NAME
HP X.500 Distributed Directory Software
Hewlett Packard
LAST MODIFIED
July, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, HP, X.25
ABSTRACT
HP's Distributed Directory Software is a fully distributed Directory
that supports both the DAP and DSP protocols, which were specified in
the 1988 CCITT/ISO X.500 documents. Besides implementing the stan-
dard, we have also put in proprietary access control and replication.
These additional features will be migrated to the standard definition
at the time that they are stable. Users are able to define their own
attributes, objects classes and DIT structure rules.
In order to make this software easy to use a set of menu driven
screens have been provided. There are easy to use data access and
data management screens. For system administrators, these is also a
set for screens that are used to help configure the servers and
manage the schema. Startup and Shutdown utilities are also included.
For application developers an X/Open-APIA XDS API is provided, along
with some helper routines that help reduce development time. The XDS
API includes the following functions:
Bind
Read
Search
Add
Remove
Unbind
Version
A subset of the X/Open-APIA Object Management (XOM) functions are
available thru the interface. The subset are those that are neces-
sary to perform the directory operations.
For bulk operations a batch interface is also available.
COMPLETENESS
This software implements the 1988 X.500 CCITT/ISO Standard. It fully
supports DAP and DSP, minus strong authentication. By default it
contains all of the X.520 Attributes and the X.521 Syntaxes and
Object Classes. Additionally, the Annex B DIT Structure can be
enforced.
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability testing will be undertaken as new X.500 products are
introduced into the market.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided--Ed.]
BUGS
No major ones at this time.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
This is pilot software for organizations who wish to learn about HP's
X.500 offering.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
TP0 or TP4 on 802.3 or X.25
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
HP-9000 800 Minicomputer
HP-9000 300 Workstation
with at least 8 M of internal memory
with 9 M of available disk space for the software
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Distributed and Supported for HP-UX version 7.0.
AVAILABILITY
Limited Commercial Availability.
For more information in the U.S. call 1-800-752-0900. Outside of the
U.S. please contact your local HP Sales Office.
NAME
INTERACTIVE Systems' X.500 DSA/DSAM
INTERACTIVE Systems' X.500 DUA
INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
LAST MODIFIED
July, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI
Transport, RFC-1006, UNIX
ABSTRACT
The INTERACTIVE Systems X.500 DSA/DSAM and X.500 DUA provide a com-
plete implementation of the OSI X.500 Directory Systems Agent, Direc-
tory Systems Agent Manager, and Directory Services User Agent. These
software packages allow remote access for Directory Systems Agents
and include the following protocols:
- Directory System Protocol (DSP)
- Directory Access Protocol (DAP)
- Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)
- Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE)
- Association Control Service Element (ACSE)
- Presentation services
- BCS Session services
- DBMS and utilities
- X/Open XDS API (included in the DUA)
These products will be available in Q3 1991 in source code form only.
COMPLETENESS
These products provide:
- a complete implementation of the X.500 distributed Directory
- a DUA with command line UI and X/Open Directory Services (XDS)
API
- a Multiprocess DSA with integral high performance DBMS
- remote or local CMIP based DSA management
- a DSA manager that provides on-line DSA monitoring, control,
Directory schema manipulation, and DUA functions
- Support for all 1988 X.500, 1988 X.400, and MAP/TOP 3.0 object
types and the capability to add new object types
- Conformance with NIST, EWOS, and U.K. GOSIP X.500 Directory pro-
files
INTEROPERABILITY
Not available at this time.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided--Ed.]
BUGS
Not available at this time.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Not available at this time.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
The INTERACTIVE Systems implementation of X.500 Directory Services
will operate over both RFC-1006 (in TCP/IP Based networks) and over
the Retix Local Area and Wide Area Network services.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
These products are available in source code form only and can be
ported to any UNIX-based computers.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
These products operate in the UNIX System V Release 3.2 and System V
Release 4 operating systems.
AVAILABILITY
Both products will be available in Q3 1991. For more information
contact:
INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
1901 North Naper Boulevard
Naperville, IL. 60563-8895
PHONE: (708) 505-9100 extension 232
FAX: (708) 505-9133 Attn.: Jim Hancock
NAME
Mac-ISODE
Computer Science Department of Massey University
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, Available via FTP, DSA/DUA, Free, Macintosh, Needs ISODE, RFC-
1006, Source
ABSTRACT
Mac-ISODE is a reasonably complete port of ISODE version 7.0. It sits
on top of Mac TCP and its development environment is MPW with the GNU
C compiler See entry for QUIPU/ISODE for a detailed description of
the DSA/DUA.
COMPLETENESS
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
INTEROPERABILITY
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested.
