[Fedora-directory-users] features

[Rich Megginson]

Dinil Divakaran wrote:

>
> Thanks for the help guys !
>
> So, does this mean that Fedora DS includes every feature in
> Netscape DS and Redhat DS ?

Yes.  Red Hat bought Netscape DS and renamed it Red Hat DS.  They also 
released the source code and created the open source Fedora DS project.  
So, for now, Netscape DS == Red Hat DS == Fedora DS.  See 
http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/FAQ#How_is_Fedora_Directory_Server_different_from_iPlanet_and_Sun_Directory_Server.3F

>
> I couldn't still find whether Fedora DS supports these features
> too:
>
> * automatic, on-line directory replication

I'm not sure what you mean by this.  Could you explain this more?

>
> * Java and C/C++ SDK

Yes.  The Mozilla LDAP C and Java SDKs are included with the binary 
distribution, as well as PerLDAP.

>
> * horizontal and vertical scalability

Scalability: thousands of operations per second, tens of thousands of 
concurrent users, tens of millions of entries, hundreds of gigabytes of 
data

>
> 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 :) !

The features of Fedora DS are very, very similar to Sun DS, because up 
until late 2001 they had the same code base.

>
> - 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
>>
>> -- 
>> LDAP Directory Consulting - http://www.netauth.com
>>
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