The IC R1.0 release is application level code, and assumes vendor
provided lower layers. It provides the following modules with support
for a range of APIs to handle associated lower layers:
- RFC1006 (vendor supplied TCP/IP using sockets or TLI)
- Transport service (vendor supplied transport, which may be any
class and use any network service. TLI, XTI and various
vendor-specific APIs).
- TP0 (Vendor supplied X.25 or CONS using NTI and various vendor
specific APIs).
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Reference platform is SUN SPARC.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Reference OS is SUNOS 4.1.3. It is also known to run on various other
UNIX platforms.
AVAILABILITY
Available to members of the ISODE Consortium. Membership is open to
any organisation. Also available under licence (zero cost) to all
non-commercial research organisations. Contact:
ISODE Consortium
Headquarters
PO Box 505
London
SW11 1DX
UK
Phone: +44-71-223-4062
Fax: +44-71-223-3846
Email: <ic-info@isode.com>
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
August 11th, 1993
NAME
Traxis Enterprise Directory
Angeli Systems Corporation
KEYWORDS
API, CLNS, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, HP, IBM PC, IBM RISC,
Macintosh, OSI Transport, RFC-1006, RFC-1274, Sun, X.25
ABSTRACT
The Traxis Enterprise Directory has multiple components in a three
layer architecture. The individual components of the Traxis family
are building blocks which can be assembled in a flexible, modular way
to build complex systems.
At the enterprise level, is a distributed directory stored and
managed by Traxis Directory Engines (TDEs). At the workgroup level
Traxis Directory Hubs (TDHs) provide the means to integrate and
connect Traxis Directory Engines to the wide variety of real world
applications and systems which prevail in network environments. The
TDE and the TDH support the myriad of client applications, including
messaging and business applications, which require services from the
Traxis directory.
At the desktop level, the Traxis Desktop Client (TDC) provides a
common set of facilities which simplify and enable communications,
object manipulation, and results management as required between the
Traxis Directory Hub and applications. These capabilities, which
include full access and management of the directory, are provided to
applications through XDS++, the Traxis object oriented API. The
Traxis Desktop Client also supports industry standard client software
interfaces such as Microsoft MAPI, Apple OCE, CMC and VIM, through
Compatibility Modules which map the standard API into XDS++. Through
these APIs the Traxis Desktop Client supports applications of all
kinds on PC, Macintosh, and UNIX systems.
Angeli supplied Traxis applications include the Traxis Administrative
Console management station, the Traxis Global Browser general
directory tool, the Traxis Operator Assistance high-speed look-up,
the Traxis Data Base Gateway, the Traxis Import Export Utility and
more.
The Traxis Directory Engine includes an X.500 DSA. The Traxis
Directory Hub includes an X.500 DUA.
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Traxis Directory Engine DSA is CCITT-1988 compliant with extended
security and access control. Supports access control on User, Entry,
and Attribute levels. DIB or subtree administrative manager
supported. Supports simple authentication with encrypted password.
NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements [NIST-88] compliant.
Support for February 14, 1993 CCITT X.500 planned. X.509 in first
half of 1994. Replication and Administrative/Information Model in
second half of 1994.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
Traxis conforms to RFC1274 which documents COSINE interoperability.
LDAP (RFC1487) is planned for inclusion in a later release of Traxis
if market demand requires it.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
Traxis does not conform to the QUIPU RFCInternet Proposals cited.
As noted elsewhere, Traxis is fully compatible with QUIPU
operationally but does not use the cited RFCs in its internal
operations.
INTEROPERABILITY
Traxis has been extensively tested for interoperability with ISODE
QUIPU Version 8. Traxis Directory Engine (DSA) will serve DISH or
other QUIPU DUAs using DAP. Traxis Directory Hub interoperates with
QUIPU DSA. All directory access functions and their chained
equivalents are interoperable.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
PARADISE DUA/DSA connectivity tested.
BUGS
Problems may be reported to support@angeli.com.