BUGS
Macintosh related problems should be sent to PKay@massey.ac.nz.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
No testing of the DSA has been done.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Macintosh, >1Mb memory, System 6.x
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Macintosh, >1Mb memory, System 6.x
AVAILABILITY
The Macintosh part of the package is freely available. Anonymous FTP
from cc-vms1.massey.ac.nz (130.123.1.4)
NAME
MacDish
NASA Ames Research Center
LAST MODIFIED
July, 1991
KEYWORDS
DUA Light Weight Client, Limited Functionality, Macintosh, Needs
ISODE, Potentially Unavailable
ABSTRACT
MacIntosh interface which connects to a TCP/IP port attached to dish
running on UNIX or other dish-capable host. Uses a point-and-click
interface to simplify dish access.
COMPLETENESS
No authentication, no modify/delete/add ability.
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperates with QUIPU/dish
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Being used in the White Pages Pilot Project.
BUGS
Not complete yet, so there are some bugs (primarily formatting, win-
dow management).
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Not a terribly capable interface.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Pure TCP/IP. Does not require OSI stack support.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
MacDish runs on Macintosh computers
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
MacTCP and MacOS 6.0.x.
AVAILABILITY
Not yet available. Contact is:
Mylene Marquez
MS 233-18
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
(415) 604-3836
NAME
maX.500
University of Michigan
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, Free, Macintosh
ABSTRACT
maX.500 is a Macintosh X.500 directory application useful for
displaying and modifying white pages information about people. It
runs on top of the DIXIE protocol (described in RFC1246). maX.500
is currently in production release 1.1 within the University of
Michigan and several other places.
Features include the ability to display and modify the following
attributes: title, description, commonName, uid, mail, postalAddress,
homePostalAddress, telephoneNumber, facsimileTelephoneNumber, home-
Phone. Photos can also be displayed. The software also provides
access to the finger protocol. Various preferences are user-
tailorable, including caching.
COMPLETENESS
maX.500 uses the DIXIE protocol to access X.500 and thus is subject
to the same completeness restrictions as DIXIE. It provides Read,
Search, and Modify capabilities.
INTEROPERABILITY
Works with the DIXIE server, which works with the QUIPU DSA and DAP
library.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
It has been tested (in conjunction with the DIXIE server) in both the
Internet and PARADISE pilots.
BUGS
No outstanding bugs are known. But reports should be sent to
x500@itd.umich.edu.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
maX.500 is heavily oriented to white pages information and thus gen-
eral access to the DIXIE protocol is not provided.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
maX.500 uses the DIXIE protocol and thus TCP to communicate with the
DIXIE server. The Macintosh needs to have MacTCP installed.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Mac Plus or newer machine with one megabyte or more of memory.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Apple System Software 6.0 or above (including System 7), with MacTCP
installed.
AVAILABILITY
This software is openly available. It may be obtained by anonymous
FTP from terminator.cc.umich.edu in the directory ~ftp/x500.
This software was developed at the University of Michigan by Mark
Smith of the ITD Research Systems Unix Group and is subject to the
following copyright.
Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights
reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are per-
mitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is
given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the
University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
from this software without specific prior written permission. This
software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
NAME
OSI Access and Directory
Control Data Corporation
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
Commercially Available, DUA Connectivity, DSA Connectivity, API,
DSA/DUA, OSI CLNP, RFC-1006, X.25, MIPS (under Control Data's EP/IX
OS).
ABSTRACT
OSI Access and Directory includes a QUIPU (version 6.6) based imple-
mentation of Directory with enhancements including:
- TP4 CLNP connectivity
- Directory API based on the X.400 API
- Support for X.400 objects
- Integration with Control Data's X.400 MHS products
- Curses based user interface
- A DUA daemon that provides Directory access for applications
- Enhanced photo attribute support
- ACL enhancements
- DIXIE, DAD and PH.X500 support
COMPLETENESS
As per QUIPU.
INTEROPERABILITY
OSI Access and Directory can interoperate with any QUIPU based Direc-
tory. It has also been informally interoperated with RETIX and
UNISYS implementations.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DUA Connectivity. DSA Connectivity without InternetDSP support.
BUGS
As per QUIPU.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
As per QUIPU.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
As per QUIPU (RFC-1006 with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25) plus TP4 over
CLNP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Control Data 4000 systems.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Control Data EP/IX.
AVAILABILITY
Commercially available from:
Control Data Corporation
Computer Products Marketing
4000 Series Networking
HQW10H
P.O. Box 0
Minneapolis, MN 55440-4700
USA
1-800-345-6628
NAME
OSI-DSA
Unisys
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA Only, RFC-1006, Source,
Unisys, X.25
ABSTRACT
OSI-DSA provides a Directory System agent for controlled access to
the OSI Directory Information Base. It provides full support for the
joint ISO/IEC IS-9594 International standard and CCITT X.500 Recom-
mendations 1988 protocols necessary for implementing the Directory
Information Base distributed across a number of DSA's.
