X.500
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This document catalogs currently available implementations of X.500,
including commercial products and openly available offerings. For
the purposes of this survey, we classify X.500 ...
... X.500,
including commercial products and openly available offerings. For
the purposes of this survey, we classify X.500 products as,
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... IDS Working Group solicited input from
the X.500 community by publishing a URL for a set of on-line
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... versions of this document when a significant number of substantive
comments have been received or when significant updates and/or
modifications to X.500-related standards documents have been
ratified. This will be determined by the IDS chairpersons.
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The Internet has experienced a steady growth in X.500 piloting
activities. This document hopes to provide an easily accessible
source of information on X.500 ...
... X.500 piloting
activities. This document hopes to provide an easily accessible
source of information on X.500 implementations for those who wish to
consider X.500 technology for deploying a Directory service ...
... source of information on X.500 implementations for those who wish to
consider X.500 technology for deploying a Directory service.
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This document contains descriptions of both free and commercial X.500
implementations. It does not provide instructions on how to install,
run, or manage these implementations. The descriptions and indices
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Section 2 contains a list of keywords, their definitions, a cross
reference of the X.500 implementations by these keywords and a table
containing implementor name, implementor ...
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Section 3 contains the X.500 implementation descriptions.
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Keywords are abbreviated attributes of the X.500 implementations.
The list of keywords defined below was derived from the
implementation descriptions themselves. Implementations were indexed
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... RFC 1276]: Kille, S., Replication and
Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet
Directory using X.500, University College, London, England,
November 1991.
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... Implementation supports [RFC 1567]: Mansfield, G., and Kille,
S., X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB, AIC Systems Laboratory,
ISODE Consortium, January 1994.
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... Replication
Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
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Implementation supports [RFC 1279]: Kille, S., X.500 and
Domains, University College, London, England, November 1991.
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... Implementation supports [RFC 1562]: Michaelson, G. and Prior,
M., Naming Guidelines for the AARNet X.500 Directory Service,
December 1993.
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... G., Kosters, M., and Sataluri, S., Representing IP Information
in the X.500 Directory, March 1994.
RFC-1609exp ...
... RFC 1609]: Mansfield, G., Johannsen,
T., and Knopper, M., Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory,
March 1994.
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... Implementation supports [RFC 1617]: Barker, P., Kille, S., and
Lenggenhager, T., Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500
Directory Pilots, May 1994.
RFC-1781hist(-> 3494) ...
... RFC 1803]: Wright, R., Getchell,
Howes, T., Sataluri, S., Yee, P., and Yeong, W.,
Recommendations for an X.500 Production Directory Service, June
1995.
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... RFC 1804]: Mansfield, G., Rajeev, P.,
Raghavan, S., and Howes, T., Schema Publishing in X.500
Directory, June 1995.
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... Implementation allows the object class of an entry to be changed
dynamically (not allowed in X.500[1988], allowed in 1993)
ALIAS ...
... Database Support
Implementation includes support for a non-X.500 DIT repository,
synchronization ...
... synchronization with non-X.500 DBMS, or non-X.500 DBMS to X.500
DIT repository format conversion tools ...
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Critical Angle X.500 Enabler |CAXE | 35
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cxdua |cxdua | 39
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... Directory Enquiries |DE | 52
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Digital X.500 Directory Server |DXDS | 55
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DIR.D(tm) V2.6 |DIR.D | 61
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... Enterprise Directory Server |i500 | 101
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ISODE Rel. 3.0 X.500(1993) Directory |ISODE.r3 | 105
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ISOPLEX DS ...
... ORG.D(tm) V2.0/V2.1 |ORG.D | 132
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OSIAM X.500-88 |OSIAM-88 | 136
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OSIAM X.500 ...
... X.500-88 |OSIAM-88 | 136
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OSIAM X.500-93 |OSIAM-93 | 139
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PMDF-X500 |PMDF | 145
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... TransIT500 |T500 | 149
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waX.500 :: Windows Access to X.500 |waX.500 | 163
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X500-DS ...
