RFC 2116
X.500 Implementations Catalog-96
NAME
OSIAM X.500-88
MARBEN
ABSTRACT
OSIAM X.500-88 is Marben's 1988 compliant directory product. It
provides:
* DUA, offering X/Open XOM and XDS APIs
* Pocket DUA, providing Microsoft MAPI(tm)
* DSA and C-ISAM based DIB
* LDAP Server
OSIAM DUA is a portable Directory User Agent implement, which
implements DAP engine. It provides X/Open XOM and XDS APIs. It works
on multiple lower layer stacks (OSI Transport or TCP/IP). An LDAP
Server may be provided with the DUA.
Pocket DUA is a light DUA implement which offers full DAP access, but
light in terms of code size and memory occupation, and is mainly
designed for PC environments. It provides MAPI(tm) interface, as an
address book provider. It provides multiple network connectivities:
X.25, [RFC 1006] over TCP/IP, and APS.
OSIAM X.500 DSA provides full X.500 1988 functionality. Main features
include: chaining/multicasting, extensible schema, proprietary access
control list, comprehensive administration facilities.
MARBEN is currently developing a new generation of directory product,
providing X.500 1993 functionality. Main targets are:
* high performance
* robustness and administration facility with DIB on commercial
RDBMS
* replication
* access control
* extended information models
Please contact MARBEN for more information on '93 product.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
OSIAM X.500-88 DUA and DSA implement CCITT X.500 (1988) an ISO 9594
standards.
Compliant with EWOS and NIST OIW Stable Implementor's Agreement.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
1993 product is under development.
Please contact MARBEN for more information on '93 product.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
Compliant with the following Internet Standards:
* [RFC 1274]: the COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema (partially
supported)
* [RFC 1277]: encoding of network addresses
* [RFC 1778], [RFC 1777], [RFC 1779]: LDAP and related
standards
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
None is supported at the present time.
INTEROPERABILITY
Have successfully interoperated, both on DAP and DSP, with QUIPU, E3X
and other implementations involved in Paradise pilot project.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Connected to Paradise pilot project.
BUGS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT [RFC 1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25, TP4 with CLNS HARDWARE PLATFORMS OSIAM X.500-88 is highly portable, and has been ported to a wide range of platforms, including: * HP9000 series * SUN SPARC Stations * SCO UNIX * Tandem * MARK III, etc. MARBEN Pocket DUA runs on PC/Windows and NT. SOFTWARE PLATFORMS See HARDWARE PLATFORMS. NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD [No information provided. -- Ed.] AVAILABILITY Commercially available from: MARBEN 11 Rue Curie 92150 Suresnes, France Contact Person: Karim Jammal or Shaofeng Li Phone: (33 - 1) 41 38 10 00 Fax: (33 - 1) 41 38 10 01 X.400: C=FR;A=Atlas;P=Marben;O=Suresnes;OU1=MxMs;S=KJammal E-Mail:sli@wtk.suresnes.marben.fr
Also available from:
MARBEN Products Inc.
2105 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 320
San Jose, CA95125, USA
Contact Person: Jean-Francois Chapuis
Phone: (408) 879 4000
Fax: (408) 879 4001
E-Mail: jfchapuis@marben.com
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
October 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
NAME
OSIAM X.500-93
MARBEN
ABSTRACT
OSIAM X.500-93 is Marben's 1993 compliant directory product.
Open Directory
* OSIAM X.500-93 provides both DAP and LDAP access
* Support for distribution using the DSP protocol
* Support for replication using the DISP protocol
* Pocket DUA, providing Microsoft MAPI0(tm) and MAPI1(tm)
interface to MS-Mail(tm) or Exchange(tm)
* WEB gateway to access Directory information from WEB browsers
* X/Open XOM/XDS API
* High performance direct API
High Capacity
* Mapped on a RDBMS
* Over 1.000.000 entries
* Use of transaction, to ensure robustness
* Can run on high-available hardware systems
* Isolated interface, to be customized for various RDBMS
High Performance
* Use of cache at DUA level
* Use of cache at DSA level
* Use of replication. Can act as shadow supplier, shadow
consumer or secondary shadow supplier. Support for total or
incremental refresh. Support for both scheduled update and
"on change" update.
* Based on an indexed database, to ensure high-performance
elaborated search.