The product also includes an Administration User interface program,
to allow a human administrator to construct and maintain the local
Directory Information.
Specific features provided by the Directory System Agent include:
(i) Support of the directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC
application contexts (i.e. both Directory Access Protocol
(DAP) and Directory System Protocol (DSP)
(ii) Bind Security levels of none and simple unprotected.
(iii) Capability of acting as a first level DSA.
(iv) Support for chaining and multi-casting where necessary in
handling distributed operations. Also supports the return
of referrals.
(v) Support for all attribute types and syntaxes defined in
X.520. Users are also able to define their own attributes
and syntaxes.
(vi) Support for all the object classes and attribute sets
defined in X.521. Users are also able to define their own
object classes and attribute sets. Support is also pro-
vided for a NAME-BINDING specification, for defining the
Directory Information Tree (DIT) structure.
(vii) An access control mechanism based on the ISO access con-
trol working papers to allow for controlled access and
maintenance of Directory entries and attributes.
(viii) Logging of errors and significant Directory events, as
well as optional trace information.
(ix) The OSI-DSA utilizes the services of ROSE (X.219) and ACSE
(X.217) as defined in clause 8 of X.519
The Administration program provides the following functions
(i) An interface to each of the basic Directory Operations of
Read, Compare, List, Search, Add, Modify, ModifyRDN.
(ii) A Dump/Load utility to dump the information in the local
DIB into an ASCII file and load it again into the DIB from
such a file.
(iii) Knowledge Reference maintenance facilities to Add, Delete
Modify and Read all types of Knowledge References.
(iv) Facilities to control the operation of local Directory
processes.
(v) Control over the level of logging and tracing.
COMPLETENESS
The OSI-DSA provides all functionality defined in, and is fully con-
formant to, the joint ISO/IEC IS-9594 International standard and
CCITT X.500 Recommendations 1988, and the NIST 1988 Stable agreements
on Directory Services.
The only exception is that no support is provided for strong authen-
tication or digital signatures.
Conformance with respect to clause 9 of X.519:
(i) The DSA supports both the directoryAccessAC and directo-
rySystemAC application contexts.
(ii) The DSA is capable of acting as a first-level DSA.
(iii) The chained mode of operation as defined in X.518 is sup-
ported.
(iv) Bind Security levels of none and simple unprotected are
supported.
(v) All attribute types and syntaxes defined in X.520 are sup-
ported. Users are also able to define their own attributes
and syntaxes.
(vi) All the object classes and attribute sets defined in X.521
are supported. Users are also able to define their own
object classes and attribute sets. Support is also pro-
vided for a NAME-BINDING specification, for defining the
Directory Information Tree (DIT) structure.
(vii) The DSA conforms to all the static requirements defined in
clause 9.2.2 of X.519
(viii) The DSA conforms to all the dynamic requirements defined
in clause 9.2.3 of X.519
INTEROPERABILITY
The product was demonstrated at "Interop 91" in San Jose, October
1991 as part of the OSI Showcase demo involving several vendors'
directory products.
Informal interoperability has been achieved against the ISODE 6.0
QUIPU Directory implementation. Interoperability testing against
other vendors is in progress.
Formal interoperability testing is awaiting the soon to be completed
OSInet X.500 interoperability test suite.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested.
BUGS
Full customer support is provided via your local Unisys Customer Ser-
vices Organization.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Results returned via the OSI-DSA are presently limited to 32K in the
current release, which is in line with the 1988 NIST agreements.
Patches for the Unix V.4 release may be made available on request to
raise this limit to 1Mb.
The product currently does not provide any support for replication,
although development work is in progress, based on the current ISO
Draft proposal for Replication.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
OSI-DSA runs over all communications environments supported by the
Unisys OSI stack product (see Software platforms). Currently these
support TP0, TP2, TP3 and TP4 over X.25 and TP4 over CLNP on 802.3
and X.25. Support for RFC1006 over TCP/IP is under development.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
The product is available on all Unisys Unix 6000 Series machines.
Source code is available for portation to non-Unisys platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The product is distributed and supported for Unix System V.3 and Unix
System V.4.
On Unix V.3, it requires the Unisys Application Presentation Service
OSI stack software (APS), and Unisys Transport Network Service
software (TNS). On Unix V.4, it requires the integrated Unisys OSI
stack software product (STK). These services are accessed via the
ROSLI (ROSE) and APLI (ACSE) programming interfaces which are
currently the subject of standardization efforts by XOpen and Unix
International.
A runtime version of either the Informix or Oracle relational data-
base products is required for the Directory Information Base.
