ApacheDS v1.0 Press Release

The Apache Directory team is pleased to announce the release of ApacheDS 1.0, 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 1.0 is a significant release in several respects. First testing and continued usage over several months show the server is ready for general availability. It has been deemed to be stable, performant, and correct where the LDAP protocol is concerned.

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 1.0 Features:

  • Fully functional LDAPv3 server
  • Fully functional Kerberos 5 server
  • Fully functional Change Password server
  • Certified by the Open Group for LDAPv3
  • 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:
  • 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.

The Apache Software Foundation provides organizational, legal, and infrastructure support for a broad range of open source software projects. The Foundation provides an established framework for intellectual property and financial contributions that simultaneously limits contributors' potential legal exposure. Through a collaborative and meritocratic development process, Apache projects deliver enterprise-grade, freely available software products that attract large communities of users.

– The Apache Directory Team

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