Security
* Anonymous bind, simple and simple protected authentication
* X.509 certificates storage
* Access control
Ease of administration
* Extensible schema
* Backup-recovery
* Event logging
* Statistics information about Directory use
* Billing dockets generation
Ease of integration
* Provided as binary product or as portable source code
* MARBEN services: training, consulting, system integration,
hot-line support, maintenance.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
OSIAM X.500-93 DUA and DSA implement CCITT X.500 (1988) and ISO 9594
standards.
Compliant with EWOS and NIST OIW Stable Implementor's Agreement.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
OSIAM X.500-93 DUA and DSA implement CCITT X.500 (1993) and ISO 9594
standards.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
Compliant with the following Internet Standards:
* [RFC 1274]: the COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema (partially
supported)
* [RFC 1277]: encoding of network addresses
* [RFC 1778], [RFC 1777], [RFC 1779]: LDAP and related
standards
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
None is supported at the present time.
INTEROPERABILITY
Have successfully interoperated, both on DAP and DSP, with QUIPU, E3X
and other implementations involved in Paradise pilot project.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Connected to Paradise pilot project.
BUGS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC 1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25, TP4 with CLNS
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
OSIAM X.500-93 is highly portable, and has been ported to a wide
range of platforms, including:
* Windows NT
* HP-UX
* IBM AIX
* SUN Solaris
* SCO UNIX
* IBM MVS
MARBEN Pocket DUA runs on PC/Windows and NT.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
See HARDWARE PLATFORMS.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
Commercially available from:
MARBEN
11 Rue Curie
92150 Suresnes, France
Contact Person: Marc Chauvin or Olivier Gatine
Phone: (33 - 1) 41 38 10 00
Fax: (33 - 1) 41 38 10 01
E-Mail:sales@suresnes.marben.fr
Also available from:
MARBEN Products Inc.
2105 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 320
San Jose, CA95125, USA
Contact Person: Jean-Francois Chapuis
Phone: (408) 879 4000
Fax: (408) 879 4001
E-Mail: jfchapuis@marben.com
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
July 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No Information Provided--Ed.]
NAME
PMDF-X500
from:
Innosoft International, Inc. 1050 East Garvey Ave. South West
Covina, California 91790
Phone: +1 818-919-3600 email: sales@innosoft.com
ABSTRACT
PMDF-X500 is Innosoft's implementation of the X.500 standards for
Directory Services. PMDF-X500 is based upon the ISODE Consortium
code-base. The core of PMDF-X500 is the Directory System Agent (DSA)
server. This server provides directory information to Directory User
Agents (DUA) using either OSI or TCP/IP networking protocols. Since
PMDF-X500 is based on a widely used implementation, it interoperates
particularly well with a whole host of X.500-based products from other
sources.
In order to facilitate initial loading of directory data as well as
ongoing coordination with other directory services, PMDF-X500 includes
tools to import from and export directory information to Entry
Description File (EDF) files. EDF files are flat text files.
PMDF-X500 provides directory coordination functions using EDF files
for the following directories:
* X.500 DSAs supporting LDAP access
* cc:Mail
* Digital's DDS
* GroupWise
* Microsoft Mail
* PMDF generic databases
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
OSI directory services as specified in CCITT X.500 Recommendations
and ISO 9594 use the Directory Access Protocol (DAP) and the
Directory System Protocol (DSP).
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs) PMDF-X500 does not yet support the 1993 changes to the X.500 standard. Support for the 1993 X.500 recommendations is planned for a future release of PMDF-X500. CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS PMDF-X500 supports DAP and DSP accesses using Internet protocols as specified in [RFC 1006]. In addition, the Internet community has proposed two lightweight alternatives to DAP called Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), which is specified in [RFC 1777], and Connectionless Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP), which is specified in [RFC 1798]. LDAP and CLDAP, which are currently specified to run over TCP/IP, are much simpler protocols than DAP and were designed to reduce the cost of entry associated with using X.500 protocols in client applications. PMDF-X500 includes both LDAP and CLDAP servers. The LDAP server accesses X.500 directory information using DAP to communicate with X.500 DSAs. PMDF-X500 provides an LDAP server which translates LDAP requests into DAP requests to communicate with X.500 DSAs. CLDAP defines a very low overhead method for accessing X.500 directory information. CLDAP is suitable for providing access to information that does not require access controls. CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs [No information provided. -- Ed.] INTEROPERABILITY PMDF-X500 interoperates with a large number of DUAs and DSAs. This is demonstated by the fact that PMDF-X500 is DSA used by several Internet White Pages Project participants. PMDF-X500 DSA interoperability includes at least all of the DSA that are used in the White Pages Project. PMDF-X500 is delivered with several DUAs and in addition is know to support the DUAs from Unisys and Digital Equipment Corporation as well as the publically available DUAs MaX500, Cello, Swix, and the NASA DUA. PILOT CONNECTIVITY PMDF-X500 is used by several sites that are participants of the Internet White Pages Project include the Innosoft DSA.