AVAILABILITY
Unisys Unix OSI Directory System Agent is commercially available. For
information on porting to non-Unisys platforms, contact:
Socs Cappas
Australian Centre for Unisys Software
115 Wicks Rd
North Ryde
N.S.W, 2113
Australia
socs@syacus.acus.oz.au
Ph: 61 2 390 1312
For any other information contact your local Unisys marketing
representative or:
Unisys Corporation
Corporate Marketing
Mail Drop B-130
Blue Bell, PA 19424
USA
NAME
OSI-DUA
Unisys
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DUA Only, RFC-1006, Source,
Unisys, X.25
ABSTRACT
OSI-DUA is a Unix C Program interface library. It allows OSI or user
applications to access the services of an X.500 conformant Directory,
by making calls to a library of C routines.
Specific features provided by this program interface library are as
follows:
(i) Connection to any remote X.500 conformant DSA via an OSI
stack, or connection to a co-resident Unisys OSI DSA via
IPC mechanisms.
(ii) All operations defined in the directoryAccessAC applica-
tion context (Bind, UnBind, Read, Compare, Search, List,
AddEntry, ModifyEntry, ModifyRDN, Abandon, DeleteEntry).
(iii) Directory Bind security levels of none and simple unpro-
tected.
(iv) Execution of both blocking and non-blocking operations.
(A non-blocking call to the library will return immedi-
ately, allowing for results to be obtained once the opera-
tion has completed)
(v) Acceptance of multiple concurrent non-blocked operations
on the one user session.
(vi) The DUA utilizes the services of ROSE (X.219) and ACSE
(X.217) as defined in clause 8 of X.519
COMPLETENESS
When communicating with a Remote DSA the DUA library is fully confor-
mant with the Directory Access Protocol detailed in the X.500
Recommendations/IS-9594 standards.
Conformance with respect to clause 9 of X.519:
(i) All operations defined in the directoryAccessAC applica-
tion context (Bind, UnBind, Read, Compare, Search, List,
AddEntry, ModifyEntry, ModifyRDN, Abandon, DeleteEntry)
are supported.
(ii) Directory Bind security levels of none and simple unpro-
tected are supported.
(iii) The directoryAccessAC application context is supported as
specified in clause 7 of X.519.
(iv) The DUA conforms to the mapping onto used services as de-
fined in clause 8 of X.519.
INTEROPERABILITY
Informal interoperability has been achieved against the ISODE 6.0
QUIPU Directory implementation. Interoperability testing against
other vendors is in progress.
Formal interoperability testing is awaiting the soon to be completed
OSInet X.500 interoperability test suite.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested.
BUGS
Full customer support is provided via your local Unisys Customer Ser-
vices Organisation.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
The present OSI-DUA does not provide for the automatic handling of
referrals by the interface library. However interface routines are
provided which allow referrals to be acted upon by the user applica-
tion.
The present OSI-DUA provides a proprietary C programming interface.
An XOpen XDS conformant interface is currently under development.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
OSI-DUA runs over all communications environments supported by the
Unisys OSI stack product (see Software platforms). Currently these
support TP0, TP2, TP3 and TP4 over X.25 and TP4 over CLNP on 802.3
and X.25. Support for RFC1006 over TCP/IP is under development.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
The product is currently available on all Unisys Unix 6000 Series
machines.
Source code is available for portation to non-Unisys platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The product is distributed and supported for Unix System V.3 and Unix
System V.4.
On Unix V.3, it requires the Unisys Application Presentation Service
OSI stack software (APS), and Unisys Transport Network Service
software (TNS). On Unix V.4, it requires the integrated Unisys OSI
stack software product (STK). These services are accessed via the
ROSLI (ROSE) and APLI (ACSE) programming interfaces which are
currently the subject of standardization efforts by XOpen and Unix
International.
AVAILABILITY
Unisys Unix OSI Directory System Agent is commercially available. For
information on porting to non-Unisys platforms, contact:
Socs Cappas
Australian Centre for Unisys Software
115 Wicks Rd
North Ryde
N.S.W, 2113
Australia
socs@syacus.acus.oz.au
Ph: 61 2 390 1312
For any other information contact your local Unisys marketing
representative or:
Unisys Corporation
Corporate Marketing
Mail Drop B-130
Blue Bell, PA 19424
USA
NAME
POD
Brunel University
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, DUA Only, Free, Included in
ISODE, Limited Functionality, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE,
RFC-1006, Source, UNIX
ABSTRACT
POD (POpup Directory) is an X.500 DUA interface for the X Window Sys-
tem. POD is a first attempt at a multiwindow directory tool. It
offers a simplified interfaces to the basic X.500 operations of read,
search, list and modify entry.