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In the following pages you will find descriptions of X.500
implementations listed in alphabetical order. In the case of name
collisions, the name of the responsible organization, in square
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... NAME
The name of the X.500 implementation and the name of the responsible
organization. Implementations with a registered trademark indicate
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A statement of compliance with respect to the 1988 CCITT
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88], specifically Section 9 of
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... A statement of compliance with respect to the 1993 ITU-T
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [ITU-T-93], specifically Section 9 of
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... interface available on
PC that provides access to the X.500 Directory Services. The
available operations are: bind (authenticated or anonymous), read,
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... A-Window-To-Directory offers all the services described in the 88
CCITT X.500 standard.
COMPLIANCE with X.500 ...
... ABSTRACT
The X.500 Enabler product allows an LDAP-only directory server to be
integrated into X.500 ...
... X.500 Enabler product allows an LDAP-only directory server to be
integrated into X.500 environments, by transparently converting X.500
DAP ...
... LDAP-only directory server to be
integrated into X.500 environments, by transparently converting X.500
DAP and DSP ...
... The initial release scheduled for 4Q96 will allow for connections
from X.500-capable clients and servers to an LDAP-capable server, and
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... ModifyEntry, RemoveEntry and ModifyRDN,
* the X.500(1993) critical extensions field, to aid in
deployments ...
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Released versions of X.500 Enabler will be licensed per server, and
will be distributed over the Internet.
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... As LDAPv3-based servers become available, it is expected that the
X.500 Enabler will be upgraded to map more of the X.500(1993)
protocol onto LDAPv3 ...
... LDAPv3-based servers become available, it is expected that the
X.500 Enabler will be upgraded to map more of the X.500(1993)
protocol onto LDAPv3.
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... INTEROPERABILITY
The X.500 Enabler is being tested with public-domain X.500 and LDAP
clients ...
... The X.500 Enabler is being tested with public-domain X.500 and LDAP
clients and servers, and with the various X.500 clients and servers ...
... domain X.500 and LDAP
clients and servers, and with the various X.500 clients and servers
connected to the PARADISE project, such as from the ISODE Consortium.
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... LDAP server products, into the PARADISE project directory,
so that they can be accessed by LDAP and X.500 DUAs throughout the
project.
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... LDAP-based server, such as the freely-available slapd, is
required. It does not need to run on the same host as the X.500
Enabler.
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... DUA has been used in various DMS and NSA pilot projects.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... [No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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DC X500 provides a truly scalable X.500 based enterprise directory
server with the necessary architectural flexibility to enable
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... database and directory technologies.
From a pure X.500 standpoint, DC X500 provides a full function
state-of-the-art ...
... DSA implementation.
* Architected from scratch according to the 1993 X.500
standards (i.e. not a 1988 DSA with 1993 features grafted on)
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... NAME
Digital X.500 Directory Server Digital Equipment Corporation
This single entry covers a number of different products
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... ABSTRACT
The Digital X.500 Directory Services product set includes a directory
server product and a variety directory user agents, as well as a
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... directory synchronizer utility.
The Digital X.500 Directory Server product provides a high
performance DSA implemented according to the 1993 edition of the
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... * An award winning documentation set.
The Digital X.500 Administration Facility, X.500 Information Manager
and InfoBroker Client ...
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The Digital X.500 Administration Facility, X.500 Information Manager
and InfoBroker Client products provide MS ...
... command
line interfaces to access and manage the information stored in the
X.500 directory, including:
* Support for different ways of accessing the directory, either
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... * Enables bi-directional synchronization between X.500 and
virtually ANY other non-X.500 directory facilitating common
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... synchronization between X.500 and
virtually ANY other non-X.500 directory facilitating common
management.
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... DSAs and DUAs)
The Digital X.500 Directory Services products are based on the 1993
edition standard. They are compatible with, and interwork with, 1988
edition DUAs and DSAs ...
... and registered successfully.
The X.500 Directory Server is registered as conformant to US-GOSIP.
COMPLIANCE with X.500 ...
... X.500 Directory Server is registered as conformant to US-GOSIP.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... INTEROPERABILITY
Digital has performed X.500 interoperability testing at various
Eurosinet and OSInet events, during the COS ...
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Digital is actively involved in both public and private pilots of
X.500.
BUGS
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... SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products currently run on:
* Digital UNIX ...
... AVAILABILITY
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products are commercially
available from Digital Equipment Corporation. For further
information please contact your local Digital office and quote SPD ...
... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
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... X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
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... Directory Service product compliant
with the 1988 ITU-T X.500 recommendations. Siemens Nixdorf has
supplied its Directory Service product as the GDS (Global Directory
Service ...
