Network Working Group C. Apple
Request for Comments: 2116 AT&T Laboratories
FYI: 11 K. Rossen
Obsoletes: 1632 MCI Systemhouse
Category: Informational April 1997
X.500 Implementations Catalog-96
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document is a revision to [RFC 1632]: A Revised Catalog of
Available X.500 Implementations and is based on the results of data
collection via a WWW home page that enabled implementors to submit
new or updated descriptions of currently available implementations of
X.500, including commercial products and openly available offerings.
[RFC 1632] is a revision of [RFC 1292]. We contacted each
contributor to [RFC 1632] to request an update and published the URL
of the WWW home page survey template in several mailing lists to
encourage the submission of new product descriptions.
This document contains detailed description of 31 X.500
implementations - DSAs, DUAs, and DUA interfaces.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................2
1.1 Purpose.....................................................3
1.2 Scope.......................................................3
1.3 Disclaimer..................................................3
1.4 Overview....................................................4
1.5 Acknowledgements............................................4
2. Keywords....................................................4
2.1 Keyword Definitions.........................................4
2.1.1 Availability................................................4
2.1.2 Conformance with International Standards....................5
2.1.3 Conformance with Proposed Internet Standards................5
2.1.4 Consistence with Other Relevant Standards and Profiles......7
2.1.5 Consistence with Informational and Experimental RFCs........9
2.1.6 Support for Popular Schema Elements.........................9
2.1.7 Miscellaneous Functionality................................10
2.1.8 Implementation Type........................................10
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2.1.9 Internetworking Environment................................11
2.1.10 Pilot Connectivity.........................................11
2.1.11 Miscellaneous Information..................................11
2.1.12 Operating Environment......................................12
2.2 Implementations Indexed by Keyword.........................14
3. Implementation Descriptions................................29
(for individual description page numbers see Table 2-1, p. 15)
4. References................................................161
5. Security Considerations...................................164
6. Editors' Addresses........................................164
1. Introduction
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 products as,
DSA
A DSA is an OSI application process that provides the Directory
functionality,
DUA
A DUA is an OSI application process that represents a user in
accessing the Directory and uses the DAP to communicate with a
DSA, and
DUA Interface
A DUA Interface is an application process that represents a
user in accessing the Directory using either DAP but supporting
only a subset of the DAP functionality or a protocol different
from DAP to communicate with a DSA or DUA.
Section 2 of this document contains a listing of implementations
cross referenced by keyword. This list should aid in identifying
implementations that meet your criteria.
To compile this catalog, the IDS Working Group solicited input from
the X.500 community by publishing a URL for a set of on-line
description forms deployed on the WWW as a home page on an InterNIC
server. This URL
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(http://www.internic.net/projects/x500catalog/catalogtop.html) was
advertised on the following directory-related mailing lists:
iso@nic.ddn.mil, isode@nic.ddn.mil, osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk,
ids@merit.edu, ietf-asid@umich.edu, mhs-ds@mercury.udev.cdc.com,
nadf-l@ema.org, and dssig@nist.gov.
Readers are encouraged to submit comments regarding both the forms
and content of this memo. New submissions are welcome. Please
direct input to the Integrated Directory Services (IDS) Working Group
(ietf-ids@umich.edu) or to the authors. IDS will produce new
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.
1.1 Purpose
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 implementations for those who wish to
consider X.500 technology for deploying a Directory service.
1.2 Scope
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
are provided to make the readers aware of available options and thus
enable more informed choices.
1.3 Disclaimer
Implementation descriptions were written by implementors and vendors,
and not by the editors. We worked with the description authors to
ensure uniformity and readability, but cannot guarantee the accuracy
or completeness of the descriptions, nor the stability of the
implementations.
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1.4 Overview
Section 1 contains introductory information.
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 abreviation, and the page of
this document on which the description begins for a particular
implementor.
Section 3 contains the X.500 implementation descriptions.
Section 4 has a list of references.
Section 6 lists the editors' addresses.
1.5 Acknowledgments
The creation of this catalog would not have been possible without the
efforts of the description authors and the members of the IDS Working
Group. Our special thanks to the editors of [RFC 1632], Linda
Millington and Sri Sataluri who graciously contributed the nroff
source file used to structure their version of the catalog.
2. Keywords
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
by a keyword either as a result of: (1) explicit, not implied,
reference to a particular capability in the implementation
description text, or (2) input from the implementation description
author(s).
2.1 Keyword Definitions
This section contains keyword definitions. They have been organized
and grouped by functional category. The definitions are ordered first
alphabetically by keyword category, and second alphabetically by
implementation name within keyword category.
2.1.1 Availability
Available via FTP
Implementation is available using FTP.
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Commercially Available
This implementation can be purchased.
Free
Available at no charge, although other restrictions may apply.
Limited Availability
Need to contact provider for terms and conditions of distribution.
2.1.2 Conformance with International Standards
PICS-AVAIL
Completed PICS per X.581/X.582
DAP
Support for the DAP protocol
DSP
Support for the DSP protocol
DISP
Support for the DISP protocol
DOP
Support for the DOP protocol
BAC
Support for Basic Access Control
SAC
Support for Simplified Access Control
2.1.3 Conformance with Proposed Internet Standards
These RFCs specify standards track protocols for the Internet
community. Implementations which conform to these evolving proposed
standards have a higher probability of interoperating with other
implementations deployed on the Internet.
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RFC-1274
Implementation supports [RFC 1274]: Barker, P., and S. Kille,
The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema, University College,
London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1276
Implementation supports [RFC 1276]: Kille, S., Replication and
Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet
Directory using X.500, University College, London, England,
November 1991.
RFC-1277
Implementation supports [RFC 1277]: Kille, S., Encoding Network
Addresses to support operation over non-OSI lower layers,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1567
Implementation supports [RFC 1567]: Mansfield, G., and Kille,
S., X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB, AIC Systems Laboratory,
ISODE Consortium, January 1994.
RFC-1777
Implementation supports [RFC 1777]: Yeong, W., Howes, T., and
Kille, S., Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, March 1995.
RFC-1778
Implementation supports [RFC 1778]: Howes, T., Kille, S.,
Yeong, W., and Robbins, The String Representation of Standard
Attribute Syntaxes, March 1995.
RFC-1779
Implementation supports [RFC 1779]: Kille, S., A String
Representation of Distinguished Names, March 1995.
RFC-1798
Implementation supports [RFC 1798]: Young, A., Connection-less
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, June 1995.
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2.1.4 Consistence with Informational and Experimental Internet RFCs
These RFCs provide information to the Internet community and are not
Internet standards. Compliance with these RFCs is not necessary for
interoperability but may enhance functionality.
RFC-1202
Implementation supports [RFC 1202]: Rose, M. T., Directory
Assistance Service. February 1991.
RFC-1249
Implementation supports [RFC 1249]: Howes, T., M. Smith, and B.
Beecher, DIXIE Protocol Specification, University of Michigan,
August 1991.
RFC-1275
Implementation supports [RFC 1275]: Kille, S., Replication
Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1278
Implementation supports [RFC 1278]: Kille, S., A string
encoding of Presentation Address, University College, London,
England, November 1991.
RFC-1279
Implementation supports [RFC 1279]: Kille, S., X.500 and
Domains, University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1558
Implementation supports [RFC 1558]: Howes, T., A String
Representation of LDAP Search Filters, December 1993.
RFC-1562
Implementation supports [RFC 1562]: Michaelson, G. and Prior,
M., Naming Guidelines for the AARNet X.500 Directory Service,
December 1993.
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RFC-1608
Implementation supports [RFC 1608]: Johannsen, T., Mansfield,
G., Kosters, M., and Sataluri, S., Representing IP Information
in the X.500 Directory, March 1994.