POD does not provide any sophisticated access to the DSA. Operations
are performed synchronously. The Directory is thus presented as is,
i.e. a hierarchical tree of information, with the user required to
"navigate" the DIT in order to locate required information.
POD is available as part of the ISODE release from version 6.0
onwards.
COMPLETENESS
88 standard: strong authentication not implemented
INTEROPERABILITY
Believed to be compliant, though untested.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DUA Connectivity: POD is in use in many directory pilots, certainly
including PARADISE and the Internet.
BUGS
Bugs to x500@brunel.ac.uk
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
TP0 over TCP/IP (as ISODE)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Most UNIX machines
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX
MIT X libraries (release 11 version 4)
ISODE/QUIPU libraries (version 6.7 upwards)
AVAILABILITY
Openly available as part of the ISODE release. Sources are freely
available for commercial or non-commercial use from:
src.brunel.ac.uk [134.83.128.3]
Files are:
x500/pod.tar.Z
x500/sd.tar.Z
Contacts:
Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk +44 1 895 74000 x 2512
Damanjit.Mahl@brunel.ac.uk +44 1 895 74000 x 2946
x500@brunel.ac.uk
Postal Address:
Andrew Findlay
Computer Centre
Brunel University
Cleveland Road,
Uxbridge, Middlesex
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
NAME
psiwp
Performance Systems International Inc.
LAST MODIFIED
July, 1991
KEYWORDS
Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, DUA Only, Free, Limited
Functionality, Macintosh, Needs ISODE, Source
ABSTRACT
psiwp is a Macintosh Front End to White Pages service. It is a
graphical user interface implementing a partial-DUA. It is based on
the ISODE QUIPU X.500 implementation and the Directory Assistance
Protocol (DAP).
psiwp is a Macintosh application tailored specifically to provide
easy access to the Directory for the purposes of performing White
Pages searches. Implements User-Friendly Naming scheme developed in
IETF OSI-DS Working Group.
psiwp implements a Directory Assistance Protocol (DAP) client.
COMPLETENESS
Compliant with X.500 standards to the extent that the QUIPU implemen-
tation is.
INTEROPERABILITY
Successfully interoperates with QUIPU DSAs
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Being used in the White Pages Pilot Project.
BUGS
Support is available (for registered users of psiwp only) from
psiwp-help@psi.com.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
psiwp is not a general-purpose DUA. It was designed to be a special-
purpose front-end for performing White Pages searches and thus, in
the interests of simplification, does not provide the full range of
functionality supported by the X.500 standard. A Directory Assistance
server (available as part of the ISODE distribution) must also be run
by sites that do not want to run psiwp against either of the two
White Pages Pilot Project service machines, wp1.psi.net and
wp2.psi.net.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Runs on Macintoshes as a Finder or MultiFinder application.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Runs on Macintoshes that support MacTCP. Requires an ethernet board
or AppleTalk connectivity. At least 1MB of memory is required, and
while psiwp will run on most forms of Macintoshes, a Mac-II is recom-
mended.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Requires MacTCP 1.0 or later, and Finder (or Multifinder) 6.x (Finder
7.0 WILL NOT WORK). Requires ISODE Version 6.8 or later.
AVAILABILITY
psiwp is shareware available for anonymous ftp from uu.psi.com
[136.161.128.3] in pilot/PSIWP.Hqx. A nominal fee is charged upon
registration as a PSIWP user.
Source code to the psiwp application may be licensed from PSI Inc.
as part of PSI's Software Source Distribution (SSD). Email to
ssd-info@psi.com
will elicit an automatic response containing information on the SSD.
Ordering information may be obtained by sending electronic mail to
ssd-order@psi.com
or contacting PSI at
Performance Systems International Inc.
11800 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite 1100
Reston, Virginia 22091.
1.703.620.6651
1.800.82PSI82 (1.800.827.7482)
1.703.620.4586 (fax)
NAME
QUIPU
ISODE
LAST MODIFIED
July, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, CLNP, DEC Ultrix,
DSA/DUA, Free, HP, MIPS, Macintosh, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI
Transport, RFC-1006, Source, Sun, UNIX, X Window System, X.25
ABSTRACT
QUIPU is part of the ISODE which is an openly available implementa-
tion of the upper layers of OSI. QUIPU provides a X.500 Directory
System Agent (DSA) and a set of Directory User Agents (DUA) aimed at
different terminal types and modes of interaction
QUIPU was first publicly demonstrated at ESPRIT in November 1988.
QUIPU is being used extensively in the European PARADISE project, the
White Pages Pilot Project and the Australian pilot. A QUIPU DSA is
being used at the ROOT node of the Pilot DIT and is being used as
most country level DSAs.
QUIPU provides its own solutions to area not specified by the 1988
standards such as replication and access control.