BUGS [No information provided. -- Ed.] CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS [No information provided. -- Ed.] INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT DAP and DSP are layered on top of the OSI protocol suite. PMDF-X500 supports this protocol suite over multiple network transports. For a pure OSI protocol stack, DECnet/OSI can be used to provide the lower layers of the stack. In addition, PMDF-X500 supports running OSI upper layer protocols over a TCP/IP transport in accordance with [RFC 1006]. It is important to note that while [RFC 1006] specifies TCP/IP as a transport, all of the OSI upper layer protocols are always used with DAP and DSP. HARDWARE PLATFORMS Digital VAX systems Digital Alpha/AXP systems SOFTWARE PLATFORMS OpenVMS/VAX OpenVMS/AXP Digital UNIX NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD [No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
PMDF-X500 is a commerical product that is part of the PMDF family of
eMail Interconnect products. PMDF-X500 requires the presence of
PMDF-MTA, Innosoft's SMTP/MIME mailer. PMDF-X500 and PMDF-MTA can be
obtained from:
Innosoft International, Inc.
1050 East Garvey Ave. South
West Covina, California 91790
Phone: +1 818-919-3600
FAX: +1 818-919-3614
email: sales@innosoft.com
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
December 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
TransIT 500 Unisys Corporation
ABSTRACT
TransIT 500 is a commercial-grade implementation of the 1993 X.500
directory standards (ITU X.500 Directory Services and ISO 9594)
including replication, extensible schemas and access control.
TransIT 500 is designed for performance, scalability, conformance and
interoperability for enterprise-wide usage and is available for
Microsoft Windows NT, Hewlett Packard HP/UX, Unisys U6000 and as
portable source code. TransIT 500 is comprised of the following:
TransIT 500 Directory Services
TransIT 500 Directory Services is a high-performance, 1993 standards
based Directory System Agent (DSA). TransIT 500 includes many
features required by today's enterprise for global access and
mission-critical applications:
* Adheres to the 1993 ITU & ISO 9594 X.500 Directory Services
standards
* Full support for Replication (X.525/DISP)
* Access controls and extensible schemas
* Support of all X.520 attribute types & syntaxes, all X.521
object classes & attribute sets
* Automated loading of directory entries
* Support for Basic Access Control and Simplified Access
Control
* High performance, commercial-grade operations
* Integration with popular databases such as Microsoft SQL
Server, Informix, and Oracle
* Multi-platform availability
* Authentication services
* Support of industry standard APIs, including LDAP, DAP, DSP,
DISP, XDS/DOM and XAP
* High-capacity network integration with both TCP/IP (RFC 1006)
and OSI networks.
TransIT 500 Administrator
TransIT 500 Administrator is an extremely powerful tool designed to
assist administrators in all directory administration, maintenance
and security functions. Available for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows
95 and Windows 3.1.1 based systems, TransIT 500 Graphical
Administration is the first tool of its kind to provide fully
graphical X.500 directory management. All functions are provided and
multiple DSAs can be managed simultaneously from a single
administrative console:
* Directory Service Operations
* Directory Controls Management
* Access Control Management
* Schema Management & Maintenance
* Directory Information Tree Management
* Knowledge References & Information
* Replication Agreements & Information
* Logging, Tracing and System Logs
* Directory System Configuration
* Data Import & Export
* Directory Backup & Restore Operations
TransIT 500 Browser
TransIT Browser is a powerful, graphical information retrieval tool
designed to make navigating directories as simple as possible. The
Browser interface makes detailed directory searches and retrievals
easy while the unique Directory Lookup interface provides extra
ease-of-use for simple lookups. TransIT Browser is available for
Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT systems.