RFC-1609
Implementation supports [RFC 1609]: Mansfield, G., Johannsen,
T., and Knopper, M., Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory,
March 1994.
RFC-1617
Implementation supports [RFC 1617]: Barker, P., Kille, S., and
Lenggenhager, T., Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500
Directory Pilots, May 1994.
RFC-1781
Implementation supports [RFC 1781]: Kille, S., Using OSI
Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming, March 1995.
RFC-1801
Implementation supports [RFC 1801]: Kille, S., MHS Use of the
X.500 Directory to support MHS Routing, June 1995.
RFC-1803
Implementation supports [RFC 1803]: Wright, R., Getchell,
Howes, T., Sataluri, S., Yee, P., and Yeong, W.,
Recommendations for an X.500 Production Directory Service, June
1995.
RFC-1804
Implementation supports [RFC 1804]: Mansfield, G., Rajeev, P.,
Raghavan, S., and Howes, T., Schema Publishing in X.500
Directory, June 1995.
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2.1.5 Consistence with Other Relevant Standards and Profiles
ADI12
Implementation support ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-2: DSA Support of
Directory Access.
ADI21
Implementation supports ISO/IEC ISP 10615-3: Directory System: DSA
Responder Role.
ADI22
Implementation supports ISO/IEC ISP 10615-4: Directory System: DSA
Initiator Role.
ADI31
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-X: DUA Support of
Distributed Operations.
ADI32
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-X: DSA Support of
Distributed Operations.
FDI11
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10616: Common Directory
Use.
FDI3
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 11190: FTAM Use of The
Directory.
XDS
Implementation supports the XDS API defined in IEEE 1224.2
2.1.6 Support for Popular Schema Elements
NADF
Implementation supports the directory schema defined in NADF SD-4.
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Other Popular Schemas
Implementation supports other popular schema elements.
2.1.7 Miscellaneous Functionality
DYN-OBJ
Implementation allows the object class of an entry to be changed
dynamically (not allowed in X.500[1988], allowed in 1993)
ALIAS-CONSISTENCY
Implementation incorporates facilities for maintenance of alias
integrity in the face of modification or deletion of the aliased
object.
2.1.8 Implementation Type
API
Implementation comes with an application programmer's interface
(i.e., a set of libraries and include files).
DSA Only
Implementation consists of a DSA only. No DUA is included.
DSA/DUA
Both a DSA and DUA are included in this implementation.
DUA Interface
Implementation is a DUA-like program that uses either DAP, but
supporting only a subset of the DAP functionality, or uses a
protocol different from DAP to communicate with a DSA or DUA.
DUA Only
Implementation consists of a DUA only. No DSA is included.
LDAP
DUA interface program uses the Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP).
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2.1.9 Internetworking Environment
CLNS
Implementation operates over the OSI ConnectionLess Network
Service (CLNS).
OSI Transport
Implementation operates over one or more OSI transport protocols.
RFC-1006
Implementation operates over [RFC 1006] with TCP/IP transport
service. [RFC 1006] is an Internet Standard.
X.25
Implementation operates over OSI X.25.
2.1.10 Pilot Connectivity
DUA Connectivity
The DUA can be connected to the pilot, and information on any
pilot entry looked up. The DUA is able to display standard
attributes and object classes and those defined in the COSINE and
Internet Schema.
DSA Connectivity
The DSA is connected to the DIT, and information in this DSA is
accessible from any pilot DUA.
2.1.11 Miscellaneous
Included in ISODE
DUAs that are part of ISODE.
Limited Functionality
Survey states that the implementation has some shortcomings or
intended lack of functionality, e.g., omissions were part of the
design to provide an easy-to-use user interface.
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Motif
Implementation provides a Motif-style X Window user interface.
OpenView
Implementation provides an OpenView-style X Window user interface.
X Window System
Implementation uses the X Window System to provide its user
interface.
Language Support
Implementation supports single or multiple languages.
Documentation Language Support
Documentation for implementation is available in single or
multiple languages.
Number of Implementations
Implementor gave an estimate of the number of instantiations of
their implementation are deployed in live directory services.
Existing Database Support
Implementation includes support for a non-X.500 DIT repository,
synchronization with non-X.500 DBMS, or non-X.500 DBMS to X.500
DIT repository format conversion tools.
2.1.12 Operating Environment
MS Windows
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows.
MS Windows NT
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows NT.
MS Windows95
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows95.
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386
Implementation runs on a 386-based platform.
486
Implementation runs on a 486-based platform.
Pentium
Implementation runs on a Pentium-based platform.
Bull
Implementation runs on a Bull platform.
CDC
Implementation runs on a CDC MIPS platform.
DEC ULTRIX
Implementation runs under DEC ULTRIX.
DEC UNIX
Implementation runs under DEC UNIX.
DEC OpenVMS AXP
Implementation runs on a DEC AXP platform running OpenVMS.
DEC OpenVMS VAX
Implementation runs on a DEC VAX platform running OpenVMS.
HP
Implementation runs on an HP platform.
IBM PC
Implementation runs on a PC.
IBM RISC
Implementation runs on IBM's RISC UNIX workstation.
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ICL
Implementation runs on an ICL platform.
Macintosh
Implementation runs on a Macintosh.
Multiple Vendor Platforms
Implementation runs on more than one hardware platform.
Sequent
Implementation runs on a Sequent platform.
SNI
Implementation runs on a Siemens Nixdorf platform.
Solbourne
Implementation runs on a Solbourne platform.
Sun
Implementation runs on a Sun platform.
Tandem
Implementation runs on a Tandem platform.
UNIX
Implementation runs on a generic UNIX platform.
2.2 Implementations Indexed by Keyword
This section contains an index of implementations by keyword. You
can use this list to identify particular implementations that meet
your chosen criteria.
Table 2-1 shows the implementations about which information can be
found in this document as well as the abreviation used to represent
this implementation and the page number on which each implementation
description begins.
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Implementation Name |Abbreviation | Page
======================================|================|======
A-Window-To-Directory |AWTD | 33
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Critical Angle X.500 Enabler |CAXE | 35
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
cxdua |cxdua | 39
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Cycle (tm) LiveData (tm) |Cycle | 41
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DC X500 |DCX500 | 43
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Directory Enquiries |DE | 52
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Digital X.500 Directory Server |DXDS | 55
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.D(tm) V2.6 |DIR.D | 61
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X(tm) V3.1 |DIR.X-3.1 | 64
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X(tm) V4.0 |DIR.X-4.0 | 70
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X-SYNC(tm) V2.0 |DIR.X-SYNC | 76
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DX500 OpenDirectory(tm) |DX500 | 80
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
FORUM LOOK'UP(tm) |FORUM | 82
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
FX*500(tm) |FX*500 | 87
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Global Directory Server |GDS | 95
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
i500 Enterprise Directory Server |i500 | 101
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ISODE Rel. 3.0 X.500(1993) Directory |ISODE.r3 | 105
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ISOPLEX DS (tm) DSA |ISOPLEX | 109
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
LDAP Implementation |LDAP | 113
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
maX.500 Macintosh DUA Interface |maX.500 | 117
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Messageware DSA |MDSA | 120
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Table 2-1: Table of Implementation Identifiers (cont.)
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Implementation Name |Abbreviation | Page
======================================|================|======
Messageware PC-DUA |MDUA | 124
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
NonStop Directory Services |NSDS | 127
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ORG.D(tm) V2.0/V2.1 |ORG.D | 132
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
OSIAM X.500-88 |OSIAM-88 | 136
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
OSIAM X.500-93 |OSIAM-93 | 139
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
PMDF-X500 |PMDF | 145
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
TransIT500 |T500 | 149
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
waX.500 :: Windows Access to X.500 |waX.500 | 163
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
X500-DS |X500-DS | 165
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
X500-DUA |X500-DUA | 165
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Table 2-1: Table of Implementation Identifiers (cont.)