COMPLETENESS
QUIPU is aligned to the 1988 ISO IS and the NIST OIW Directory Imple-
mentors Guide Version 1, with the following exceptions:
Strong authentication is not implemented.
QUIPU does not enforce the bounds constraints on attributes,
filters or APDU size.
T.61 string formatting characters are not rejected.
If a DN is supplied with no password in an unprotected simple
bind, QUIPU does not always check to see if the DN exists. If
the DSA connected to can say authoritatively the DN does not
exist, the association is rejected. However, if a chain opera-
tion is required to check the DN, the bind IS allowed.
When comparing attributes of UTCtime syntax, if the seconds field
is omitted, QUIPU does not perform the match correctly (i.e., the
seconds field in the attribute values should be ignored, but are
not).
QUIPU always supplies the optional Chaining argument ``origina-
tor'' even if the CommonArgument ``requestor'' is used.
QUIPU always supplies the optional Chaining argument ``target''
even if the base object in the DAP arguments is the same.
The object class ``without an assigned object identifier'' is not
recognized unless the ``alias'' object class is also present.
Non Specific Subordinate References are never followed by a QUIPU
DSA, but they are passed on correctly to the client if generated.
INTEROPERABILITY
QUIPU has interworked with a number of other implementations, and has
no know problems in such interworking.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
QUIPU is in use in many directory pilots, certainly including PARAD-
ISE and the White Pages Pilot Project.
BUGS
Problems should be reported to quipu-support@cs.ucl.ac.uk.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
QUIPU users TP0 over X.25, CONS and TCP (using RFC-1006) or TP4 over
SunLink OSI.
The DSA knows about the problems of unconnected networks and makes
chain/refer choices based on the network connectivity. Using this an
X.25 only DSA can access data from an Internet only DSA by chaining
operations through a DSA connected to both networks.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
[No information provided--Ed.]
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The ISODE and QUIPU runs on native Berkeley (4.2, 4.3) and AT&T Sys-
tem V, in addition to various other UNIX-like operating systems. No
kernel modifications are required.
AVAILABILITY
The ISODE is not proprietary, but it is not in the public domain.
This was necessary to include a "hold harmless" clause in the
release. The upshot of all this is that anyone can get a copy of the
release and do anything they want with it, but no one takes any
responsibility whatsoever for any (mis)use.
DISTRIBUTION SITES
The FTP or FTAM distributions of ISODE-7.0 consists of 3 files. The
source and main ISODE-7.0 distribution is in the file isode-7.tar.Z
which is approximately 4.7MB in size.
LaTeX source for the entire document set can be found in the isode-
7-doc.tar.Z file (3.5MB). A list of documents can be found in the
doc/ directory of the source tree.
A Postscript version of the five volume manual can be found in the
isode-7-ps.tar.Z file (4.7MB).
1. FTP
If you can FTP to the Internet, then use anonymous FTP to
uu.psi.com [136.161.128.3] to retrieve the files in BINARY
mode from the isode/ directory.
2. NIFTP
If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or over JANET, and are
registered in the NRS at Salford, you can use NIFTP with usen-
rame "guest" and your own name as password, to access
UK.AC.UCL.CS to retrieve the files from the <SRC> directory
3. FTAM on the JANET, IXI or PSS
The sources are available by FTAM from UCL over X.25 using
JANET (DTE 00000511160013),
IXI (DTE 20433450420113) or
PSS (DTE 23421920030013)
all with TSEL "259" (ASCII encoding). Use the "anon" user-
identity and retrieve the files from the src/ directory. The
file service is provided by the FTAM implementation in ISODE
6.0 or later (IS FTAM).
4. NORTH AMERICA
For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 375 US Dollars
to:
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Computer and Information Science
Moore School
Attn: David J. Farber (ISODE Distribution)
200 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314
US
+1 215 898 8560
Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch
cartridge tape. The tape will be written in tar format and
returned with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or
envelopes. Documentation only is the same price.
5. EUROPE (tape and documentation)
For mailings in EUROPE, send a cheque or bankers draft and a
purchase order for 200 Pounds Sterling to:
Department of Computer Science
Attn: Natalie May/Dawn Bailey
University College London
Gower Street
London, WC1E 6BT
UK
For information only:
Telephone: +44 71 380 7214
Fax: +44 71 387 1397
Telex: 28722
Internet: natalie@cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch
cartridge tape. The tape will be written in tar format and
returned with a documentation set. Do not send tapes or
envelopes. Documentation only is the same price.
7. EUROPE (tape only)
Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the
European Forum for Open Systems (EurOpen, formerly known as
EUUG). The ISODE 7.0 distribution is called EurOpenD14.