* Browse multiple directories from a single console
* Two interfaces to directories:
* Tree-oriented Browser
* Tabular Directory Lookup
* Object classes mapped to icons to enhance object recognition
* Extensive attribute search capabilities
* Save/Load scratchpad for search criteria & prefix criteria
* LDAP support
* Configurable cache to speed data delivery
TransIT 500 Developer
TransIT 500 Developer is a development toolkit which provides
programming interfaces, utilities and documentation for the
development of directory enabled applications. The Directory
Information Tree (DIT) can be extended and re-compiled for the
addition of application-specific information to the directory. The
Administration application provides for the verification and
installation of new schemas and the maintenance of directory tree
items. Utilities are provided for the bulk importation or exportation
or directory information from and to external sources.
TransIT 500 also supports user-written programs using the X/Open
Directory Services Application Program Interface (XDS API).
COMPLIANCE with X.500- 1988
The TransIT 500 implementation conforms to the specifications
outlined in the ISO/IEC 9594-1 to ISO 9594-9, CCITT X.500 standards.
COMPLIANCE with X.500- 1993
TransIT 500 makes the following claims of conformance as outlined in
ISO/IEC 9594-5:
Conformance by DUAs:
Statement Requirements
Conformance is claimed for the following operations:
* DirectoryBind
* DirectoryUnbind
* Read
* Compare
* Abandon
* List
* Search
* AddEntry
* RemoveEntry
* ModifyEntry
* ModifyDN
Conformance is claimed for the following security-levels:
* None
* Simple
Conformance is claimed for the following extensions:
* subentries
* copyShallDo
* extra attributes
* useAliasOnUpdate
* newSuperior
Static Requirements
The DUA supports the application contexts directoryAccessAC and
directorySystemAC.
The DUA conforms to the following extensions for which the DUA
is capable of initiating:
* subentries
* copyShallDo
* extra attributes
* useAliasOnUpdate
* newSuperior
Dynamic Requirements
The DUA conforms to the mapping of the DAP services (i.e.,
DirectoryBind, DirectoryUnBind) onto the used services of the
ACSE.
The DUA conforms to the versions and rules of extensibility as
outlined in clause 7.5.1 of X.519.
Conformance by DSAs:
Statement Requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts directoryAccessAC and
directorySystemAC.
The DSA does not make any claims for operational binding types.
The DSA is capable of acting as a first-level DSA as defined in
ITU-T Rec. X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA supports the application context directorySystemAC and
the chained mode of operation.
Conformance is claimed for the following security-levels:
* None
* Simple
Conformance is claimed for all attribute types defined in ITU-T
Rec. X.520 ISO/IEC 9594-6.
Conformance is claimed for all object classes defined in ITU-T
Rec. X.521 ISO/IEC 9594-7.
Conformance is claimed for the following extensions:
* subentries
* copyShallDo
* extra attributes
* useAliasOnUpdate
* newSuperior
Conformance is not claimed for collective attributes as defined
in X.501 and X.511.
Conformance is not claimed for hierarchical attributes as
defined in X.511.
Conformance is claimed for the following operational attribute
types defined in X.501:
* createTimestamp
* modifyTimestamp
* creatorsName
* modifiersName
* administrativeRole
* subtreeSpecification
* collectiveExclusions
* accessControlScheme
* prescriptiveACI
* entryACI
* subentryACI
* dseType
* myAccessPoint
* superiorKnowledge
* specificKnowledge
* nonSpecificKnowledge
* supplierKnowledge
* consumerKnowledge
* secondaryShadows
* dITStructureRules
* nameForms
* dITContentRules
* objectClasses
* attributeTypes
* matchingRules
* matchingRuleUse
Conformance is claimed for return of alias names as defined in
7.7.1 of X.511 IS0/IEC 9594-3.
Conformance is claimed for indicating that returned entry
information is complete, as described in 7.7.6 of X.511
ISO/IEC 9594-3.
Conformance is claimed for modifying the object class attribute
to add and/or remove values identifiying auxiliary object
classes, as described in 11.3.2 of X.511 ISO/IEC 9594-3.
Conformance is claimed for Basic Access Control.
Conformance is claimed for Simplified Access Control.
Conformance is claimed for the DSA s ability to administer the
subschema for its portion of the DIT, as defined in X.501
ISO/IEC 9594-2.