... * Olivetti UX_X500 V1.1
* Unisys TransIT X.500 V7.1
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
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... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
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... Directory Service product compliant
with the 1993 ITU-T X.500 recommendations. The implementation
incorporates SNI's experience of 10 years development, support and
maintenance of the DIR.X products conformant to the 1988 Directory
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... requirements for interoperability with other
X.500 implementations
* The implementation is scaleable: it handles small-scale
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... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
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... DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 enables the synchronization of existing e-mail
address directories in the X.500-based DIR.X directory service. The
standard DIR.X, DIR.X-SYNC and DIR.D (all available from Siemens
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... central or distributed directory system over their own mail
system. DIR.X-SYNC retrieves the inquiry transmitted by mail
and directs it on to the X.500 service. The search results
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... uploads that have run or are currently running
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... DIR.X-SYNC is a directory application.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
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... X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D V2.6 LDAP browser for information retrieval
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... [No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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Forum LOOK'UP (tm) is a Corporate directory solution based on the
X.500 recommendations. It includes:
* a Directory System Agent ...
... DSA to be managed via
DAP. Forum LOOK'UP conforms to X.500 (88) as specified in
poaragraph 9 of X.519 Administration tools are provided :
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... database is recommended
* Of the selected attribute types defined in X.500 (88), the
searchGuide attribute is not supported
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... or:
Ascan Woermann, X.500 development manager
Email: C=fr A=atlas P=telis-sc O=telis-sc OU1=sophia S=Woermann
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... Directory System Agent (DSA) which adheres to the
latest 1993 X.500 standards.
FX*500 may be used in conjunction ...
... Directory Service (NDS) by offering the option of true dynamic
directory integration between NDS and X.500.
FX*500 provides support for key features ...
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FX*500 provides support for key features of the X.500 1993 standard
while continuing to support interworking with 1988 based directory
user agents ...
... interworking with 1988 based directory
user agents and system agents. The main 1993 features of X.500
supported by FX*500 are:
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... In summary, FX*500 supports:
* 1988 and 1993 X.500 Directory Access Protocol (DAP)
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... DSP)
* 1993 X.500 Directory Information Shadowing Protocol (DISP)
* 1993 Basic (or Simplified) Access Control ...
... FX*500 maintains statistics that are a superset of those defined by
[RFC 1567] "X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB".
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Firefox are participating in the NameFLOW-Paradise project, which is
the successor to the Paradise European X.500 directory pilot.
BUGS
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... ABSTRACT
Control Data's X.500 implementation, called the Global Directory
Server, is compliant with the 1993 ITU-T Recommendations X.500 ...
... X.500 implementation, called the Global Directory
Server, is compliant with the 1993 ITU-T Recommendations X.500-X.521,
except for DOP, schema publication, and non-specific subordinate
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... PC/Mac/DEC/IBM mail directories and other sources of
information, such as human resources databases, with X.500
* Hash ...
... Control Data Systems offers complete integration services to design,
plan, install, configure, tailor and maintain X.500 services. These
services ...
... customer unique DUAs and
tools for X.500 integration, synchronization, operational control and
management ...
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The Global Directory Server complies with the 1988 CCITT
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88] and the 1988 NIST ...
... * Process preserves quipu attributes if desired
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... The Global Directory Server complies with the 1993 ITU-T
Recommendations X.500-X.521, except for DOP, schema publication, and
non-specific subordinate references. It also complies with the 1994
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... INTEROPERABILITY
Control Data X.500 has successfully interoperated with other X.500
implementations including those from HP, DEC, ESL, ISODE Consortium,
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Control Data X.500 has successfully interoperated with other X.500
implementations including those from HP, DEC, ESL, ISODE Consortium,
Telstra, ICL, Marben (HP), Nexor, Unisys, and Siemens.
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... Control Data's X,500 implementation interoperates with other
implementations in the Internet X.500 pilots. It also provides the
base routing tree ...
... Enterprise Directory Server (simply termed "i500") is a
high performance X.500 distributed Directory system providing
features such as:
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... COMPLIANCE withX.500-1988 (applicable only forDSAs and DUAs)
i500 is compliant with the 1993-edition of X.500 and interoperates
with 1988-edition DUAs and DSAs.