EurOpen Software Distributions
c/o Frank Kuiper
Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
Kruislaan 413
1098 SJ Amsterdam
The Netherlands
For information only:
Telephone: +31 20 5924121 (or: +31 20 5929333)
Telex: 12571 mactr nl
Telefax: +31 20 5924199
Internet: euug-tapes@cwi.nl
Specify one of:
- 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape: 140 Dutch Guilders
- Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format):
200 Dutch Guilders
If you require DHL this is possible and will be billed
through. Note that if you are not a member of EurOpen, then
there is an additional handling fee of 300 Dutch Guilders
(please enclose a copy of your membership or contribution pay-
ment form when ordering). Do not send money, cheques, tapes
or envelopes, you will be invoiced.
8. PACIFIC RIM
For mailings in the Pacific Rim, send a cheque for 300 dollars
Australian to:
Isode Distribution
(Attn Andrew Waugh)
723 Swanston St,
Carlton, VIC 3053
Australia
For information only:
Telephone: +61 3 282 2615
Fax: +61 3 282 2600
Internet: ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au
Please specify the media you desire: (a) 1/2-inch tape at
1600bpi, 3200bpi, or 6250bpi; or (b) Sun 1/4-inch cartridge
tape in either QIC-11, QIC-24 or QIC-150 format; or (c) Exa-
byte 2.3 Gigabyte or 5 Gigabyte format. The tape will be
written in tar format and returned with a documentation set.
Do not send tapes or envelopes. Documentation only is the
same price.
NAME
SD
Brunel University
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
DUA Only, Free, Included in ISODE, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs
ISODE, RFC-1006, UNIX, X Window System
ABSTRACT
SD (Screen Directory) is an X.500 DUA interface for character mapped
screens. SD is an early attempt to provide quick, easy and user
friendly access to the Directory. The following directory operations
are supported: read, search and list.
SD does not provide any sophisticated access to the DSA. Operations
are performed synchronously. The Directory is thus presented as is,
i.e. a hierarchical tree of information, with the user required to
"navigate" the DIT in order to locate required information.
SD is available as part of the ISODE release from version 6.0
onwards.
COMPLETENESS
88 standard: strong authentication not implemented
INTEROPERABILITY
Believed to be compliant, though untested.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DUA Connectivity: SD is in use in many directory pilots, certainly
including PARADISE and the Internet.
BUGS
Bugs to x500@brunel.ac.uk
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
TP0 over TCP/IP (as ISODE)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Most UNIX machines
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX
BSD curses library
ISODE/QUIPU libraries (version 6.7 upwards)
AVAILABILITY
Openly available as part of the ISODE release. Sources are freely
available for commercial or non-commercial use from:
src.brunel.ac.uk [134.83.128.3]
Files are:
x500/pod.tar.Z
x500/sd.tar.Z
Contacts:
Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk +44 1 895 74000 x 2512
Damanjit.Mahl@brunel.ac.uk +44 1 895 74000 x 2946
x500@brunel.ac.uk
Postal Address:
Andrew Findlay
Computer Centre
Brunel University
Cleveland Road,
Uxbridge, Middlesex
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
NAME
UCOM.X 500 (tm)
E3.X
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, Bull, Commercially Available, DEC Ultrix, DSA/DUA, HP, IBM PC,
IBM RISC, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Philips, RFC-1006, Siemens, Sun,
UNIX, X.25
ABSTRACT
UCOM.X 500 includes a Directory System Agent (DSA), a directory
access API, and a set of Directory User Agents (DUAs) for different
terminal types. UCOM.X 500 is a commercial product based on PIZARRO,
the research prototype developed at INRIA by Christian Huitema's
team.
Some characteristics of the DSA are:
- The DAP and DSP protocols are provided conformant with the 1988
CCITT X.500 recommendations.
- The DIB is maintained in ASN.1 encoded format in the Unix file
system. Utilities are provided to load and dump the DIB from and
to ASCII text files.
- The DIT structure is held in main memory. Additionally, fre-
quently used attributes may be held in inverted tables in memory
to speed up searches.
- Knowledge management: knowledge on managed domains is stored in
UCOM.X specific attributes of the DSA entries.
- All X.500 (88) as well as some X.400 (88) object classes,
attributes and syntaxes are supported. Users may define their own
classes and attribute types.
- Schema management: object class and attribute definitions are
enforced.
- Simple authentication is provided; strong authentication is not
currently supported.
- Access control: private mechanisms are provided to allow access
control lists to be specified for parts of the DIT, to control
modifications, and to specify access restrictions on attributes.
The UCOM.X 500 API provides the DAP protocol to applications access-
ing the Directory. It is a synchronous API which automatically
manages referrals. Several DUAs using the API, are available. These
include command line and full screen interfaces for users with ordi-
nary terminals, and an X-Windows user interface (12/91). An X/Open
XDS API will be offered shortly.
