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Update the announcement for 2.0-alpha (needs work... suggestions welcomed).

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A N N O U N C E M E N T 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 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. Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development tools.
OpenLDAP is derived from University of Michigan LDAP release 3.3. This release contains the following major enhancements:
This release includes the following components: * LDAPv3 support
- RFC2251 support
- slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server - named referrals
- slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server - named aliases
- ldapd - an LDAP-to-X.500 gateway server * SASL bind support
- centipede - an LDAP centroid generation and maintenance program * TLS/SSL support
- libldap - an LDAP client library * Updated C API
- liblber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library * Additional SLAPD backends:
- ldif tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd - LDAP backend
- in.xfingerd - a finger-to-LDAP gateway server - Perl backend
- go500 - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching - TCL backend
- go500gw - a gopher-to-LDAP gateway server for searching and browsing
- rcpt500 - an email-to-LDAP query responder This release includes the following major components:
- mail500 - an LDAP-capable mailer
- fax500 - an LDAP-capable mailer that supports remote printing * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
- LDAP tools - A collection of shell-based LDAP utility programs * 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: In addition, there are some contributed components:
- gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk * ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK
- php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3 * gtk-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written gtk
- saucer - a simple command-line oriented client program * php3-tool - a demonstration ldap interface written php3
- whois++d - a WHOIS++-to-LDAP gateway * 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, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- externally configurable client library support: ldap.conf(5),
- improved password security features include SHA1, MD5, crypt(3) OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use
user and root passwords instead of clear-text password the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is
- integrated SDK and tools for MS NT, managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation.
- platforms updates, and
- numerous bug fixes and build changes. OpenLDAP software is derived from University of Michigan
LDAP release 3.3.
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.
AVAILABILITY AVAILABILITY
This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License. This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License.
For download information is available at: For download information is available at:
http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/
SUPPORT SUPPORT
The software is provided as is without any express or implied OpenLDAP software is user supported.
warranty, but there is a bug reporting mail address which is
responded to on a best-effort basis:
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 In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: 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 The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information
and online documentation is available at this URL: and online documentation is available at this URL:
http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
SUPPORTED PLATFORMS SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms
including AIX, Digital UNIX (OSF/1), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, including AIX, Digital UNIX (OSF/1), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux,
NetBSD, NexTSTEP, OpenBSD, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, and Ultrix. NetBSD, NexTSTEP, OpenBSD, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, and Ultrix.
The release has also be ported (in part or in whole) to other
The client libraries and some clients have also been ported to platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows 95/NT.
MS Windows 95/NT.
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