[Fedora-infrastructure-list] Database for Account System 2

[Jonathan Steffan]

Fedora Directory Server supports TLS and SSL. So does openldap. I think
an API built on top of LDAP would have more abilities. Does PGSQL
support slave servers and replication?

Jon

Tom Lynema wrote:
>> I would love to see an LDAP+SQL solution that gives us a familiar SQL backend 
>> with an LDAP client interface.  It might take a little work to make that 
>> happen, but it might well be worth it.  Many of the solutions we are 
>> currently using support LDAP, while many of us are more familiar with SQL and 
>> current Account System services are SQL-enabled.  It seems to me that if we 
>> don't figure out a solution for LDAP+SQL, we'll end up spending a lot of time 
>> making different solutions work with the technology we choose.
>>
>> -- 
>> Patrick "The N-Man" Barnes
>> nman64 at n-man.com
>>     
>
>
> I would like to see an SQL backend with an API pointing into it, similar
> to what Amazon.com is doing.  
> Benefits:
> SSL access
> The API will act as a layer between the database and the calling
> application instead of just allowing access to the data.  This could be
> used to help protect security and privacy.
> 3rd parties could use the API to make their own extensions of the system
> Pitfalls:
> Do we want everyone to have access to the API?  This may result in abuse
> of the data.
>
>
> -tom
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