Thanks for the help guys ! So, does this mean that Fedora DS includes every feature in Netscape DS and Redhat DS ? I couldn't still find whether Fedora DS supports these features too: * automatic, on-line directory replication * Java and C/C++ SDK * horizontal and vertical scalability I was actually comparing the features with SUN's DS. It has most of the features that I require; but if everything that SUN supports is found in Fedora DS, then why waste money :) ! - Dinil On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Mike Jackson wrote: > Dinil Divakaran wrote: >> >> Greetings !! > > Greetings, > >> Before going for Fedora Directory Server, I thought of going through the >> feature list to see what all additional features >> are supported when compared to OpenLDAP. > > The list is long :-) > > >> Though the feature list and FAQ says about many features >> supported by Fedora Directory Server (like multi-master replication, >> nested roles, cascading using hubs etc), they > > >> don't provide information about some common features that >> are supported by OpenLDAP. Some of such features include, >> support for SNMP, > > Supported. > > >> password hashing, > > Supported hashes are Crypt, SHA, and Salted SHA. > > >> support of LDAP search >> filters such as presence, equality, inequality, sub-string, approximate >> and boolean operators, > > This is part of the LDAPv3 standard. > > > >> support for consumer- >> initiated replication, > > Fedora DS does not support SyncRepl, if that's what you are asking. > > >> support for supplier-initiated >> replication, > > Supported in single-master and multi-master replication models. > > >> support for Digital certificates, > > Supported for 8 years already. > > >> support for >> XMLDAP gateway and whether the Directory server support >> XML for integration with external applications. XML and >> XMLDAP are not supported by OpenLDAP too, I believe. > > DSML is the standardized markup language for LDAP, and this is supported in > Fedora DS via the included DSML gateway process (java process). > > > Fedora DS is a direct and immediate descendant of the Netscape DS, which was > the first commercial LDAPv2 implementation in the world. Now it's at LDAPv3. > Netscape invented most of these features, and OpenLDAP project started in > 1999 to basically try to implement the core server and some of these Netscape > features. > > If you ask me, the only real benefit to using OpenLDAP today is the abundance > of strange backends, e.g. if you want to make a really special purpose LDAP > server. You can make a directory out of just about any arbitrary data source, > etc. Writing backends for Fedora DS is also possible, but there aren't too > many available at the moment. > > > Mike > > -- > LDAP Directory Consulting - http://www.netauth.com >
