diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT index cb2b94f3ccb74bdfa741ade940d9a5bc88c954a9..c5e6ea505d976f2d4480a10b10406cf9485256e0 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,86 +1,93 @@ A N N O U N C E M E N T - OpenLDAP 1.1 + OpenLDAP 2.0-alpha The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability - of OpenLDAP release 1.1, a suite of the Lightweight Weight + of OpenLDAP release 2.0-alpha, a suite of the Lightweight Weight Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development tools. - OpenLDAP is derived from University of Michigan LDAP release 3.3. - - This release includes the following components: - - - slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server - - slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server - - ldapd - an LDAP-to-X.500 gateway server - - centipede - an LDAP centroid generation and maintenance program - - libldap - an LDAP client library - - liblber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library - - ldif tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd - - in.xfingerd - a finger-to-LDAP gateway server - - go500 - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching - - go500gw - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching and browsing - - rcpt500 - an email-to-LDAP query responder - - mail500 - an LDAP-capable mailer - - fax500 - an LDAP-capable mailer that supports remote printing - - LDAP tools - A collection of shell-based LDAP utility programs + This release contains the following major enhancements: + + * LDAPv3 support + - RFC2251 support + - named referrals + - named aliases + * SASL bind support + * TLS/SSL support + * Updated C API + * Additional SLAPD backends: + - LDAP backend + - Perl backend + - TCL backend + + This release includes the following major components: + + * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server + * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server + * -lldap - an LDAP client library + * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library + * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd + * LDAP gateways - finger, gopher, email to LDAP gateways + * LDAP mailers - sendmail-compatibile mail delivery agents + * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utility programs In addition, there are some contributed components: - - gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk - - php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3 - - saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program - - whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway - -CHANGES - Changes from OpenLDAP 1.0 - - improved build environment with dynamic library support, - - externally configurable client library support: ldap.conf(5), - - improved password security features include SHA1, MD5, crypt(3) - user and root passwords instead of clear-text password - - integrated SDK and tools for MS NT, - - platforms updates, and - - numerous bug fixes and build changes. - - Changes from U. Mich release 3.3 - - TCP Wrappers support added to slapd, - - Berkeley DB2 compatibility added to slapd, - - ACL enhancements including Access by Group and POSIX regex(3) support, - - platforms updates, and - - numerous bug fixes and build changes. - - See the CHANGES file in the distribution for more details. + * ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK + * gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk + * php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3 + * saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program + * whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway + + +ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS + + OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use + the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is + managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. + + OpenLDAP software is derived from University of Michigan + LDAP release 3.3. + AVAILABILITY This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License. For download information is available at: + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ + SUPPORT - The software is provided as is without any express or implied - warranty, but there is a bug reporting mail address which is - responded to on a best-effort basis: + OpenLDAP software is user supported. - OpenLDAP-bugs@OpenLDAP.org + http://www.openldap.org/support/ + + To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: + + http://www.openldap.org/its/ + + The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: + + http://www.openldap.org/fag/ In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information and online documentation is available at this URL: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ + SUPPORTED PLATFORMS This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms including AIX, Digital UNIX (OSF/1), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, NetBSD, NexTSTEP, OpenBSD, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, and Ultrix. - - The client libraries and some clients have also been ported to - MS Windows 95/NT. + The release has also be ported (in part or in whole) to other + platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows 95/NT.