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Traxis Directory Hub to Traxis Directory Engine (or any DSA)
communication via RFC1006 over TCP/IP, OSI TP4 with CLNS, and OSI TP0
with X.25. Traxis Desktop Client to Traxis Directory Hub via SPX/IPX
or TCP/IP. Other LAN protocols supported in 1994.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Traxis Directory Hub and Traxis Directory Engine:
Sun and PC currently supported. IBM RS/6000, HP 9000, and others in
1994.
Traxis Desktop Client and applications:
PC currently supported; Macintosh in 1994.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Traxis Directory Hub and Traxis Directory Engine:
All Sun platforms with Sun OS 4.1.3 currently supported, Solaris
2.x in 1994. Industry standard PC platforms with SCO Open Desktop
V3 currently supported. Other UNIX platforms in 1994. Windows NT
in 1994.
Traxis Desktop Client and applications:
PC with Windows 3.1 currently supported. Macintosh Systems 6 and 7,
UNIX Motif, DOS, X Windows, and others planned for 1994.
AVAILABILITY
The Traxis Enterprise Directory is commercially available from:
Angeli Systems Corporation
1659 Eleventh Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
+1 310 392 3000
+1 310 392 4700 FAX
info@angeli.com
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
November 23rd, 1993
NAME
UCOM.X 500 (tm) - E3.X [DSA and DUA]
KEYWORDS
386, API, Bull, CLNS, Commercially Available, DEC ULTRIX, DSA
Connectivity, DSA/DUA, DUA Connectivity, IBM RISC, Motif, Multiple
Vendor Platforms, OpenLook, RFC-1006, RFC-1274, RFC-1277, RFC-1278,
RFC-1279, Sequent, Sun, Tandem, UNIX, X.25
ABSTRACT
UCOM.X 500 includes a Directory System Agent (DSA), various directory
access APIs and Directory User Agents (DUAs). UCOM.X 500 is a product
based on PIZARRO, the research prototype developed at INRIA by
Christian Huitema's team, and commercialized by TS-E3X, a member of
the France Telecom group.
Characteristics of the DSA are:
- The DAP and DSP protocols are provided conformant with X.500 (88).
- 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. Frequently 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.
- Schema: The X.500 (88), X.400 (88) and most of the Cosine and
Internet Schema are supported. Object class and attribute
definitions are enforced. Users may define their own.
- Simple authentication is provided; strong authentication and
signed operations are being tested operationally through TS-E3X's
participation in PASSWORD, a VALUE project with aim to pilot a
European security infrastructure for network applications.
- 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.
- Management: a UCOM.X DSA object has been defined to allow
operational parameters of the DSA to be managed via DAP.
Administration utilities are provided to, e.g., generate usage
statistics and periodically update the database from various data
sources including a knowledge discovery tool.
The product offers a C language API conformant to X/Open's X/DS
specification, and a C++ API (for release 10/93).
The DUAs include a graphical directory browser with powerful search
functionality for OpenLook and Motif, and a full-screen curses-based
interface with full DAP functionality.
TS-E3X's strategy for UCOM.X500 is three-fold: Firstly, to use it as
the directory service for Spheris, France Telecom's range of
electronic mail products based on X.400 (88) (release mid '94).
Secondly, to offer it to third parties developing specific
applications using X.500: current applications include a distributed
application to control document transfer in a large French hospital
and distributed applications management in the French Post Office;
planned uses include office applications for control of document
circulation (workflow) and cooperative document editing. Thirdly, to
offer it to telecomms operators such as France Telecom for
application in network management. UCOM.X 500 is used extensively by
French research centers involved in PARADISE.
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
UCOM.X 500 conforms to X.500 (88) as specified in paragraph 9 of
X.519.
Development of the product based on X.500 (93) is planned for '94
with release of a product conformant to the principal extensions at
the end of '94. Emphasis is being placed on the shadowing protocol,
the schema and access control.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
The COSINE and Internet Schema (RFC1274) is supported with minor
exceptions.
The string representation of PSAPs and their internal encoding
conforms to RFC1277.
The string representation of DNs will migrate to the Internet RFC
1485 definition.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
RFC1279 (X.500 and Domains) is supported. The string representation
of PSAPs and their internal encoding conforms to RFC 1278.
