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ApacheDS X.0 Press Release
The Apache Directory team is pleased to announce the release of ApacheDS X.0,
a pure-Java LDAP server and more. Our primary vision is to build an enterprise
directory server platform and its components where other Internet services snap
in to store their data within the directory so they may be managed using LDAP.
Those services include LDAP itself, DNS, DHCP, Change Password and Kerberos.
ApacheDS X.0 is a significant release in several respects.
<fill in X.0 high level release merits here in this paragraph>
Most importantly it has been certified by the Open Group as a compliant LDAPv3
server. Thanks to the gracious contributions of the Open Group, the Apache
Directory Team was able to freely certify ApacheDS. As of now, only 3 LDAP
servers, of which ApacheDS is one, have passed the latest version of the
compliance test suite provided by the Open Group.
ApacheDS X.0 Features Include:
<note the features below were for 1.0 - add to them with X.0 release features>
* Fully functional LDAPv3 server
* Fully functional Kerberos 5 server
* Fully functional Change Password server
* Certified by the Open Group for LDAPv3
- <make sure these links point to the appropriate X.0 certification>
- http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/
- http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/brand3527.htm
* Powerful access control subsystem based on the solid X.500 security model
* Special system partition for configuration
* Pluggable partitions for different data stores
* Pluggable interceptor mechanism for altering server behavior
* Easily embeddable into applications using a special JNDI provider
* Powered by MINA which can handle large amounts of concurrency
* Supports the following Extended Operations and Controls:
- Graceful Shutdown Extended Operation
- Diagnostic Tools Extended Operation
- LDAP Subentries Control
- http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3672.html
- Persistent Search Control
- http://www3.ietf.org/proceedings/01mar/I-D/ldapext-psearch-03.txt
- ManageDsaIT Control
- http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc3296.html
<add any additional RFCs that are supported by X.0>
- Supports the following RFCs: 1274, 1558, 1777, 1778, 1779, 2251, 2252,
2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 3377, 2247, 2307, 2377, 2713, 2714, 2798, 2820,
2829, 2830, 2849, 3045, 3296, 3671, 3672, 3673, 3674, 4510, 4511, 4512,
4513, 4514, 4515, 4516, 4517, 4518, 4519
The Apache Directory team is looking for more developers and of course users to
help grow the community and give feedback. Mailing list information is at:
http://directory.apache.org/mail-lists.html.
Check ApacheDS at http://directory.apache.org for more information.
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