ietf-ldapbis August 2008

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IETF#73 LDAP BOF Proposal
by Kurt Zeilenga 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I intend to send a BOF proposal for IETF#73 for the purpose of forming a new working group to undertake LDAP standards work. Below is a rough proposal for your consideration and comments. (I am surely biased as what new engineering efforts the proposed WG ought take on, please do feel free to offer other possible work items.) -- Kurt Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) BOF Chair(s): TBD The purpose of this BOF is to discuss the formation of a working group to undertake LDAP standards work. It is conceived that the proposed WG would undertake both the revision of existing technical specifications for LDAP extensions and the engineering of new LDAP extensions. There are numerous existing technical specifications for LDAP extensions. Most of the Standard Track specifications were published prior to the current LDAP "core" specification [RFC 4510] and are in the need of revision. In some cases, it may be more appropriate to move the extension off the Standards Track. While the work of determining which RFC should be revised (or moved off to a different track), and prioritization of the work, could be deferred to the WG, it is hoped that the BOF will reach some conclusions as to which revision work is of the highest priority. There are also numerous extensions to LDAP which seem worthy of standardization. It is hoped that the BOF will reach some conclusion as to short list of new extension work items to be undertaken (at least initially) by the proposed WG. That short list might include, for instance, in LDAP Transactions and Extensions for X.500 Alignment. By including both revision and new engineering work items in a single working group it is hoped that the sufficient participation levels will be maintained to make reasonable progress in both revision and new engineering work.

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Change of name forms and DIT structure rules when renaming an entry
by Michael Ströder 21 Aug '08

21 Aug '08

HI! when displaying an input form for renaming an entry I'd like to let the user search for possible new superior DNs. If applicable I'd like to construct the search filter derived from applicable DIT structure rules. So the question is how to find the structural object classes which are allowed for superior entries. X.501 (1993) section 12.6.5 says: "Each object and alias entry is governed by a single DIT structure rule." Currently I determine the governing structure rule by looking up the best matching name form for 1. the structural object class and 2. the current old RDN. Then I can derive the possible superior structure rules and lookup the superior structural object classes via the accompanying name forms. But now I wonder what to do in case the user wants to change the RDN together with a new superior DN in one rename operation? From my understanding changing the RDN could lead to another governing structure rule. Is that right? Ciao, Michael. P.S.: I'd appreciate interop testing over Internet regarding this... -- Michael Ströder E-Mail: michael(a)stroeder.com http://www.stroeder.com

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by Radha Krishna 19 Aug '08

19 Aug '08

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