5:35 p.m.
Hi everyone
Can you give an example of directory server used by governments or
certain authorities as to the source of truth? E.g. whether or not the
person named so exists, or whether or not the land registered at
certain street address belong to a Mr Smith?
I'm asking for this because I'm researching how the source of truth is
made publically available in a public database with a set of open
query method (like openldap filter) before the invention of
blockchain. I personally also want to see such effort being made by
willing authorities.
Thanks in advance!
11:56 a.m.
Tankman 六四 wrote:
Hi everyone
Can you give an example of directory server used by governments or
certain authorities as to the source of truth? E.g. whether or not the
person named so exists, or whether or not the land registered at
certain street address belong to a Mr Smith?
I'm asking for this because I'm researching how the source of truth is
made publically available in a public database with a set of open
query method (like openldap filter) before the invention of
blockchain. I personally also want to see such effort being made by
willing authorities.
There were a lot of publicly accessible LDAP directories in the 1990s but
I get the impression they've all been shut down as people started becoming
aware of the ease with which personal info is abused, and all of the privacy
risks that entailed.
Within large organizations, I seldom see LDAP being used as the source
of truth. Not because it's unsuitable, but mainly because HR systems that
are used for onboarding tend to only talk to SQL servers. Companies that
provide personal information in LDAP generally export it from their authoritative
SQL servers into LDAP.
Naturally I think organizations and HR systems that operate that way
are braindead, but they seem to be the majority. This appears to be a
combination of colleges only teaching SQL (if they teach anything about
databases at all) and again, HR-oriented software only interacting with SQL
(if they interact with external systems at all). Would be happy to see
otherwise.
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8:37 p.m.
On April 20, 2019 2:56:15 AM GMT+08:00, Howard Chu <hyc(a)symas.com> wrote:
This appears to be a
combination of colleges only teaching SQL (if they teach anything about
databases at all) and again, HR-oriented software only interacting with
SQL
(if they interact with external systems at all). Would be happy to see
otherwise.
To be fair learning sql is easier. I didn't learned it from school, but after
installing postgres on my computer and fired up psql with a good reference book on hand, I
could conjure up simple database schemas and simple queries in a matter of hours.
What openldap needs to gain mind share is an easy way to play with it. Something like
psql, a shell that let you do DDL, DML and query by trial and error.
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10:20 a.m.
Le mar. 23 avr. 2019 à 17:40, Derek Zhou <derek(a)shannon-data.com> a écrit :
On April 20, 2019 2:56:15 AM GMT+08:00, Howard Chu <hyc(a)symas.com> wrote:
>This appears to be a
>combination of colleges only teaching SQL (if they teach anything about
>databases at all) and again, HR-oriented software only interacting with
>SQL
>(if they interact with external systems at all). Would be happy to see
>otherwise.
To be fair learning sql is easier. I didn't learned it from school, but
after installing postgres on my computer and fired up psql with a good
reference book on hand, I could conjure up simple database schemas and
simple queries in a matter of hours.
What openldap needs to gain mind share is an easy way to play with it.
Something like psql, a shell that let you do DDL, DML and query by trial
and error.
Like ldapvi ? (
http://www.lichteblau.com/ldapvi/)
Or if you like GUIs, Apache Directory Studio ? (directory.apache.org/studio)
(which by the way allows you to launch an internal ldap server in matter of
seconds, and play with it)
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Cordialement,
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