The index is organized as follows: keywords appear in alphabetical
order; implementations characterized by that keyword are listed
alphabetically as well.
For formatting purposes, we have used the abbreviations for
implementation names as defined above in Table 2-1.
ADI12 ADI21
AWTD AWTD
DIR.X-3.1 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 DIR.X-4.0
DXDS DXDS
GDS GDS
i500 i500
OSIAM-88 OSIAM-88
X500-DS X500-DS
X500-DUA X500-DUA
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ADI22
AWTD FORUM
DIR.X-3.1 FX*500
DIR.X-4.0 GDS
DXDS i500
GDS ISODE.r3
i500 LDAP
OSIAM-88 MDSA
X500-DS NSDS
X500-DUA OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
ADI31 PMDF
X500-DS
AWTD X500-DUA
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 Available via FTP
GDS
OSIAM-88 CAXE
X500-DS cxdua
X500-DUA LDAP
maX.500
ADI32 MDSA
waX.500
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 BAC
GDS
i500 DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.X-4.0
X500-DS DXDS
X500-DUA FX*500
GDS
ALIAS-CONSISTENCY i500
ISODE.r3
AWTD MDSA
FORUM PMDF
GDS
i500 Bull
NSDS
X500-DS AWTD
X500-DUA OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
API X500-DS
X500-DUA
AWTD
Cycle Commercially Available
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 AWTD
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DIR.X-4.0 CAXE
DXDS cxdua
Cycle DEC UNIX
DCX500
DIR.D DXDS
DIR.X-3.1 ISODE.r3
DIR.X-4.0 LDAP
DIR.X-SYNC MDSA
DXDS PMDF
FORUM
FX*500 DEC OpenVMS AXP
GDS
i500 DXDS
ISODE.r3 PMDF
MDSA
NSDS DEC OpenVMS VAX
ORG.D
OSIAM-88 DXDS
OSIAM-93 LDAP
PMDF PMDF
X500-DS
X500-DUA DISP
DAP DCX500
DIR.X-4.0
AWTD DXDS
CAXE FORUM
Cycle FX*500
DCX500 GDS
DIR.X-3.1 i500
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS MDSA
FORUM OSIAM-93
FX*500
GDS Documentation Language Support
i500
ISODE.r3 AWTD
MDSA Cycle
NSDS DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.D
OSIAM-93 DIR.X-3.1
PMDF DIR.X-4.0
X500-DS DIR.X-SYNC
X500-DUA FORUM
FX*500
DEC ULTRIX GDS
LDAP
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ISODE.r3 maX.500
LDAP MDSA
MDSA ORG.D
OSIAM-88 OSIAM-93
OSIAM-93 PMDF
waX.500 X500-DS
X500-DUA
DOP
DSP
DIR.X-4.0
DXDS AWTD
CAXE
DSA Connectivity DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
CAXE DIR.X-4.0
DCX500 DXDS
DIR.X-3.1 FORUM
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
DXDS GDS
FORUM i500
FX*500 ISODE.r3
GDS MDSA
i500 NSDS
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-88
MDSA OSIAM-93
OSIAM-88 PMDF
OSIAM-93 X500-DS
PMDF
DUA Connectivity
DSA Only
AWTD
CAXE CAXE
DCX500 DIR.D
FX*500 DIR.X-3.1
MDSA DIR.X-4.0
DXDS
DSA/DUA FORUM
GDS
AWTD i500
Cycle ISODE.r3
DIR.X-3.1 LDAP
DIR.X-4.0 maX.500
DXDS MDSA
FORUM ORG.D
GDS OSIAM-88
i500 OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3 PMDF
LDAP
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MDSA DUA Interface
NSDS
OSIAM-88 Cycle
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-SYNC GDS
DXDS i500
FORUM ISODE.r3
FX*500 LDAP
GDS MDSA
LDAP OSIAM-88
maX.500 OSIAM-93
NSDS
ORG.D FDI11
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93 AWTD
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
DUA Only DXDS
GDS
AWTD i500
cxdua OSIAM-88
maX.500 X500-DS
MDSA X500-DUA
waX.500
X500-DUA FDI3
DYN-OBJ AWTD
DIR.X-3.1
AWTD DIR.X-4.0
CAXE DXDS
DCX500 GDS
DXDS i500
FORUM OSIAM-88
FX*500 X500-DS
GDS X500-DUA
i500
ISODE.r3 Free
LDAP
MDSA CAXE
NSDS cxdua
PMDF ISODE.r3
X500-DS LDAP
X500-DUA maX.500
waX.500
Existing Database Support
HP
CAXE
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Cycle DCX500
DCX500 DIR.X-3.1
DXDS DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-SYNC Included in ISODE
FORUM
GDS PMDF
i500
ISODE.r3 Language Support
LDAP
MDSA AWTD
OSIAM-88 Cycle
OSIAM-93 DCX500
DIR.D
IBM PC DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
CAXE DIR.X-SYNC
Cycle DXDS
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 LDAP
DXDS MDSA
FORUM NSDS
FX*500 ORG.D
i500 OSIAM-88
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-93
LDAP PMDF
MDSA X500-DS
ORG.D X500-DUA
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93 LDAP
IBM RISC CAXE
cxdua
DCX500 DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1 DXDS
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
FORUM GDS
GDS i500
ISODE.r3 ISODE.r3
LDAP LDAP
MDSA maX.500
OSIAM-88 NSDS
OSIAM-93 ORG.D
X500-DS waX.500
X500-DUA
Limited Availability
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ICL
CAXE
i500 ISODE.r3
MDSA MDSA
NSDS MDSA
PMDF ORG.D
OSIAM-88
Limited Functionality OSIAM-93
waX.500
Cycle
DIR.D MS Windows95
Motif Cycle
DIR.D
DXDS DXDS
GDS LDAP
ISODE.r3 MDSA
MDSA ORG.D
PMDF OSIAM-93
waX.500
Macintosh
Multiple Vendor Platforms
FORUM
LDAP CAXE
maX.500 Cycle
DCX500
MS Windows DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1
cxdua DIR.X-4.0
Cycle DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.D FORUM
DXDS FX*500
FORUM GDS
LDAP ISODE.r3
MDSA LDAP
ORG.D MDSA
OSIAM-88 ORG.D
OSIAM-93 OSIAM-88
waX.500 OSIAM-93
PMDF
MS Windows NT
NADF
CAXE
Cycle DIR.D
DCX500 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.D DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-3.1 FORUM
DIR.X-4.0 GDS
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DXDS ISODE.r3
GDS LDAP
i500 maX.500
LDAP MDSA
NSDS AWTD
ORG.D DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.X-3.1
OSIAM-93 DIR.X-4.0
PMDF DXDS
X500-DS FORUM
X500-DUA FX*500
GDS
Number of Implementations ISODE.r3
MDSA
Cycle NSDS
DIR.D OSIAM-88
DIR.X-3.1 PMDF
DIR.X-SYNC X500-DS
FORUM X500-DUA
GDS
LDAP OSI Transport
waX.500
AWTD
OpenView CAXE
Cycle
MDSA DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
OSF-DCE DIR.X-4.0
DXDS
AWTD FORUM
FX*500
OSI CLNS GDS
i500
AWTD ISODE.r3
Cycle MDSA
DIR.X-3.1 NSDS
DIR.X-4.0 OSIAM-88
DXDS OSIAM-93
FX*500 PMDF
GDS X500-DS
i500 X500-DUA
ISODE.r3
MDSA Other Popular Schemas
NSDS
OSIAM-88 CAXE
OSIAM-93 i500
PMDF ISODE.r3
X500-DS maX.500
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X500-DUA PMDF
OSI CONS Pentium-class
CAXE GDS
Cycle i500
DCX500 ISODE.r3
DIR.D LDAP
DIR.X-3.1 MDSA
DIR.X-4.0 NSDS
DIR.X-SYNC OSIAM-88
DXDS OSIAM-93
FORUM PMDF
FX*500 X500-DS
GDS X500-DUA
ISODE.r3
LDAP RFC-1202
MDSA
ORG.D GDS
OSIAM-88 MDSA
OSIAM-93 PMDF
waX.500
RFC-1249
PICS-AVAIL
GDS
CAXE
Cycle RFC-1274
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 CAXE
DIR.X-4.0 DCX500
DXDS DIR.X-3.1
FX*500 DIR.X-4.0
i500 DXDS
ISODE.r3 FORUM
MDSA FX*500
NSDS GDS
OSIAM-88 i500
OSIAM-93 ISODE.r3
X500-DS LDAP
X500-DUA maX.500
MDSA
RFC-1006 NSDS
OSIAM-88
AWTD OSIAM-93
CAXE PMDF
Cycle waX.500
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1275
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DIR.X-4.0
DXDS GDS
FORUM ISODE.r3
FX*500 PMDF
RFC-1276 RFC-1558
GDS CAXE
MDSA DIR.D
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
RFC-1277 DXDS
GDS
AWTD i500
CAXE ISODE.r3
DIR.X-3.1 LDAP
DIR.X-4.0 maX.500
DXDS MDSA
FORUM ORG.D
GDS PMDF
ISODE.r3
MDSA RFC-1562
NSDS
OSIAM-88 GDS
OSIAM-93 ISODE.r3
PMDF MDSA
X500-DS PMDF
X500-DUA
RFC-1567
RFC-1278
DCX500
CAXE DIR.X-3.1
DIR.D DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
DXDS GDS