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... COMPLIANCE withX.500-1993 (applicable only forDSAs and DUAs)
i500 is compliant with the 1993-edition of X.500 and is implemented
in-line with the ISO/ITU-T ...
... tested for interoperability at EuroSInet workshops and has also been
included in public demonstrations of X.500 interoperability at EEMA
annual exhibitions. Other X.500 ...
... X.500 interoperability at EEMA
annual exhibitions. Other X.500 products with which i500 has been
proven to interoperate include those from the following vendors:
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ISODE Consortium Release 3.0 X.500(1993) Directory ISODE Consortium
Ltd.
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... ABSTRACT
This implementation is a source release of an X.500(1993) Directory
System Agent (DSA). It has been designed an implemented as an X.500 ...
... X.500(1993) Directory
System Agent (DSA). It has been designed an implemented as an X.500
1993 DSA not as a 1988 DSA ...
... experience and standards support.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... pilot operation and at Eurosinet in October 1995.
At Eurosinet, X.500 interoperability testing used the X.500 DAP ...
... (Directory Access) and DSP (Directory System) protocols. Successful
testing was done between the ISODE Consortium X.500(1993) DSA and
DSAs ...
... vendors including Siemens-Nixdorf and Bull. The
ISODE Consortium was the only vendor to bring an X.500(93) compliant
DSA to the workshop for the scheduled X.500 ...
... X.500(93) compliant
DSA to the workshop for the scheduled X.500(93) testing.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
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The ISOPLEX DS provides a 1988 X.500 conformant Directory System
Agent (DSA), a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ...
... tools is the World Wide Web
to X.500 gateway, which supports Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML ...
... connections from
a network managment system and uses the X.500 Directory monitoring
Management Information Base (MIB ...
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The ISOPLEX DS conforms to the 1988 CCITT Recommendations X.500-X.521
as detailed in the Protocol Implementation Conformance Statements
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... alone directory service, or to provide lightweight access to the
X.500 directory. LDAP is defined by [RFC 1777] and [RFC 1778 ...
... http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... LDAP
protocol. The LDAP protocol does not support access to all X.500
features and operations. The operations supported are bind, search,
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... Size and time limits may be specified, as may alias dereferencing and
searching, but all X.500 service controls are not supported.
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... service controls are not supported.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... Since the LDAP protocol itself has not yet been updated to support
any 1993-specific X.500 features, this implementation does support
any 1993 features yet either.
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... INTEROPERABILITY
The current implementation of the X.500-backended LDAP server (ldapd)
is known to work with ISODE-based DAP ...
... Macintosh. It
is widely used within Paradise and other Internet X.500 pilots.
maX.500 supports searching, browsing, and modifying directory
entries. Display of textual information, playing of audio ...
... works both with standalone LDAP directory servers (such as slapd) and
with X.500-backended LDAP servers (such as ldapd).
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... http://www.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/max500/
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... LDAP as defined in [RFC 1777], which does not
support any 1993-specific X.500 features.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS ...
... DSA has been extensively interoperability tested at
Eurosinet workshops and at the EEMA X.500 demonstration. Other
vendors DSAs ...
... OSF's DCE GDS Reference Implementation, with Tandem
enhancements including 1993 X.500 Simplified Access Control. Tandem
server class ...
... Specifications, and an additional Tandem extension package
* 1988 Edition X.500 Conformant DAP and DSP, capable of inter-
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... * Simplified Access Control as specified in the 1993 edition of
the X.500 standard.
* Unprotected Simple Authentication ...
... DSAs and DUAs)
NSDS complies with the '88 CCITT X.500 and ISO 9594 standard, and
part of '93 X.500 ...
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NSDS DSAs interoperate with various 1988 X.500 and 1993 X.500
conformant DUAs with unrecognized features of the incoming 1993-based
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... NSDS DSAs interoperate with various 1988 X.500 and 1993 X.500
conformant DUAs with unrecognized features of the incoming 1993-based
request ignored.
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... server addresses and logon data
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
DIR.X V4.0 1993 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service ...
... X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D V2.6 LDAP browser for information retrieval
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... NAME
OSIAM X.500-88
MARBEN
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... ABSTRACT
OSIAM X.500-88 is Marben's 1988 compliant directory product. It
provides:
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... OSIAM X.500 DSA provides full X.500 1988 functionality. Main features
include: chaining/multicasting, extensible schema, proprietary access
control list ...