Conformance is claimed for all name bindings defined in X.521
ISO/IEC 9594-7.
Conformance is claimed for the DSA s ability to administer
collective attributes, as defined in X.501 ISO/IEC 9594-2.
Static requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts directoryAccessAC and
directorySystemAC.
The DSA conforms to the information framework defined by X.501
ISO/IEC 9594-2.
The DSA conforms to the minimal knowledge requirements defined
in ISO/IEC 959-4.
The DSA operates as a first-level DSA and conforms to the
requirements support of the root context as defined in X.518
ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA supports the attributes for which conformance is
claimed above.
The DSA supports the object classes for which conformance is
claimed above.
The DSA conforms to the following extensions for which
conformance is claimed:
* subentries
* copyShallDo
* extra attributes
* useAliasOnUpdate
* newSuperior
Conformance is claimed for the DSA s ability to administer the
subschema for its portion of the DIT, as defined in X.501
ISO/IEC 9594-2.
Conformance is not claimed for collective attributes, as
defined in X.501 ISO/IEC 9594-3.
Conformance is not claimed for hierarchical attributes, as
defined in X.501 ISO/IEC 9594-3.
The DSA supports the operational attribute types for which
conformance is claimed above.
The DSA supports Basic Access Control and is capable of holding
ACI items that conform to the definitions of Basic Access
Control.
The DSA supports Simplified Access Control and is capable of
holding ACI items that conform to the definitions of Simplified
Access Control.
Dynamic Requirements
The DSA conforms to the mapping onto used services as defined
in clause 8.
The DSA conforms to the procedures for distributed operations
of the Directory related to referrals, as defined in X.518
ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA supports application-context directoryAccessAC and
conforms to the procedures of X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-4 as they
relate to the referral mode of the DAP.
The DSA supports application-context directorySystemAC and
conforms to the referral mode of operation, as defined in
X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA conforms to the chained mode of interaction as defined
in X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA conforms to rules of extensibility procedures as
defined in clause 7.5.2 of X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-4.
The DSA supports Basic Access Control and has the capability to
protect information within the DSA in accordance with the
procedures of Basic Access Control.
The DSA supports Simplified Access Control and has the
capability to protect information within the DSA in accordance
with the procedures of Simplified Access Control.
Conformance is not claimed for shadowOperationalBindingID -- as
such, conformance is not claimed for the procedures of X.525
ISO/IEC 9594-9 and X.501 ISO/IEC 9594-2 as they relate to DOP.
Conformance is not claimed for specificHierarchicalBindingID --
as such, conformance is not claimed for the procedures of X.518
ISO/IEC 9594-9 and X.501 ISO/IEC 9594-2 as they relate to
operational bindings.
Conformance is not claimed for non-
specificHierarchicalBindingID -- as such, conformance is not
claimed for the procedures of X.518 ISO/IEC 9594-9 and X.501
ISO/IEC 9594-2 as they relate to operational bindings.
Conformance by a shadow supplier:
Statement Requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts
shadowSupplierInitiatedAC.
Conformance is claimed for the following security-levels:
* None
* Simple
Conformance is claimed for UnitofReplication.
Static Requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts
shadowSupplierInitiatedAC for which conformance is claimed.
Conformance is claimed for the operational attributes
modifyTimestamp and createTimestamp.
Dynamic Requirements
The DSA conforms to the mapping onto used services as defined
in clause 8.
The DSA conforms to the procedures of X.525 ISO/IEC 9594-9 as
they relate to the DISP.
Conformance by a shadow consumer:
Statement Requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC.
Conformance is claimed for the following security-levels:
* None
* Simple
Static Requirements
The DSA supports the application contexts
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC for which conformance is claimed.
The DSA supports operational attributes modifyTimestamp and
createTimestamp.
The DSA supports the copyShallDo service control.
Dynamic Requirements
The DSA conforms to the mapping onto used services as defined
in clause 8.
The DSA conforms to the procedures of X.525 ISO/IEC 9594-9 as
they relate to the DISP.
CONFORMANCE with PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
TransIT 500 supports the following standards: RFC-1777, RFC-1778,
RFC-1779.
CONSISTANCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
RFCs supported include: RFC-1558.
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability has been achieved with numerous directory systems.