FORUM i500
GDS ISODE.r3
i500
ISODE.r3 RFC-1608
LDAP
MDSA MDSA
ORG.D PMDF
PMDF
RFC-1609
RFC-1279
MDSA
CAXE
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1617
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GDS
ISODE.r3 CAXE
MDSA DXDS
NSDS FORUM
PMDF GDS
ISODE.r3 RFC-1779
MDSA
PMDF CAXE
DCX500
RFC-1777 DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1
CAXE DIR.X-4.0
cxdua DXDS
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS LDAP
FX*500 maX.500
GDS MDSA
i500 NSDS
ISODE.r3 ORG.D
LDAP OSIAM-88
maX.500 OSIAM-93
MDSA PMDF
NSDS waX.500
ORG.D
OSIAM-88 RFC-1781
OSIAM-93
PMDF FORUM
waX.500 GDS
ISODE.r3
RFC-1778 LDAP
maX.500
CAXE MDSA
DCX500 PMDF
DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1798
DIR.X-4.0
DXDS LDAP
FORUM PMDF
FX*500
GDS RFC-1801
ISODE.r3
LDAP CAXE
maX.500 DIR.X-3.1
MDSA DIR.X-4.0
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NSDS DXDS
ORG.D GDS
OSIAM-88 ISODE.r3
OSIAM-93 MDSA
PMDF PMDF
waX.500
RFC-1803 ISODE.r3
LDAP
CAXE MDSA
DXDS OSIAM-88
GDS OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3
MDSA Tandem
PMDF
NSDS
RFC-1804
UNIX
MDSA
AWTD
SAC DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
DCX500 DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-4.0 FORUM
DXDS FX*500
FX*500 ISODE.r3
GDS LDAP
i500 MDSA
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-88
MDSA OSIAM-93
NSDS X500-DS
PMDF X500-DUA
SNI XDS
DIR.D AWTD
DIR.X-3.1 DCX500
DIR.X-4.0 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-SYNC DIR.X-4.0
ISODE.r3 DXDS
ORG.D FORUM
FX*500
Solbourne i500
ISODE.r3
LDAP MDSA
NSDS
Sun OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
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CAXE X500-DS
DCX500 X500-DUA
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
FORUM
GDS
i500
X Window System x486
DXDS CAXE
GDS Cycle
ISODE.r3 DCX500
MDSA DIR.D
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
X.25 DIR.X-SYNC
DXDS
AWTD FORUM
DCX500 FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS LDAP
FORUM MDSA
FX*500 ORG.D
GDS OSIAM-88
i500 OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3 waX.500
MDSA
NSDS
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
PMDF
X500-DS
X500-DUA
x386
CAXE
Cycle
DCX500
DIR.D
DXDS
FORUM
FX*500
GDS
ISODE.r3
LDAP
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MDSA
ORG.D
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
waX.500
3. Implementation Descriptions
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
brackets, has been used to distinguish the implementations. Note
that throughout this section, the page header reflects the name of
the implementation, not the date of the document. The descriptions
follow a common format, as described below:
NAME
The name of the X.500 implementation and the name of the responsible
organization. Implementations with a registered trademark indicate
this by appending "(tm)", e.g., GeeWhiz(tm).
ABSTRACT
A brief description of the application. This section may optionally
contain a list of the pilot projects in which the application is
being used.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A statement of compliance with respect to the 1988 CCITT
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88], specifically Section 9 of
X.519, or the 1988 NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements [NIST-
88].
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A statement of compliance with respect to the 1993 ITU-T
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [ITU-T-93], specifically Section 9 of
X.519, or the 1994 NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements [NIST-
94].
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
A statement of compliance with respect to the several proposed
Internet Standards.
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CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
A statement of compliance with respect to the several informational
and experimental Internet RFCs.
INTEROPERABILITY
A list of other DUAs and DSAs with which this implementation can
interoperate.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Describes the level of connectivity it can offer to the pilot
directory service operational on the Internet in North America, and
to pilots co-ordinated by the PARADISE project in Europe. Levels of
connectivity are: Not Tested, None, DUA Connectivity, and DSA
Connectivity.
BUGS
A warning on known problems and/or instructions on how to report
bugs.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
A warning about possible side effects or shortcomings, e.g., a
feature that works on one platform but not another.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
A list of environments in which this implementation can be used,
e.g., [RFC 1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 or TP4 with X.25.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
A list of hardware platforms on which this application runs, any
additional boards or processors required, and any special suggested
or required configuration options.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
A list of operating systems, window systems, databases, or unbundled
software packages required to run this application.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
A statement regarding the number of implementations deployed in the
field.
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AVAILABILITY
A statement regarding the availability of the software (free or
commercially available), a description of how to obtain the software,
and (optionally) a statement regarding distribution conditions and
restrictions.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
The month and year within which this implementation description was
last modified.
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NAME
A-Window-To-Directory (AWTD)
ABSTRACT
A-Window-To-Directory is a simple-to-use DUA interface available on
PC that provides access to the X.500 Directory Services. The
available operations are: bind (authenticated or anonymous), read,
list, compare, modify, modifyRDN, search, add, remove and unbind. It
is designed to be used with the Bull X500-DUA product and for that
reason is able to handle any of the defined schema. The new acronyms,
objects and attributes are automatically loaded without any
customisation. The interface of the application may be personalized
in several ways, through Local Preferences stored on the PC and
through User Settings stored on the UNIX machine that runs the Bull
X500-DUA product.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A-Window-To-Directory offers all the services described in the 88
CCITT X.500 standard.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
No
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
No
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
No
INTEROPERABILITY
Is designed to interoperate with Bull X500-DUA and X500-DS products
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
Bull S.A. provides complete software maintenance with the products.
