X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCEMENT;h=3cc2466514ddee70ced7668b2f96bca95face22f;hb=05752bea50e1bcca485aad61ca4a291cc6e01b7c;hp=c5e6ea505d976f2d4480a10b10406cf9485256e0;hpb=d4bf2caf70992f579b4562636df63348fdd68fcd;p=openldap diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT index c5e6ea505d..3cc2466514 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,93 +1,104 @@ - A N N O U N C E M E N T +A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.3 - OpenLDAP 2.0-alpha + The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability + of OpenLDAP Software 2.3, a suite of the Lightweight Directory + Access Protocol (v3) servers, clients, utilities, and + development tools. - The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability - of OpenLDAP release 2.0-alpha, a suite of the Lightweight Weight - Directory Protocol servers, clients, utilities, and development tools. + This release contains the following major enhancements: - This release contains the following major enhancements: + * Slapd(8) enhancements + - Updated slapd "overlay" interface, and several + example (and mostly experimental) overlays. + - Updated LDAP "sync" Engine with replication support, + provider now an "overlay" + - Numerous access control enhancements, including + experimental "don't disclose on error" capability + - Configuration backend + * LDAPv3 extensions, including: + - LDAP Password Policy + - LDAP Component Matching (requires OpenLDAP snacc) + - LDAP Modify Increment - * LDAPv3 support - - RFC2251 support - - named referrals - - named aliases - * SASL bind support - * TLS/SSL support - * Updated C API - * Additional SLAPD backends: - - LDAP backend - - Perl backend - - TCL backend + This release includes the following major components: - This release includes the following major components: + * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server + * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication 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 + * SNACC - ASN.1 development tools for OpenLDAP - * slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server - * slurpd - a stand-alone LDAP replication server - * -lldap - an LDAP client library - * -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library - * LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd - * LDAP gateways - finger, gopher, email to LDAP gateways - * LDAP mailers - sendmail-compatibile mail delivery agents - * LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utility programs + In addition, there are some contributed components: - In addition, there are some contributed components: - - * ldapTCL - the NeoSoft TCL LDAP SDK - * 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 + * LDAPC++ - a LDAP C++ SDK + * Various slapd modules and slapi plugins ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - OpenLDAP is developed by a team of volunteers whose use - the Internet to coordinate their activities. The project is - managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. + OpenLDAP Software is developed by the OpenLDAP Project. The + Project consists of a team of volunteers whose use the + Internet to coordinate their activities. The Project is + managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation. - OpenLDAP software is derived from University of Michigan - LDAP release 3.3. + OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP, + release 3.3. AVAILABILITY - This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License. - For download information is available at: + This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License, + an non-restrictive, "free", open-source license. For download + information is available at: - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/ SUPPORT - OpenLDAP software is user supported. + OpenLDAP Software is user supported: + + http://www.openldap.org/support/ - http://www.openldap.org/support/ + The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide, which includes quick + start instructions, is available at: - To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: + http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/ - http://www.openldap.org/its/ + The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: - The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: + http://www.openldap.org/faq/ - http://www.openldap.org/fag/ + In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists + related OpenLDAP Software. A list of mailing lists is + available at: - In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists - related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ + To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: - The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information - and online documentation is available at this URL: + http://www.openldap.org/its/ - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ + The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information + and online documentation is available at this URL: + + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/ SUPPORTED PLATFORMS - This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) platforms - including AIX, Digital UNIX (OSF/1), FreeBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Linux, - NetBSD, NexTSTEP, OpenBSD, SCO, Solaris, SunOS, and Ultrix. - The release has also be ported (in part or in whole) to other - platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows 95/NT. + This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like) + platforms including Darwin, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD + and most commercial UNIX systems. The release has also been + ported (in part or in whole) to other platforms including + Apple MacOS X, IBM zOS, and Microsoft Windows 2000. + +--- +OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation. +Copyright 1999-2008 The OpenLDAP Foundation, Redwood City, +California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy and +distribute verbatim copies of this document is granted.