asserts and manadatory build instructions (was ITS#8240)
by Michael Ströder
hyc(a)symas.com wrote in ITS#8240:
> Our patch response was too hasty. There is no OpenLDAP bug here, the real
> issue is production binaries being built with asserts enabled instead of
> compiling with -DNDEBUG. That's an issue for packagers and distros to resolve.
> Closing this ITS, not an OpenLDAP bug.
Maybe I missed something. But this is the first time I've heard about -DNDEBUG
being mandatory when compiling binary packages for production use. Does it
have other effects?
And what are general rules for assert statements in OpenLDAP code?
In my own (Python) code assert statements are supposed to be only triggered if
something goes wrong *internally* (type issues etc.). If somebody manages to
trigger an assert statement with invalid input from "outside" I always
consider this to be a serious bug revealing insufficient error handling even
though e.g. web2ldap just logs the exception but won't crash. YMMV, but please
clarify.
I also wonder whether there are more mandatory rules for building packages and
where I can find them.
Please don't get me wrong: My inquiry is in good faith to avoid unnecessary
ITS based on misunderstanding.
Ciao, Michael.
2 years, 1 month
2.4 commit review
by Quanah Gibson-Mount
A few commits stacking up, so would like to review them for inclusion in an
eventual 2.4.49.
I think all of the following look good for RE24, but wanted to confirm
specifically on (a) the GnuTLS changes, (b) the cleaner error handling
during connection setup, and (c) the Totp changes.
OpenLDAP:
ITS#9067 fix syntax evaluation of preferredDeliveryMethod
ITS#8753 Set minimum GnuTLS version to 3.2.2
ITS#9071 Document "tls none" for back-ldap
ITS#9069 Do not call gnutls_global_set_mutex()
ITS#9077 slapo-unique Let the loop finish
ITS#9095 insert missing commit at end of slapindex processing
ITS#9091 drop attr mappings added in an aborted txn
ITS#9100 relax domainScope check for absent value
ITS#9112 cleaner error handling during connection setup
Contrib:
Totp: ITS#9055 Introduce a combined password scheme
TotP: ITS#9055 Accept previous token
LMDB:
ITS#9068 fix backslash escaping
Thanks,
Quanah
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3 years, 10 months
Re: 2.4 commit review
by Hugh McMaster
Hi Quanah,
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 at 03:32, Quanah Gibson-Mount wrote:
>
> A few commits stacking up, so would like to review them for inclusion in an
> eventual 2.4.49.
Any chance that ITS#8996 could be included? Back in April, you said
pkg-config support would need to wait for a 2.5 release [1], but given
the pace of development, that could still be months or years away.
Thanks,
Hugh
[1] http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-devel/201904/msg00012.html
4 years
Session tracking control
by Howard Chu
It looks like we currently parse this control, but only to allow logging its contents, and nothing more.
Seems like it would be useful to carry the parsed info along with the o_authz struct, and make it usable
in the ACL engine. This would allow setting ACLs that can distinguish between different applications acting
on behalf of a given user (or service).
Any security downside to this?
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Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
Chief Architect, OpenLDAP http://www.openldap.org/project/
4 years