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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Proprietary protocol to access the Bull X500-DUA through TCP/IP
sockets. The product may be used on LAN (Ethernet) or WAN (X.25).
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
386SX/DX, 486SX/DX PC Ethernet board/connection 4 MBytes RAM 3 Mbytes
on disk
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
MS-DOS 5.0 Microsoft Windows 3.1 Microsoft TCP/IP stack installed,
version 1.0
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The product is commercially available since February 1995.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
November 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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NAME
Critical Angle X.500 Enabler
(CAIx500e)
ABSTRACT
The X.500 Enabler product allows an LDAP-only directory server to be
integrated into X.500 environments, by transparently converting X.500
DAP and DSP requests into LDAP requests.
The initial release scheduled for 4Q96 will allow for connections
from X.500-capable clients and servers to an LDAP-capable server, and
will support the following features:
* LDAP version 2, as defined in RFC 1777,
* all attributes defined for LDAPv2, with the exception of
certificates and revocation lists,
* X.500(1988) DAP and DSP protocols over TCP/IP (using RFC
1006),
* the following operations: Bind (with none or simple
credentials), Read, Compare, List, Search, Abandon, AddEntry,
ModifyEntry, RemoveEntry and ModifyRDN,
* the X.500(1993) critical extensions field, to aid in
deployments incorporating 1993 DSAs.
This release will be available for Solaris 2.5 (SPARC and Intel) and
Windows NT 4.0 Server (Intel).
The product is expected to enter a public beta test period in
September 1996. Beta test evaluation copies will be free (limited to
two copies per site) but will be set to expire in December 1996.
Released versions of X.500 Enabler will be licensed per server, and
will be distributed over the Internet.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
The X.500 enabler accepts DAP and DSP connections.
It supports Bind (with none or simple credentials), Read, Compare,
List, Search, Abandon, AddEntry, ModifyEntry, RemoveEntry and
ModifyRDN.
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It supports the attributes and object classes defined in X.520 and
X.521.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
The X.500 Enabler will accept connections from X.500(1993) DUAs and
DSAs.
It supports the X.511(1993) critical extension mechanism.
Non-critical protocol fields which do not map onto LDAPv2 are
ignored.
Attribute and object classes from X.520(1993) and X.521(1993) are
supported, including collective. Operational attributes from X.501
are supported, with the exception of subschema.
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.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[RFC 1006] is the supported transport service.
The product supports the object classes and attributes defined in RFC
1274.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
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
connected to the PARADISE project, such as from the ISODE Consortium.
Critical Angle intends to do interoperability testing with commercial
LDAP-only servers as they become available.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
This product will be used to connect LDAP-only servers, such as
University of Michigan's slapd, and many vendor's forthcoming
commercial 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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BUGS
Bugs reports may be sent to <bug-x500e@critical-angle.com>.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
X.509 certificates and revocation lists are not supported due to
limitations in the LDAP version 2 protocol. This restriction will be
removed once LDAP version 3 servers become generally available.
Under Windows NT there are limitations on the number of simultaneous
incoming connections.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
This product supports RFC 1006 for DAP and DSP, and LDAP over TCP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
This product will initially be available for Sun Solaris 2.5 SPARC
and Intel, and Windows NT Server 4.0 Intel.
Subsequent versions may be available on additional platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
An 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.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
This product is licensed per-host server, and is distributed over the
Internet.
In addition to discounts for large deployment orders, subscription
programs permit customers to obtain subsequent update releases at a
substantial discount.
Beta test evaluations are free (limited to two copies per site), and
will expire 90 days after the start of the beta period.
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DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
September 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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NAME
cxdua
Chromatix, Inc. 10451 Twin Rivers Rd, Suite 265 Columbia, MD 21044
ABSTRACT
The CXDUA is a Windows 3.1 DUA that has been derrived from a highly
portable and flexible Unix based Administrative Directory User Agent.
The goal of the original design was to support features to assist a
directory administrator in managing the directory. These features
include a highly portable GUI, Entry Templates, Entry Lists, Batch
Operations and Directory Control Functions.
Both the Windows and the Unix versions support strong authentication.
The Unix DUA has been used in various DMS and NSA pilot projects.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 3.1
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The software is freely available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.chromatix.com or can be obtained via the WEB at
http://www.chromatix.com. Commercial versions will be available in
the near future.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
0496
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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NAME
Cycle (tm) LiveData (tm) (Cycle)
Cycle Software,Inc.
ABSTRACT
A component of the Cycle Virtual Data Highway.
Network software product used to break down barriers between isolated
systems. Available separatly as Cycle LiveNet (DUA) and Cycle
LiveNet Directory (DUA & DSA)
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Cycle LiveData is compliant with the 1988 NIST OIW Stable Agreements
to the extent that implementations based on the more recent stable
agreements are compliant.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Cycle LiveData is compliant with the 1993 NIST OIW Stable Agreements.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
Unknown
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
Unknown
INTEROPERABILITY
Not tested
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested
BUGS
No known bugs
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Current release supports objects of the Application Entity Object
Class only. This limitation is being relaxed in the next release.
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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC 1006] with TCP/IP,TP4, [RFC-1070] with IP,IPX, and NetBEUI.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Runs on Microsoft Windows hardware platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
> 1,000
AVAILABILITY
Commercially Available.
Contact:
Cycle Software,Inc.
1212 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA 02169
Voice- 617-770-9594
Fax- 617-770-9903
E-mail cycle@livedata.com.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
1/96
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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NAME
DC X500
Data Connection Ltd
100 Church Street
Enfield
Middlesex
EN2 6BQ
UK
ABSTRACT
DC X500 provides a truly scalable X.500 based enterprise directory
server with the necessary architectural flexibility to enable
integration with existing 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)
* Support for all the key X.500 OSI protocols:
* Directory Access Protocol (DAP) for user access
* Directory System Protocol (DSP) for distributed DSA
comunications
* Directory Information Shadowing Protocol (DISP) to support
replication between servers to give improved performance
in a distributed network
* Support of the 1993 Basic Access Control and Simplified
Access Control models
* Support for the key Internet X.500 related standards:
* integrated Lightweight DAP (LDAP)for DUA access
* Madman MIBs for easy integration with SNMP
The DC X500 architecture is based on Data Connection's underlying
product architecture which has evolved since 1987 and includes:
* genuine multi-threaded implementation
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* true portability (the product is available on a range of
operating systems e.g Windows NT, AIX, HP-UX. OS/2 etc and it
is possible to port the core technology to any
hardware/software platform)
* secure service recording for operation tracking and billing
* support for system monitoring (both alarms and statistics)
Key product features include:
* Name resolution and integrated use of Search Indices based on
2-3 trees leads to high performance operation evaluation
(subsecond response times on million entry DSAs)
* Generic schema support based on 1993 concepts that allows
customers to tailor the schema to meet their precise data
structuing requirements
* System recycle time is minimised (e.g. DC X500 can be backed
up while running and search indices are dynamically updated),
helping achieve the goal of continuous (24x7) availability
and high reliability.
* No artificial software constraints are imposed resulting in a
truly scalable product - assuming the availability of the
necessary hardware DC X500 can be configured to support
millions of entries in a single DSA.
DC X500 is certified for used within the Paradise Pilot project. The
product has also undergone interoperability testing at the EuroSInet
interoperability workshops in Europe.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
From 1988 X.519
9.2 Conformance by DSAs
9.2.1 Statement Requirements
a) directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC are both supported
b) the DSA can act as a first level DSA
c) the chained mode of ooperation is supported.
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d) security levels none and simple as supported with the
delivered product. However, the product is architectured
to interface to an external security module to support
strong authentication.
e) DC X500 supports the selected attribute types defined
in X.520.
f) DC X500 supports the selected object classes defined in X.521.
