Status
The umich ldap tools work in cleartext, there are as of yet untested using S
SL, however the ssl support compiles cleanly. The nss_ldap libraries compile on
linux with the patches, and now provide some functionality
Library Status
Here's the magic matrix as to what works under the client (nss_ldap)
libraries.
Untested/Unimplemented
Work In Progress
Nonfunctional
Working
System Call | |
getaliasbyname |  | setaliasent |  | endaliasent |  |
getaliasent |  | gethostton |  | getntohost |  |
setetherent |  | endetherent |  | getetherent |  |
getgrnam |  | getgrgid |  | setgrent |  |
endgrent |  | getgrent |  | gethostbyname |  |
gethostbyaddr |  | sethostent |  | endhostent |  |
gethostent |  | getnetbyname |  | getnetbyaddr |  |
setnetent |  | endnetent |  | getnetent |  |
getprotobyname |  | getprotobynumber |  | setprotoent |  |
endprotoent |  | getprotoent |  | getpwnam |  |
getpwuid |  | setpwent |  | endpwent |  |
getpwent |  | getrpcbyname |  | getrpcbynumber |  |
setrpcent |  | endrpcent |  | getrpcent |  |
getservbyname |  | getservbyport |  | setservent |  |
endservent |  | getservent |  | getspnam |  |
setspent |  | endspent |  | getspent |  |
Features from Netscape Directory FAQ
LDAP v3 Implementation |
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Intelligent referrals: Servers can refer a query to other servers,
depending on what is being asked.
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Support for international character sets such as UTF-8 encoding
and language attribute tags.
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Enhanced security features such as LDAP over SSL and Simple
Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework.
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Dynamically extensible schema: Schema can be published in the
directory and managed through LDAP operations.
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Protocol extensibility: New operations can be added to the protocol
without rewriting it.
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