UCOM.X 500 is used by French research centers involved in PARADISE, a
COSINE project. A distributed application to control document
transfer in a large French hospital, has been built on the UCOM.X 500
API. It is being used for distributed applications management in the
French Post Office.
COMPLETENESS
UCOM.X 500 conforms to 1988 X.500 series of recommendations, as
specified in paragraph 9 of X.519, with the exception of strong
authentication.
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability tests with other implementations, e.g. QUIPU, have
been made in the PARADISE project. UCOM.X 500 is used in the French
PARADISE pilot.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DSA and DUA connectivity to the PARADISE pilots. See caveats.
BUGS
UCOM.X 500 is a commercial product. As such, it is supported and bugs
are fixed when detected. Bug reports can be sent to our support team
via electronic mail.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
The DIT structure is stored in main memory which means that the order
of magnitude of the number of objects supported per DSA is 10,000. By
1992 100,000 objects will be supported.
Not all syntaxes defined in the COSINE and Internet Schema are
currently supported, and the DUAs do not display photo attributes.
The Internet DSP is not supported.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
UCOM.X 500 uses RFC-1006 with TCP/IP and TP0 with X.25.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
UCOM.X 500 runs on: Sun 3, Sun 4, IBM RS 6000, Philips P 9000, DEC
machines, Bull DPX 2000, HP 9000/300, Siemens IN 6000 and 386-based
PCs. It can easily be ported to any UNIX machine.
Windows 3 and Macintosh DUAs will be available by Spring 1992.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UCOM.X 500 is portable to any UNIX-like operating system. It has been
ported to: AIX, UNIX System V.3, SUN OS 4, Ultrix, HP-UX, SCO Unix,
Interactive, BOS (Bull Operating System), and SPIX.
The UNIX file system is used to hold the DIB.
AVAILABILITY
UCOM.X is commercially available. Contact:
Dominique Fayet
E3.X
Tour Anjou
33 Quai de Dion Bouton
92 814 Puteaux CEDEX
FRANCE
Tel: (+33) 1 40 90 08 15
Fax: (+33) 1 47 74 58 87
Philippe Brun
C=fr;A=atlas;P=e3x;O=e3x;S=Brun
phb@e3x.fr
NAME
ud
University of Michigan
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, Free, Source, UNIX, Mul-
tiple Vendor Platforms
ABSTRACT
ud is a command line based directory application useful for display-
ing and modifying white pages information about people. It runs on
top of the DIXIE protocol (described in RFC1246). ud was developed
to run under Unix and is currently in beta release within U-M staff
and a few other places that have heard of it.
Features include the ability to display and modify the following
attributes: title, description, commonName, uid, mail, postalAddress,
homePostalAddress, telephoneNumber, facsimileTelephoneNumber, home-
Phone.
COMPLETENESS
ud uses the DIXIE protocol to access X.500 and thus is subject to the
same completeness restrictions as DIXIE. It provides Read, Search,
and Modify capabilities.
INTEROPERABILITY
Works with the DIXIE server, which works with the QUIPU DSA and DAP
library.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
It has been tested (in conjunction with the DIXIE server) in both the
Internet and PARADISE pilots.
BUGS
No outstanding bugs are known. But reports should be sent to
x500@itd.umich.edu.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
ud is heavily oriented to white pages information and thus general
access to the DIXIE protocol is not provided.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
ud uses the DIXIE protocol and thus TCP to communicate with the DIXIE
server.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
ud is known to run on Sun 3s, Sun 4s, and Vaxen.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SunOS 3.5, SunOS 4.1.1, BSD 4.3 Unix.
AVAILABILITY
This software is openly available. It may be obtained by anonymous
FTP from terminator.cc.umich.edu in the directory ~ftp/x500.
This software was developed at the University of Michigan by Bryan
Beecher of the ITD Research Systems Unix Group and is subject to the
following copyright.
Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights
reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are per-
mitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is
given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the
University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
from this software without specific prior written permission. This
software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
NAME
VMS-ISODE
Computer Science Department of Massey University
LAST MODIFIED
November, 1991
KEYWORDS
API, Available via FTP, DSA/DUA, Free, Needs ISODE, RFC-1006, Source,
VMS
ABSTRACT
VMS-ISODE is a reasonably complete port of ISODE version 7.0. It sits
on top of several TCP implementations for VMS (UCX, Multinet, CMU and
Wollongong) and also PSI X.25.
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE for a detailed description of the DSA/DUA.
COMPLETENESS
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
INTEROPERABILITY
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested.
BUGS
VMS related problems should be sent to PKay@massey.ac.nz
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
VAX hardware
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
VMS v5.0 or greater
AVAILABILITY