- A N N O U N C E M E N T
-
- OpenLDAP 1.1
-
- The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability
- of OpenLDAP release 1.1, 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
-
- 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.
+A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.4
+
+ The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability
+ of OpenLDAP Software 2.4, a suite of the Lightweight Directory
+ Access Protocol (v3) servers, clients, utilities, and
+ development tools.
+
+ This release contains the following major enhancements:
+
+ * Slapd(8) enhancements
+ - Syncrepl enhancements, including push-mode and
+ Multi-Master support
+ - Dynamic configuration enhancements, including
+ online schema editing and full access control
+ - Dynamic monitoring enhancements, including
+ cache usage information
+ * New overlays
+ - Attribute value constraints
+ - Dynamic Directory Services (RFC2589)
+ - Reverse Group Membership maintenance (memberof)
+ * Clients and tools
+ - Full support of request/response controls
+ - New ldapexop tool for arbitrary extend operations
+ - Support of DNS SRV records for default server
+ * Significant performance enhancements throughout
+ the client and server code base
+ * Multiple new features in libldap and liblber
+ * Expanded documentation
+ - Function-complete manual pages
+ - Numerous new examples in the Admin Guide
+
+ This release includes the following major components:
+
+ * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
+ * -lldap - a LDAP client library
+ * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library
+ * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
+ * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utilities
+ * Admin Guide, Manual Pages - associated documentation
+
+ In addition, there are some contributed components:
+
+ * LDAPC++ - a LDAP C++ SDK
+ * Various slapd modules and slapi plugins
+
+
+ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+
+ OpenLDAP Software is developed by the OpenLDAP Project. The
+ Project consists of a team of volunteers who use the
+ Internet to coordinate their activities. The Project is
+ an organized activity of the OpenLDAP Foundation.
+
+ OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP,
+ release 3.3.
+