9.2.2 Static Requirements
DC X500 supports the static requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.2.3 Dynamic Requirements
DC X500 supports the dynamic requirements implied by the above
statement.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
From 1993 X.519
9.2 Conformance by DSAs
9.2.1 Statement Requirements
a) directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC are both supported
b) n/a
c) the DSA can act as a first level DSA
d) the chained mode of ooperation is supported.
e) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
f) DC X500 supports the selected attribute types defined in X.520.
Attributes based on the syntax DirectoryString using the
UNIVERSAL STRING choice can be stored however the UNIVERSAL
STRING choice cannot be used for matching rules.
g) DC X500 supports the selected object classes defined in X.521.
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h) DC X500 supports the following extensions
subentries Y
copyShallDo Y
attributeSizeLimit Y
extraAttributes Y
modifyRightsRequest N
pagedResultsRequest N
matchedValuesOnly N
extendedFilter N
targetSystem N
useAliasOnUpdate Y
newSuperior Y
i) DC X500 does not support collective attributes
j) DC X500 does not support hierarchical attributes
k) DC X500 supports the following operational attributes
Directory Operational Attributes:
structural object class
governing structural rule
create timestamp
modify timestamp
creators name
modifiers name
prescriptive ACI
entry ACI
subentry ACI
DSA Operational Attributes:
myAccessPoint
superiorKnowledge
supplierKnowledge (*)
consumerKnowledge(*)
secondaryShadows (*)
* - supported using local proprietary extension
Distributed Operation Attributes (dsa-shared):
specificKnowledge
nonSpecificKnowledge
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l) DC X500 supports return of alias names
m) DC X500 supports indicating that returned entry information is
complete
n) DC X500 supports modifying the object class attribute to add
and/or remove values identifying auxiliary object classes
o) DC X500 supports Basic Access Control
p) DC X500 supports Simplified Access Control
q) DC X500 does not support subschema administration as defined
in X.501.
r) DC X500 supports the name binding defined in X.521
s) DC X500 cannot administer collective attributes.
9.2.2 Static Requirements
DC X500 supports the static requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.2.3 Dynamic Requirements
DC X500 supports the dynamic requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.3 Conformance By Shadow Supplier
9.3.1 Statement Requirements
a) shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
are supported.
b) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
c) DC X500 supports the following UnitOfReplication:
* Entry filtering on object class is supported
* Selection/Exclusion of attributes via a AttributeSelection
is not supported
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* Inclusion of subordinate knowledge in the replicated area is
supported
* Inclusion of extended knowledge in addition to subordinate
knowledge is supported
9.3.2 Static Requirements
a) DC X500 supports the shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
b) DC X500 provides support for modifyTimestamp and createTimestamp
operational attributes
9.3.3 Dynamic Requirements
a) DC X500 conforms to the mapping onto used services defined
in clause 8
b) DC X500 conforms to the procedures of X.525 as they relate
to DISP.
9.4 Conformance by a Shadow Consumer
9.4.1 Statement Requirements
a) shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
are supported.
b) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
c) DC X500 can act as a secondary supplier.
d) DC X500 does not support shadowing o overlapping units
of replication. (Overlapping Administration Points
are supported though).
9.4.2 Static Requirements
a) DC X500 supports both shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC.
b) DC X500 supports the modifyTimestamp and createTimestamp
operational attributes.
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c) DC X500 supports the copyShallDo service element
9.4.3 Dynamic Requirements
a) DC X500 conforms to the mapping onto used services defined
in clause 8
b) DC X500 conforms to the procedures of X.525 as they relate
to DISP.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
DC X500 has interoperated with the following implementations:
DUAs:
ICL
SNI
Net-tel
Bull
AT&T
CDC
Digital
ICL
Nexor
DSAs:
SNI
ICL
AT&T
CDC
Digital
ICL
Net-tel
Nexor
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PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DC X500 has been tested and approved for connectivity to the PARADISE
pilot project.
BUGS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
DC X500 supports the following network connectivity:
* [RFC 1006] with TCP/IP
* TP0 with X.25
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
DC X500 is a portable product
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
DC X500 is a portable product. It is available on the following
plaforms:
* UNIX, including
* IBM AIX
* HP UX
* Sun Solaris
* Windows NT
* OS/2.
Porting to further UNIX platforms is very straightforward, in
particular where existing transport services are available. Other
proprietary systems (such as Novell's Netware, Digital's VMS or fault
tolerant or mainframe environments) can also be supported if
required.
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NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
DC X500 is commercially available.
For further details, please contact:
Nigel Ratcliffe Data Connection Ltd 100 Church Street Enfield
Middlesex EN2 6BQ UK
Tel: +44 181 366 1177
E-mail: nr@datcon.co.uk
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
February 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
Data Connection provides a whole series of directory applications,
including a corporate telephone directory, e-mail synchronisation,
security services, groupware directory integration and a directory
publishing application. These can be accessed by Windows
applications or standard web browsers.
Further information can be found at http://www.datcon.co.uk.
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NAME
DE
ABSTRACT
DE (Directory Enquiries) is intended to be a simple-to-use DUA
interface, suitable for the naive user, and suitable for running as a
public access dua. it will work on any terminal. The user is
presented with a series of (verbose) prompts asking for person's name
department organization country. There is extensive on-line help.
The matching algorithms are such that near matches are presented to
the user before less good matches.
There have been a few minor enhancements since the description in
[RFC 1632]. The power searching feature still sets DE apart from
most other DUAs - this allows a user to search for an entry even when
they do not know the name of the organisation in which the person
works - you still have to specify the country. DE also allows UFN
style searching. DE uses slightly different search algorithms
depending on whether it is accessing part of the Directory mastered
by a Quipu DSA - Quipu DSAs tend to use lots of replication and so
encourage searching. DE incorporates a QOS feature where it
maintains a database of past information availability and DSA
responsiveness. Translations exist into at least 4 different
languages.
DE runs over ISODE DAP and University of Michigan LDAP. There is a
version of DE, called DOS-DE, which has been ported to DOS, and this
uses LDAP.
DE was funded by the COSINE PARADISE project, and DE is used as the
PARADISE public access dua. You can test the software by telnet to
directory.ja.net and logging in as dua -- no password required.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
N/A
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[RFC 1274] and [RFC 1487] Yes and yes
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CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[RFC 1484]. yes
INTEROPERABILITY
N/A
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
The interface is widely used in the publicly accessible PARADISE
directory.
BUGS
Doesn't handle aliases well when power searching.
Send bug reports to:
p.barker@cs.ucl.ac.uk
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DE tries to cater well for the general case, at the expense of not
dealing with the less typical. The main manifestation of this is
that the current version does not handle searching under localities
very well.
It can handle photographs and reproduce sound attributes if these are
dealt with by ancillary programs.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC 1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 or TP4 with X.25, and LDAP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX + DOS platforms
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX + DOS
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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AVAILABILITY
The software is freely available from
ftp://cs.ucl.ac.uk/dirpilot/de-7.0.tar.Z
The DOS version is freely available. Look in the following
directory:
ftp://ftp.bath.ac.uk/pub/x500/dosde7/
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
March 96
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No Information Provided -- Ed.]
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NAME
Digital X.500 Directory Server Digital Equipment Corporation
This single entry covers a number of different products
ABSTRACT
The Digital X.500 Directory Services product set includes a directory
server product and a variety directory user agents, as well as a
directory synchronizer utility.
The Digital X.500 Directory Server product provides a high
performance DSA implemented according to the 1993 edition of the
standard. The InfoBroker Server product extends this to provide the
server component for LDAP and WWW user agents. Features of these
servers include:
* Integrated multi-protocol support allowing concurrent DAP,
DSP, DISP and DOP access over OSI and TCP/IP (using [RFC
1006]) protocols.