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MARBEN is currently developing a new generation of directory product,
providing X.500 1993 functionality. Main targets are:
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... Please contact MARBEN for more information on '93 product.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... HARDWARE PLATFORMS
OSIAM X.500-88 is highly portable, and has been ported to a wide
range of platforms, including:
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... NAME
OSIAM X.500-93
MARBEN
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... ABSTRACT
OSIAM X.500-93 is Marben's 1993 compliant directory product.
Open Directory
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... hot-line support, maintenance.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... HARDWARE PLATFORMS
OSIAM X.500-93 is highly portable, and has been ported to a wide
range of platforms, including:
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... ABSTRACT
PMDF-X500 is Innosoft's implementation of the X.500 standards for
Directory Services. PMDF-X500 is based upon the ISODE Consortium
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... PMDF-X500 is based on a widely used implementation, it interoperates
particularly well with a whole host of X.500-based products from other
sources.
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... OSI directory services as specified in CCITT X.500 Recommendations
and ISO 9594 use the Directory Access Protocol ...
... DSAs and DUAs)
PMDF-X500 does not yet support the 1993 changes to the X.500
standard. Support for the 1993 X.500 recommendations is planned for
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... PMDF-X500 does not yet support the 1993 changes to the X.500
standard. Support for the 1993 X.500 recommendations is planned for
a future release of PMDF-X500.
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... TCP/IP, are much simpler protocols than DAP and
were designed to reduce the cost of entry associated with using X.500
protocols in client applications. PMDF-X500 includes both LDAP ...
... X.500 directory information using DAP to
communicate with X.500 DSAs. PMDF-X500 provides an LDAP server which
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... translates LDAP requests into DAP requests to communicate with X.500
DSAs. CLDAP defines a very low overhead ...
... DSAs. CLDAP defines a very low overhead method for accessing X.500
directory information. CLDAP is suitable for providing access to
information that does not require access controls.
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... ABSTRACT
TransIT 500 is a commercial-grade implementation of the 1993 X.500
directory standards (ITU X.500 Directory Services and ISO ...
... TransIT 500 is a commercial-grade implementation of the 1993 X.500
directory standards (ITU X.500 Directory Services and ISO 9594)
including replication ...
... Administration is the first tool of its kind to provide fully
graphical X.500 directory management. All functions are provided and
multiple DSAs ...
... API).
COMPLIANCE with X.500- 1988
The TransIT 500 implementation conforms to the specifications
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... X.500 standards.
COMPLIANCE with X.500- 1993
TransIT 500 makes the following claims of conformance as outlined in
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... TransIT 500 is actively involved in pilot projects, including the COS
X.500 Internetworking Project based at The Southern Company in
Atlanta, Georgia, where interoperation was performed with directories
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... waX.500 was developed by the University of Michigan for use by its
faculty, staff and students. UM's online directory is an X.500
directory containing 50,000+ entries.
I keep the following Web page up to date with respect to latest
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... http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/wax500/
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... [No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
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... DUA and DSA implementation according to the '88
CCITT X.500 and ISO 9594 standard. The X/Open standard XDS and XOM
interface ...
... This implementation of DAP and DSP can interoperate with other X.500
implementations from other Cebit and EUROSINET demo participants
including IBM, HP, ICL, Siemens-Nixdorf, SUN, Marben, NEXOR, etc. It
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... CCITT, "Data Communications Networks Directory", Recommendations X.500-X.521, Volume VIII Fascicle VIII.8, IXth Plenary Assembly, Melbourne, November 1988. ...
... ITU-T,"Information Technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory", Recommendations X.500-X.525, May 1993. ...
... Barker, P., and S. Kille, "The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema", RFC 1274prop(-> 4524prop), University College, London, England, November 1991. ...
... Kille, S., "Replication Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500," RFC 1275, University College, London, England, November 1991. ...
... Kille, S., "Replication and Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet Directory using X.500", RFC 1276hist, University College, London, England, November 1991. ...
... Kille, S., "X.500 and Domains", RFC 1279exp, University College, London, England, November 1991. ...
... Yeong, W., Howes, T., and S. Kille, "X.500 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol", RFC 1487(-> 3494 | 1777hist(-> 3494)), Performance ...
... Howes, T., Kille, S., Yeong, W., and C. Robbins, "T