TransIT 500 has participated in Eurosinet internetworking
demonstrations involving DSAs from:
* AT&T GIS
* Bolden James
* Control Data
* DEC
* ICL
* Nex-tel
* Nexor
* Siemens Nixdorf
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
TransIT 500 is actively involved in pilot projects, including the COS
X.500 Internetworking Project based at The Southern Company in
Atlanta, Georgia, where interoperation was performed with directories
from Digital, Control Data, Hewlett-Packard and Telstra.
BUGS
TransIT 500 products are fully supported category 1 software, which
means:
* These products are periodically updated, revised, and
enhanced.
* Unisys provides software corrections for these products as
necessary.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
The TransIT 500 software operates on the following hardware
platforms:
* Unisys U6000 Series and Clearpath SMP
* HP 9000 Series
* 386 and above Intel platforms
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The DSA is supported on any of the following platforms:
* System V Release 4 (SVR4)
* HP-UX
* Windows NT
The DUA is supported on any of the following platforms:
* Windows 95
* Windows for Workgroups
* Windows NT
Additional software required to run TransIT 500 includes Database
software:
* SQL Server
* Informix
* Oracle
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
TransIT 500 is commercially available through Unisys Corporation.
For further information, contact the following:
Unisys Corporation
Malvern Building, M.S. B221
2476 Swedesford Road
Paoli, PA 19301, USA
Phone: (800) 874-8647, ext. 584
Fax: (610) 695-5378
e-mail: transit@unisys.com
NAME
waX.500
University of Michigan
ABSTRACT
waX.500 :: Windows Access to X.500
waX.500 is a (currently 16-bit) DUA that run on Microsoft Windows
(3.1, Win95, & WinNT). It uses libldap.dll which uses the winsock
(v1.1) interface. It works on any vendors tcp/ip stack that I've
seen so far (some configuration may be required).
waX.500 was developed by the University of Michigan for use by its
faculty, staff and students. UM's online directory is an X.500
directory containing 50,000+ entries.
I keep the following Web page up to date with respect to latest
release, etc.:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/wax500/
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Can see and browse anything in the world as far as I know.
BUGS report bugs to wax500.bugs@umich.edu CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS [No information provided. -- Ed.] INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT Microsoft Windows (3.1, 95, & NT) Winsock (v1.1) tcp/ip (any vendor) HARDWARE PLATFORMS Any Windows machine with internet connectivity. Both ethernet and dialup PPP. SOFTWARE PLATFORMS Microsoft Windows (3.1, 95, & NT) Winsock (v1.1) tcp/ip (any vendor). NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD This implementation is distributed at no cost to the user; accurate numbers are not available. AVAILABILITY http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rsug/ldap/wax500 ftp://terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu/ldap/wax500/wax... DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED 13 Dec 1995 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS [No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
X500-DS
X500-DUA
Bull S.A.
ABSTRACT
X500-DS and X500-DUA are integral part of the large Bull OSI offer.
Although based on the DCE/GDS (Distributed Computing
Environment/Global Directory Service) of OSF, those two products may
be installed and used without the DCE environment. Some enhancements
have been added for the user and the management facilities. X500-DS is
designed to implement both the DUA and the DSA functions, whilst
X500-DUA only provides the DUA functions.
The X500-DUA package contains:
* The standards APIs XOM (X/Open OSI-Abstract-Data Manipulation
API) and XDS (X/Open Directory Service API) for the
development of portable applications,
* A core DUA to translate all user's requests (bind, read,
list, compare, modify, modifyRDN, search, add, remove, unbind
...) into the DAP protocol used for communication with
distant DSAs,
* The OSI standard high layers (ASN.1, ROSE, ACSE, Presentation
and Session) for communication with the distant DSAs. The
interface with the low layers is XTI. [RFC 1006] is supported
under XTI or the OSI Session,
* A DUA Cache to improve performances when accessing remote
DSAs,
* A powerful management application facilitating the
configuration of the product and controlling the operations,
logs and traces,
* A user application for the manipulations of the database
entries,
* A generic tool to load and unload ASCII and binary files
in/from distributed DSAs,
* The support of the LDAP [RFC 1777] thanks to an LDAP Server,
* A DUA Server that allows to use A-Window-To-Directory (refer
to this DUA product description) on a PC.
