+
INTERNET-DRAFT Kurt D. Zeilenga
-Intended Category: Standard Track OpenLDAP Foundation
-Expires in six months 10 February 2005
+Intended Category: Standard Track Isode Limited
+Expires in six months 14 February 2007
The LDAP No-Op Control
- <draft-zeilenga-ldap-noop-06.txt>
+ <draft-zeilenga-ldap-noop-10.txt>
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+ comments directly to the author <Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM>.
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Abstract
1. Overview
It is often desirable to be able to determine if a directory operation
- [Protocol] would successful complete or not without having the normal
+ [RFC4511] would successful complete or not without having the normal
effect of the operation take place. For example, an administrative
client might want to verify that new user could update their entry
(and not other entries) without the directory actually being updated.
auditing tools.
This document defines the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
- [Roadmap] No-Op control extension. The presence of the No-Op control
+ [RFC4510] No-Op control extension. The presence of the No-Op control
in an operation request message disables its normal effect upon the
directory which operation would otherwise have. Instead of updating
- the directory and return the normal indication of success, the server
- does not update the directory and indicates so by returning the
+ the directory and returning the normal indication of success, the
+ server does not update the directory and indicates so by returning the
noOperation resultCode (introduced below).
For example, when the No-Op control is present in a LDAP modify
- operation [Protocol], the server is do all processing necessary to
+ operation [RFC4511], the server is do all processing necessary to
perform the operation without actually updating the directory. If it
detects an error during this processing, it returns a non-success
(other than noOperation) resultCode as it normally would. Otherwise,
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2. No-Op Control
- The No-Op control is an LDAP Control [Protocol] whose controlType is
+ The No-Op control is an LDAP Control [RFC4511] whose controlType is
IANA-ASSIGNED-OID and controlValue is absent. Clients MUST provide a
criticality value of TRUE to prevent unintended modification of the
directory.
The control is appropriate for request messages of LDAP Add, Delete,
- Modify and ModifyDN operations [Protocol]. The control is also
+ Modify and ModifyDN operations [RFC4511]. The control is also
appropriate for requests of extended operations which update the
directory (or other data stores), such as Password Modify Extended
Operation [RFC3062]. There is no corresponding response control.
reason indicated by the result code. A result code of noOperation
(IANA-ASSIGNED-CODE) indicates that the server discovered no reason
why the operation would fail if submitted without the No-Op control.
+ It is noted that there may be reasons why the operation may fail which
+ are only discoverable when submitting without the No-Op control.
Servers SHOULD indicate their support for this control by providing
IANA-ASSIGNED-OID as a value of the 'supportedControl' attribute type
- [Models] in their root DSE entry. A server MAY choose to advertise
+ [RFC4512] in their root DSE entry. A server MAY choose to advertise
this extension only when the client is authorized to use this
operation.
tools.
Implementors of this LDAP extension should be familiar with security
- considerations applicable to the LDAP operations [Protocol] extended
- by this control, as well as general LDAP security considerations
+ considerations applicable to the LDAP operations [RFC4511] extended by
+ this control, as well as general LDAP security considerations
[Roadmap].
-4. IANA Considerations
-
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+4. IANA Considerations
4.1. Object Identifier
- It is requested that IANA assign an LDAP Object Identifier [BCP64bis]
+ It is requested that IANA assign an LDAP Object Identifier [RFC4520]
to identify the LDAP No-Op Control defined in this document.
Subject: Request for LDAP Object Identifier Registration
Person & email address to contact for further information:
- Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
+ Kurt Zeilenga <Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM>
Specification: RFC XXXX
Author/Change Controller: IESG
Comments:
4.2 LDAP Protocol Mechanism
- Registration of this protocol mechanism is requested [RFC3383].
+ Registration of this protocol mechanism is requested [RFC4520].
Subject: Request for LDAP Protocol Mechanism Registration
Object Identifier: IANA-ASSIGNED-OID
Description: No-Op Control
Person & email address to contact for further information:
- Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@openldap.org>
+ Kurt Zeilenga <Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM>
Usage: Control
Specification: RFC XXXX
Author/Change Controller: IESG
Subject: LDAP Result Code Registration
Person & email address to contact for further information:
- Kurt Zeilenga <kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
+ Kurt Zeilenga <Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM>
Result Code Name: noOperation
Specification: RFC XXXX
Author/Change Controller: IESG
5. Author's Address
Kurt D. Zeilenga
- OpenLDAP Foundation
-
- Email: Kurt@OpenLDAP.org
+ Isode Limited
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+ Email: Kurt.Zeilenga@Isode.COM
6. References
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14 (also RFC 2119), March 1997.
- [Protocol] Sermersheim, J. (editor), "LDAP: The Protocol",
- draft-ietf-ldapbis-protocol-xx.txt, a work in progress.
+ [RFC4510] Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: Technical Specification
+ Road Map", RFC 4510, June 2006.
- [Roadmap] Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: Technical Specification
- Road Map", draft-ietf-ldapbis-roadmap-xx.txt, a work in
- progress.
+ [RFC4511] Sermersheim, J. (editor), "LDAP: The Protocol", RFC
+ 4511, June 2006.
- [Models] Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: Directory Information
- Models", draft-ietf-ldapbis-models-xx.txt, a work in
- progress.
+ [RFC4512] Zeilenga, K. (editor), "LDAP: Directory Information
+ Models", RFC 4512, June 2006.
6.2. Informative References
[RFC3062] Zeilenga, K., "LDAP Password Modify Extended Operation",
RFC 3062, February 2000.
- [BCP64bis] Zeilenga, K., "IANA Considerations for LDAP",
- draft-ietf-ldapbis-bcp64-xx.txt, a work in progress.
+ [RFC4520] Zeilenga, K., "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
+ (IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory
+ Access Protocol (LDAP)", RFC 4520, BCP 64, June 2006.
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