[Fedora-directory-users] features

[Dinil Divakaran]

Thanks for the help guys !

So, does this mean that Fedora DS includes every feature in
Netscape DS and Redhat DS ?

I couldn't still find whether Fedora DS supports these features
too:

* automatic, on-line directory replication

* Java and C/C++ SDK

* horizontal and vertical scalability

I was actually comparing the features with SUN's DS. It has
most of the features that I require; but if everything that SUN
supports is found in Fedora DS, then why waste money :) !

- Dinil

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Mike Jackson wrote:

> Dinil Divakaran wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings !!
>
> Greetings,
>
>> Before going for Fedora Directory Server, I thought of going through the 
>> feature list to see what all additional features
>> are supported when compared to OpenLDAP.
>
> The list is long :-)
>
>
>> Though the feature list and FAQ says about many features
>> supported by Fedora Directory Server (like multi-master replication, 
>> nested roles, cascading using hubs etc), they
>
>
>> don't provide information about some common features that
>> are supported by OpenLDAP. Some of such features include,
>> support for SNMP,
>
> Supported.
>
>
>> password hashing,
>
> Supported hashes are Crypt, SHA, and Salted SHA.
>
>
>> support of LDAP search
>> filters such as presence, equality, inequality, sub-string, approximate 
>> and boolean operators,
>
> This is part of the LDAPv3 standard.
>
>
>
>> support for consumer-
>> initiated replication,
>
> Fedora DS does not support SyncRepl, if that's what you are asking.
>
>
>> support for supplier-initiated
>> replication,
>
> Supported in single-master and multi-master replication models.
>
>
>> support for Digital certificates,
>
> Supported for 8 years already.
>
>
>> support for
>> XMLDAP gateway and whether the Directory server support
>> XML for integration with external applications. XML and
>> XMLDAP are not supported by OpenLDAP too, I believe.
>
> DSML is the standardized markup language for LDAP, and this is supported in 
> Fedora DS via the included DSML gateway process (java process).
>
>
> Fedora DS is a direct and immediate descendant of the Netscape DS, which was 
> the first commercial LDAPv2 implementation in the world. Now it's at LDAPv3. 
> Netscape invented most of these features, and OpenLDAP project started in 
> 1999 to basically try to implement the core server and some of these Netscape 
> features.
>
> If you ask me, the only real benefit to using OpenLDAP today is the abundance 
> of strange backends, e.g. if you want to make a really special purpose LDAP 
> server. You can make a directory out of just about any arbitrary data source, 
> etc. Writing backends for Fedora DS is also possible, but there aren't too 
> many available at the moment.
>
>
> Mike
>
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>