The X500-DS package contains:
* All components of the X500-DUA,
* A core DSA to process all requests received from distant DUAs
through DAP protocol or from distant DSAs through DSP
protocol,
* The support of the referral, chained and multi-casting modes
of operation, access control lists and management of
knowledge information (for distribution, shadows and copies
of sub-trees),
* The support of the simple authentication and of the DCE
authentication,
* A management application for managing the schema information
(creation, deletion and modification of object classes and of
attribute types, management of the rules of the DIT).
* A C-ISAM database that is specially designed for high
performances: e.g. less than 10 ms to read an entry on an
Escala at the XOM/XDS interface.
These two products are easely installed, configured and administered
thanks to the System Management Interface Tool (SMIT) screens of AIX.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Compliant with EWOS and OIW Agreements
Consists of both DUA and DSA implementation according to the '88
CCITT X.500 and ISO 9594 standard. The X/Open standard XDS and XOM
interface libraries are also provided. When the product is installed
with the DCE environment, XDS and XOM interfaces are also used to
access DCE/CDS (Local Cell Directory Service) transparently. A GDA
(Global Directory Agent) serves then as the gateway between the DCE
CDS and GDS.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[New description field -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS Supports [RFC 1277], [RFC 1777]. CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs [No information provided--Ed.] INTEROPERABILITY This implementation of DAP and DSP can interoperate with other X.500 implementations from other Cebit and EUROSINET demo participants including IBM, HP, ICL, Siemens-Nixdorf, SUN, Marben, NEXOR, etc. It also interoperates with ISODE QUIPU. PILOT CONNECTIVITY [No information provided--Ed.] BUGS Bull S.A. provides complete software maintenance with the products. CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS [No information provided--Ed.] INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT OSI TP4 with CLNP (WAN - LAN) OSI TP0, 2 & 4 with X.25 (WAN) [RFC 1006] with TCP/IP Either BSD sockets or XTI can be used to access the transports. Through XTI, both OSI and TCP/IP protocols are possible on the same machine, thus permitting to build a Directory Service distributed on OSI and TCP/IP networks. HARDWARE PLATFORMS DPX/20, Escala SMP SOFTWARE PLATFORMS AIX 4.1.4
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The release 3.1 described here is commercially available since 2 Q 96
Please contact:
Daniel Monges
Tel: + (33) 76 39 79 83
Fax: + (33) 76 39 77 70
e-mail: D.Monges@frec.bull.fr
Note that after October 18th 1996 (23:00), the telephon and fax numbers
will be:
Tel: + (33) 04 76 29 79 83
Fax: + (33) 04 76 29 77 70
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
4. References [CCITT-88] CCITT, "Data Communications Networks Directory", Recommendations X.500-X.521, Volume VIII Fascicle VIII.8, IXth Plenary Assembly, Melbourne, November 1988. [ITU-T-93] ITU-T,"Information Technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The Directory", Recommendations X.500-X.525, May 1993. [NIST-88] National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Stable Implementation Agreements for Open Systems Interconnection Protocols", Version 2 Edition 1, NIST Special Publication 500-162, December 1988. [NIST-94] National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Stable Implementation Agreements for Open Systems Interconnection Protocols", Version ? Edition ?, NIST Special Publication ???-???, December 1994. [RFC 1006] Rose, M., and Cass, D., "ISO Transport Service on top of the TCP", STD 35, RFC 1006, Northrop Research and Technology Center, May 1987. [RFC 1070] Hagens, R., Hall, N., and Rose, M., "Use of the Internet as a Subnetwork for Experimentation with the OSI Network Layer", RFC 1070, U of Wisconsin - Madison, The Wollongong Group, February 1993. [RFC 1202] Rose, M., "Directory Assistance Service", RFC 1202, Performance Systems International, Inc., February 1991. [RFC 1249] Howes, T., Smith, M., and B. Beecher, "DIXIE Protocol Specification", RFC 1249, University of Michigan, August 1991. [RFC 1274] Barker, P., and S. Kille, "The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema", RFC 1274, University College, London, England, November 1991. [RFC 1275] Kille, S., "Replication Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500," RFC 1275, University College, London, England, November 1991. [RFC 1276] Kille, S., "Replication and Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet Directory using X.500", RFC 1276, University College, London, England, November 1991.
