension is intended primarily to be used where the user is in
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direct control of the parameters of the LDAP search operation, for
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instance when entering an LDAP URL [RFC4516] into a web browser, such
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as <ldap:///dc=example,dc=com?@organization?base>.
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2. Terminology
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In this document, the key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED",
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"SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY",
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and "OPTIONAL" are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14
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[RFC2119].
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DSA stands for Directory System Agent (or server).
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DSE stands for DSA-specific Entry.
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3. Return of All Attributes of an Object Class
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This extension allows object class identifiers to be provided in the
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attributes field of the LDAP SearchRequest [RFC4511] or other request
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values of the AttributeSelection data type (e.g., attributes field in
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pre/post read controls [ReadEntry]) and/or <attributeSelector>
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production (e.g., attributes of an LDAP URL [RFC4516]). For each
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object class identified in the attributes field, the request is to be
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treated as if each attribute allowed by that class (by "MUST" or
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"MAY", directly or by "SUP"erior) [RFC4512] were itself listed.
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This extension extends the <attributeSelector> [RFC4511] production
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as indicated by the following ABNF [RFC4234]:
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attributeSelector =/ objectclassdescription
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objectclassdescription = ATSIGN oid options
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ATSIGN = %x40 ; COMMERCIAL AT ("@" U+0040)
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where <oid> and <options> productions are as defined in [RFC4512].
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Zeilenga Informational [Page 2]
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RFC 4529 Requesting Attributes by Object Class June 2006
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The <oid> component of an <objectclassdescription> production
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identifies the object class by short name (descr) or object
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identifier (numericoid). If the value of the <oid> component is
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unrecognized or does not refer to an object class, the object class
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description is to be treated as an unrecognized attribute
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description.
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The <options> production is included in the grammar for extensibility
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purposes. An object class description with an unrecognized or
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inappropriate option is to be treated as unrecognized.
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Although object class description options and attribute description
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options share the same syntax, they are not semantically related.
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This document does not define any object description option.
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Servers supporting this feature SHOULD publish the object identifier
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(OID) 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.2 as a value of the 'supportedFeatures'
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[RFC4512] attribute in the root DSE. Clients supporting this feature
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SHOULD NOT use the feature unless they know that the server supports
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it.
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4. Security Considerations
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This extension provides a shorthand for requesting all attributes of
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an object class. Because these attributes could have been listed
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individually, introduction of this shorthand is not believed to raise
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additional security considerations.
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Implementors of this LDAP extension should be familiar with security
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considerations applicable to the LDAP search operation [RFC4511], as
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well as with general LDAP security considerations [RFC4510].
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5. IANA Considerations
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Registration of the LDAP Protocol Mechanism [RFC4520] defined in this
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document has been completed.
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Subject: Request for LDAP Protocol Mechanism Registration
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Object Identifier: 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203.1.5.2
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Description: OC AD Lists
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Person & email address to contact for further information:
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Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
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Usage: Feature
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Specification: RFC 4529
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Author/Change Controller: Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
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Comments: none
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Zeilenga Informational [Page 3]
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RFC 4529 Requesting Attributes by Object Class June 2006
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This OID was assigned [ASSIGN] by OpenLDAP Foundation, under its
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IANA-assigned private enterprise allocation [PRIVATE], for use in
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this specification.
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6. References
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6.1. Normative References
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
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Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
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[RFC4234] Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for
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Syntax Specifications: ABNF", RFC 4234, October 2005.
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[RFC4510] Zeilenga, K., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map", RFC
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4510, June 2006.
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[RFC4511] Sermersheim, J., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol", RFC 4511, June 2006.
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[RFC4512] Zeilenga, K., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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(LDAP): Directory Information Models", RFC 4512, June
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2006.
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[RFC4516] Smith, M., Ed. and T. Howes, "Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator", RFC
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4516, June 2006.
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[X.680] International Telecommunication Union -
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Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "Abstract
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Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) - Specification of Basic
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Notation", X.680(2002) (also ISO/IEC 8824-1:2002).
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6.2. Informative References
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[RFC3673] Zeilenga, K., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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version 3 (LDAPv3): All Operational Attributes", RFC
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3673, December 2003.
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[RFC4519] Sciberras, A., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications", RFC
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4519, June 2006.
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[RFC4520] Zeilenga, K., "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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(IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (LDAP)", BCP 64, RFC 4520, June 2006.
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Zeilenga Informational [Page 4]
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RFC 4529 Requesting Attributes by Object Class June 2006
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[ReadEntry] Zeilenga, K., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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(LDAP) Read Entry Controls", RFC 4527, June 2006.
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[ASSIGN] OpenLDAP Foundation, "OpenLDAP OID Delegations",
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http://www.openldap.org/foundation/oid-delegate.txt.
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[PRIVATE] IANA, "Private Enterprise Numbers",
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http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers.
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Author's Address
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Kurt D. Zeilenga
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OpenLDAP Foundation
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EMail: Kurt@OpenLDAP.org
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Zeilenga Informational [Page 5]
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RFC 4529 Requesting Attributes by Object Class June 2006
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Full Copyright Statement
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions
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contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors
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retain all their rights.
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This document and the information contained herein are provided on an
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"AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS
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OR IS SPONSORED BY (IF ANY), THE INTERNET SOCIETY AND THE INTERNET
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