* Indexed database (DIB) to support high-performance searching
and sophisticated matching including approximate match.
* A DIB based on the 1993 edition Extended Information Models.
* Support for chaining and referrals in support of a
distributed DIB
* Support for the 1993 edition Basic Access Control scheme.
* Configurable schema based on the 1993 edition (including
attributes, object classes, structure rules, name forms).
* Support for 1993 edition Shadowing using the DISP and DOP
protocol, including both incremental and on-change features
for high performance.
* Remote management to control DSAs and log significant events.
* Support for the LDAP protocols using the InfoBroker Server
product across either TCP/IP or DECnet transport protocols.
* A Look-up Daemon that accepts requests from Web Browsers,
allowing access to the directory from any web browser.
* Both X/OPEN XDS/XOM and LDAP APIs.
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* An award winning documentation set.
The Digital X.500 Administration Facility, X.500 Information Manager
and InfoBroker Client products provide MS-Windows, Motif and 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
by browsing or searching based on an extensible set of
filters.
* Support for bulk load, unload and reload of entries.
* Driven off the same configurable schema information as the
DSA allowing extensibility of window layouts and text to
support customer-defined object classes and attributes.
The Synchronizer-500 is an X.500 DUA which:
* Enables bi-directional synchronization between X.500 and
virtually ANY other non-X.500 directory facilitating common
management.
* Maps incoming data into X.500 using flexible configuration
files
* Facilitates creation of a multivendor electronic mail
database, creating addresses in the appropriate syntax for
any mail system.
* Provides uniqueness checking on mnemonic O/R addresses,
preventing address duplication
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for 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 are implemented to conform to relevant
NIST OIW and EWOS agreements and the X.500 Implementors Guide.
OSTC conformance testing (1988 DUA/DAP, DSA/DAP) has been completed
and registered successfully.
The X.500 Directory Server is registered as conformant to US-GOSIP.
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COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Conformance with respect to clause 9.2 of ISO/IEC 9594-5:1993:
* Supports the directoryAccessAC (DAP) and directorySystemAC
(DSP) application contexts.
* The DSA is capable of acting as a first-level DSA.
* Chaining is supported.
* Bind security levels of simple (unprotected password) and
none are supported.
* Supports the shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC in both synchronous and
asynchronous variants (DISP protocol) and the
directoryOperationalBindingManagementAC (DOP protocol) for
shadowing
* All attribute types defined in ISO/IEC 9594-6:1993 are
supported except for 1993 edition supertypes and collective
attributes and EnhancedSearchGuide. Customers can define new
attribute types. UNIVERSAL STRING is not supported for
attributes based on DirectoryString.
* All object classes defined in ISO/IEC 9594-7:1993 are
supported. Customers can define new object classes.
* The following operational attributes are supported:
governingStructureRule myAccessPoint
modifyTimestamp supplierKnowledge
superiorKnowledge specificKnowledge
consumerKnowledge prescriptiveACI
dseType entryACI
createTimestamp
* Dynamic modification of object class is permitted
* Basic Access Control is supported with some restrictions.
* All name forms defined in ISO/IEC 9594-7:1993 are supported.
Customers can defined new name forms and structure rules.
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CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
The InfoBroker products support the V1 and V2 LDAP protocols for easy
integration into LDAP-compliant client and server environments.
Standards supported include [RFC 1006], [RFC 1274], [RFC 1277], [RFC
1777], [RFC 1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
RFCs supported include [RFC 1278], [RFC 1558]
INTEROPERABILITY
Digital has performed X.500 interoperability testing at various
Eurosinet and OSInet events, during the COS Pilot activity and in-
house. In addition, Digital's products were part of the EEMA
Interoperability Demonstration in Amsterdam 1995.
Digital has achieved successful DAP and DSP interworking with a
number of vendors. In the a recent Eurosinet Interoperability event,
tests were performed against:
AT&T ISOCOR
Control Data Systems NET-TEL Computer Systems Ltd
DCL (Data Connection Ltd) NEXOR
ICL SNI (Siemens Nixdorf)
In addition, previous interoperability tests have been performed
against:
Hewlett Packard Telstra
ISODE Consortium UNISYS
QUIPU
Digital has performed limited successful 1993 DISP (Replication)
interworking with two vendors at a Eurosinet Interoperability event.
These were:
ICL NEXOR
All interoperability test results will be available on request from
Digital.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Digital is actively involved in both public and private pilots of
X.500.
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BUGS
Digital provides complete software maintenance services with products
on a worldwide basis.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
The Digital X.500 Services products operate over:
* [RFC 1006] over TCP/IP
* OSI TP0, TP2 and TP4 over CLNS and CONS as appropriate
* TCP/IP or DECnet transport protocols to communicate with an
LDAP server.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products run on:
* Alpha processors supported by Digital UNIX
* Alpha and VAX processors supported by OpenVMS
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products currently run on:
* Digital UNIX running DECnet/OSI
* OpenVMS/AXP running DECnet/OSI
* OpenVMS/VAX running DECnet/OSI
For the latest availability on these and other other hardware and
software platforms please contact Digital.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
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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
numbers 40.77.XX, 53.32.XX, 53.33.XX and 60.43.XX, or contact one of:
Ian Gunn, Product Manager: Nick Tatham, Engineering
Manager:
Tel: +1 603 881 0762 Tel: +44 1734 203635
Email: ian.gunn@zko.mts.dec.com Email:
nick.tatham@reo.mts.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Co. Ltd
Corporate Software Engineering Corporate Software
Engineering
110 Spit Brook Road PO Box 121
Nashua, NH. 03062-2698 Reading, RG2 0TU
USA UK
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
13th November 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
None
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NAME
DIR.D(tm) V2.6
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.D V2.6 is Siemens Nixdorf's directory browser product. Through
its file manager like user interface only retrieval operations are
supported. The DDE interface also allows for modification operations.
DIR.D is an MS-Windows application acting as an LDAP client.
Among others, DIR.D has the following features:
* Graphical representation of the DIT
* Tree browsing
* Simple and complex searches, including approximate search
* Adaptable to any directory schema
* Configurable user interface
* Automatic unbind after idle time
* Anonymous and simple unprotected bind
* Tight integration with SNI's X.400 user agent MAIL.D and
CIT
product ComfoPhone
* Data transfer to Windows applications via clipboard, file,
Drag&Drop, and DDE
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.D V2.6 is an LDAP client.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.D V2.6 is an LDAP client.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.D V2.6 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1777], [RFC
1778], [RFC 1779].
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CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.D V2.6 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1278], [RFC
1558].
INTEROPERABILITY
DIR.D V2.6 is based on University of Michigan's LDAP implementation
V3.0. It can interoperate with any LDAP server.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DIR.D V2.6 is used to browse in the European NameFLOW-PARADISE pilot
network.
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.D V2.6 was designed for information retrieval.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
LDAP with TCP/IP
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
PC (Intel)
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 3.1 + Winsockets Windows for Workgroups 3.11 +
Winsockets
Windows 95
Windows NT 3.5
OS/2 3.0 + Windows for OS/2 +
Winsockets
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
> 10,000
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AVAILABILITY
DIR.D V2.6 can be delivered as a binary product. It is commercially
available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ASW BA COM 1
D-81730 Munich
Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V4.0 1993 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 Directory synchronization
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NAME
DIR.X (tm) V3.1 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.X V3.1 is Siemens Nixdorf's 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) component to OSF DCE. However, DIR.X V3.1 has a number of
features and enhancements which are not available in the GDS
component of OSF DCE.