[RFC 1277] Kille, S., "Encoding Network Addresses to support operation over non-OSI lower layers", RFC 1277, University College, London, England, November 1991. [RFC 1278] Kille, S., "A string encoding of Presentation Address", RFC 1278, University College, London, England, November 1991. [RFC 1279] Kille, S., "X.500 and Domains", RFC 1279, University College, London, England, November 1991. [RFC 1484] Kille, S., "Using the OSI Directory to achieve User Friendly Naming", RFC 1484, ISODE Consortium, July 1993. [RFC 1485] S. Kille, "A String Representation of Distinguished Names", RFC 1485, ISODE Consortium, July 1993. [RFC1487] Yeong, W., Howes, T., and S. Kille, "X.500 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol", RFC 1487, Performance Systems International, University of Michigan, ISODE Consortium, July 1993. [RFC 1488] Howes, T., Kille, S., Yeong, W., and C. Robbins, "The X.500 String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes", RFC 1488, University of Michigan, ISODE Consortium, Performance Systems International, NeXor Ltd., July 1993. RFC-1558 [RFC 1558] Howes, T., "A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters", RFC 1558, University of Michigan, December 1993. [RFC 1562] Michaelson, G. and Prior, M., "Naming Guidelines for the AARNet X.500 Directory Service", RFC 1562, The University of Queensland, The University of Adelaide, December 1993. [RFC 1567] Mansfield, G., and Kille, S., "X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB", RFC 1567, AIC Systems Laboratory, ISODE Consortium, January 1994. [RFC 1608] Johannsen, T., Mansfield, G., Kosters, M., and Sataluri, S., "Representing IP Information in the X.500 Directory", RFC 1608, Dresden University, AIC Systems Laboratory, Network Solutions, Inc., AT&T Bell Laboratories, March 1994. [RFC 1609] Mansfield, G., Johannsen, T., and Knopper, M., "Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory", RFC 1609, AIC Systems Laboratory, Dresden University, Merit Networks, Inc., March 1994. [RFC 1617] Barker, P., Kille, S., and Lenggenhager, T., "Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500 Directory Pilots", RFC 1617, University College London, ISODE Consortium, SWITCH, May 1994.
[RFC 1777] Yeong, W., Howes, T., and Kille, S., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol", RFC 1777, Performance Systems International, University of Michigan, ISODE Consortium, March 1995. [RFC 1778] Howes, T., Kille, S., Yeong, W., and Robbins, "The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes", RFC 1778, University of Michigan, ISODE Consortium, Performance Systems International, NeXor Ltd., March 1995. [RFC 1779] Kille, S., "A String Representation of Distinguished Names", RFC 1779, ISODE Consortium, March 1995. [RFC 1781] Kille, S., "Using OSI Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming", RFC 1781, ISODE Consortium, March 1995. [RFC 1798] Young, A., "Connection-less Lightweight Directory Access Protocol", RFC 1798, ISODE Consortium, June 1995. [RFC 1801] Kille, S., "MHS Use of the X.500 Directory to support MHS Routing", RFC 1801, ISODE Consortium, June 1995. [RFC 1803] Wright, R., Getchell, Howes, T., Sataluri, S., Yee, P., and Yeong, W., "Recommendations for an X.500 Production Directory Service", RFC 1803, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of Michigan, AT&T Bell Laboratories, NASA Ames Research Center, Performance Systems International, Inc., June 1995. [RFC 1804] Mansfield, G., Rajeev, P., Raghavan, S., and Howes, T., "Schema Publishing in X.500 Directory", RFC 1804, AIC Laboratories, Hughes Software Systems, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, University of Michigan, June 1995. [RFC 1823] Howes, T. and Smith, M., "The LDAP Application Programming Interface", RFC 1823, University of Michigan, August 1995.
5. Security Considerations Security issues are not discussed in this memo. 6. Editors' Addresses Chris Apple Room 2D-104 AT&T Laboratories 600 Mountain Ave. Murray Hill, NJ 07974 U.S.A. e-mail: capple@master.control.att.com Voice: (908) 582-2409 FAX: (908) 582-6113 Ken Rossen MCI Systemhouse, Inc. 10 Williamsville Road Hubbardston Center, MA 01452-1311 U.S.A. e-mail: kenr@shl.com Voice: (508) 928-5368 FAX: (508) 928-5399