X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCEMENT;h=68e158df23f14b213d972fa7a72a6d625d4b3f0f;hb=2ea6cfc07687584726ff5de6a863641be8b81a38;hp=2a1406dfb8efd36010e1ecf91f79eeaaa84fc103;hpb=9a8cc65162b67dc32a707ebd269b85cc477419a4;p=openldap diff --git a/ANNOUNCEMENT b/ANNOUNCEMENT index 2a1406dfb8..68e158df23 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCEMENT +++ b/ANNOUNCEMENT @@ -1,101 +1,91 @@ - A N N O U N C E M E N T - - OpenLDAP 2.0-Alpha - - 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 is for REFERENCE PURPOSES ONLY. - This release is NOT FOR GENERAL USE. - This release is NOT feature complete nor well tested. - - This release contains the following major enhancements: - - * LDAPv3 support - + RFC2251-2256 - + named referrals - + DNS SRV location - * Enhanced Access Control System - * SASL support - * TLS/SSL support - * IPv6 support - * Updated C API - * Additional SLAPD backends: - + DNS SRV referral backend - + LDAP backend - + Perl programmable backend - + SQL programmable backend - + TCL programmable backend - - This release includes the following major components: - - * 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: - - * 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 +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: + To be completed before BETA release + + 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 + + In addition, there are some contributed components: + + * 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 + an organized activity of the OpenLDAP Foundation. - OpenLDAP LDAP implementation 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, - an unrestrictive, "free," OSS-approved open source 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: - The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: + http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/ - http://www.openldap.org/faq/ + The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful: - In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists - related OpenLDAP. A list of mailing lists is available at: + http://www.openldap.org/faq/ - http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ + In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists + related OpenLDAP Software. A list of mailing lists is + available at: - To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System: + http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/ - http://www.openldap.org/its/ + 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 FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD and most commericial - UNIX systems. The release has also been ported (in part or in whole) - to other platforms including BeOS, MacOS, and MS Windows NT/2000. + 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 1999-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation, Redwood City, +California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy and +distribute verbatim copies of this document is granted.