DIR.X V3.1 is a distributed, replicated Directory Service. It
consists of DSA, DUA and a tools package including comfortable
administration and management utilities. DIR.X implements the
protocol stack ranging from LDAP, DAP, DSP over ACSE, ROSE,
Presentation, Session down to [RFC 1006]. On transport layer it
supports TCP/IP and OSI LAN/WAN protocols.
Data stored by DIR.X can be accessed via
* the MS-Windows user interfaces DIR.D/ORG.D which are
available as separate products from Siemens Nixdorf
* any third-party LDAP or DAP browser
* directory applications using the standardized X/Open XDS/XOM
APIs (Directory Service / OSI Abstract Data Manipulation).
The Siemens Nixdorf implementation was the first to gain
XPG4-certification.
* a command-line administration program
* a menu-driven administration program
* WWW
* a shell interface
* the Query-by-mail interface of SNI's directory
synchronization product DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.X enables
* The storage of globally-unique, tree-like name structures
which can be mapped onto organizations.
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* The use of several alternative names (aliases) for one and
the same directory entry.
* Search queries that allow the user to select objects on the
basis of specific attributes and their values, as with a
"Yellow Pages" telephone directory
* Treemanagement functions which can cover entire subtrees.
* The creation and automatic updating of copies ("shadows")
from remote computers.
* Access protection at attribute level, which regulates access
on an object-specific basis.
* The storage of unstructured attributes (graphics, pixels).
The tools package of DIR.X V3.1 includes:
* gdssetup: A simple-to-use tool for the generation and
initialization of a directory configuration.
* gdshdsch: Enables the directory administrator to modify the
directory schema off-line.
* X.500 MIB access via SNMP
* gdscp: A TCL based administration tool for UNIX clients with
full XDS functionality
* gdshd: A powerful import/export tool
Additional features include:
* support for ISO 8859-1 characters
* dynamic schema modifications
* caching.
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COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V3.1 fully complies with the following ITU-T recommendations
and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
DIR.X V3.1 was successfully conformance tested by the OSI Test
Laboratory of Siemens Nixdorf. The OSI Test Laboratory is accredited
by BAPT/DEKITZ (registration number TTI-P-G055/92-40). Test reports,
PICS per X.581/X.582 and PIXITs are available for all tested
protocols: DSA/DAP, DUA/DAP, Presentation, ACSE, and Session embedded
in X.500.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V3.1 is not compliant with the 1993 ITU-T recommendations.
Please refer to the DIR.X V4.0 implementation description.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.X V3.1 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1274], [RFC
1277], [RFC 1565], [RFC 1567], [RFC 1777], [RFC 1778], [RFC 1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.X V3.1 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1278], [RFC
1558], [RFC 1801].
INTEROPERABILITY
DIR.X V3.1 can interoperate with:
* OSF DCE Global Directory Service (GDS)
* ISODE Consortium Quipu V8.0
* ISODE Consortium 93 DSA R3.0
* AT&T OpenDirectory 2.0.1
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* Bull X.500-DS and X.500-DUA
* Control Data MailHub 2.4
* Data Connection DC X500 V1
* Digital DEC X.500 Directory Services V2.0
* ICL I500 DSA V5.2
* ISOCOR ISOPLEX DS V1.00
* NET-TEL RouteFinder 500 DSA 1.0
* NEXOR Messageware Directory Server V0.9
* Olivetti UX_X500 V1.1
* Unisys TransIT X.500 V7.1
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Several DIR.X V3.1 DSAs and DUAs are connected to the European
NameFLOW- PARADISE pilot network.
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.X V3.1 is highly portable and without any general limitation.
SNMP support is available for SNI platforms only.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC 1006] with TCP/IP
OSI TP0, TP2 with X.25
OSI TP4 with CLNP
OSI TP4 with CONS (LAN)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
SNI platforms (RM200/300/400/600, Pyramid Nile
100/150, MX300i/500i) for X.25: X.25 board needed
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IBM RS/6000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
HP 9000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
Sun Sparc
no X.25 board needed (X.25 can use the serial line)
PC (Intel)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SINIX 5.42 + CMX + XTI
for X.25: WAN-CCP needed
Pyramid Nile 100/150 DC/OSx1.1
Unixware
AIX 3.2
for X.25: OSI/6000 needed
HP-UX 9.01
for X.25: OTS 9000 needed
Solaris 2.3
for X.25: SunLink X.25 and SunLink OSI needed
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
100 and growing
AVAILABILITY
DIR.X V3.1 can be delivered as a binary product or as source to OEM
customers. It is commercially available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ASW BA COM 1 D-
81730 Munich Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
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DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V4.0 1993X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D V2.6 LDAP browser for information retrieval
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 Directory synchronization
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NAME
DIR.X (tm) V4.0 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.X V4.0 is Siemens Nixdorf's 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
Standards, and has the following main features:
* It conforms to the 1993 Directory standards, with particular
emphasis on the requirements for interoperability with other
X.500 implementations
* The implementation is scaleable: it handles small-scale
workgroup directories as well as very large directories for
backbone solutions in large organisations
* The implementation is extensible: new functionality can
easily be incorporated
* Existing databases and proprietary directory services can be
accessed or integrated with the implementation.
* Particular emphasis is placed on ease of administration of
the Directory Service a service based on DIR.X V4.0 can be
administered effectively from a central site, including the
management of configuration and monitoring options
* The implementation has a high throughput performing well not
only on small systems, but also on high-performance backend
servers, handling hundreds of requests in parallel on a
multiprocessor machine.
DIR.X V4.0 is a distributed, replicated Directory Service. It
consists of:
* DSA
* DUA
* Command-line DUA using a TCL (Tool Control Language) shell
interface (dirxcp)
* Management centre (dirxadm)
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* Toolkit for application development
Data stored by DIR.X can be accessed via
* the MS-Windows user interfaces DIR.D/ORG.D which are
available as separate products from Siemens Nixdorf
* any third-party LDAP or DAP browser
* directory applications using the standardized X/Open XDS/XOM
APIs (Directory Service / OSI Abstract Data Manipulation).
The Siemens Nixdorf implementation was the first to gain
XPG4-certification.
* a command-line administration program
* a menu-driven administration program
* WWW
* a shell interface
* the Query-by-mail interface of SNI's directory
synchronization product DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.X V4.0 is fully backwards compatible with 1988 DSAs and DUAs.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V4.0 is fully backwards compatible with the following ITU-T
recommendations and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
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COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V4.0 fully complies with the following ITU-T recommendations
and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
X.525 9594-9 Replication
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.X V4.0 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1274], [RFC
1277], [RFC 1565], [RFC 1567], [RFC 1777], [RFC 1778], [RFC 1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.X V4.0 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC 1278], [RFC
1558], [RFC 1801].
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability tests have not been completed yet.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.X V4.0 is highly portable and without any general limitation.
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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC-1006] with TCP/IP
OSI TP0, TP2 with X.25
OSI TP4 with CLNP
OSI TP4 with CONS (LAN)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
SNI platforms (RM200/300/400/600, Pyramid Nile 100/150)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
IBM RS/6000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
HP 9000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
Sun Sparc
no X.25 board needed (X.25 can use the serial line)
PC (Intel)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SINIX 5.42 + CMX + XTI
for X.25: WAN-CCP needed
Pyramid Nile 100/150 DC/OSx1.1
Windows NT 3.51
AIX 4.1
for X.25: OSI/6000 needed
HP-UX 10.0
for X.25: OTS 9000 needed
Solaris 2.5
for X.25: SunLink X.25 and SunLink OSI needed
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
Field testing to be started in Summer 1996.
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AVAILABILITY
DIR.X V4.0 can be delivered as a binary product or as source to OEM
customers. It is commercially available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ASW BA COM 1
D-81730 Munich
Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D