AFRO (algorithme francais de recherche optimise), the search / name
resolution algorithm proposed by UCOM.X 500, differs from the UFN
algorithm principally in that it attempts to optimize by performing
read operations before resorting to searches in order to exploit the
name error information.
INTEROPERABILITY
Through UCOM.X 500's use in the French PARADISE pilot,
interoperability has been informally but extensively tested with
Quipu and other implementations.
Detailed interoperability tests with Quipu, Marben and Siemens/Bull
DIR/X are being conducted by the PARADISE OIFP (Operational
Interworking) team at INRIA Rocquencourt, France.
The product is currently also undergoing formal tests for
conformance to the CTS2 DSA/DAP and ACSE/Presentation/Session
specifications at the French OSI conformance test centre.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DSA and DUA connectivity to the PARADISE pilot.
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 and inverted attribute tables are stored in main
memory. The recommended main memory size for a DSA is 1 kb per node,
i.e., 10 Mb for a database of 10,000 objects. The current recommended
maximum is a database size of the order of 100,000 objects.
Of the selected attribute types defined in X.500 (88), the
searchGuide attribute is not supported ; neither are the following
attributes from the Cosine and Internet Schema (RFC1274):
OtherMailbox, MailPreferenceOption and the various quality
attributes.
The X/DS API supports the Basic Directory Contents (BDCP), the MHS
Directory User (MDUP) and the Strong Authentication (SAP) packages
with minor limitations. A proprietary mechanism for defining new
classes and attributes is offered. Asynchronous operations and
multiple concurrent sessions are not supported. Whilst referral may
be handled automatically, continuation references are not.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
UCOM.X 500 includes a transport stack for TP0 with TCP/IP (RFC1006)
and X.25. The stack has been ported to SunNet OSI for TP4 with CLNP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
UCOM.X 500 can easily be ported to any UNIX machine. It currently
runs on: Sun 3 and 4, IBM RS 6000, DEC ULTRIX (Vax and Mips), 386-
based PCs, Bull DPX/2 and DPX/20, Sequent, Tandem and others.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UCOM.X 500 is portable to any UNIX-like operating system. It has been
ported to: UNIX SVR3 and SVR4, SUN OS 4, AIX, SCO Unix, Interactive
Unix, ULTRIX, HP-UX, Dynix (Sequent), BOS (Bull) and others.
Ports to the following are planned: OS/2 ('94), Windows 3 ('94).
The product does not make use of an external DBMS for the information
base.
AVAILABILITY
UCOM.X is commercially available. For further information contact:
Pascal Duchamp, International Sales
Address: TS-E3X, Le Capitole 44, avenue des Champs Pierreux,
99029 Nanterre Cedex, France
Tel: (+33) 1-46-14-50-00
Fax: (+33) 1-46-14-58-16
Email: C=FR;A=atlas;P=e3x;O=e3x;OU1=paris;S=duchamp
duchamp@paris.e3x.fr
or: Laurence Puvilland, Marketing
Email: C=fr;A=atlas;P=e3x;O=e3x;OU1=paris;S=puvilland
puvilland@paris.e3x.fr
or: Ascan Woermann, R&D
Email: C=fr;A=atlas;P=e3x;O=e3x;S=Woermann
woermann@e3x.fr
DATE LAST UPDATED
July, 1993
NAME
Wang OPEN/services (tm)
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
KEYWORDS
CLNS, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, DUA Interface, HP, IBM PC, IBM
RISC, Limited Functionality, OSI Transport, RFC-1006, Wang, X.25
ABSTRACT
Wang's X.500 products are a part of our OPEN/services product whose
main features include the following:
X.500 directory - Contains information about organizations,
individuals, and distribution lists. The directory is the primary
vehicle by which users of OPEN/office, Wang's X.400 electronic mail
product, address mail.
Authentication Services - Verifies the login name and password of
each user logging into OPEN/services.
International support - Provides character translation tables so that
users can display screens containing international characters and use
international collating sequences.
Object management - Greatly increases the integration between
OPEN/services, OPEN/office and other Windows-based applications.
Activity logging - Records the activities of OPEN/services. This
information can be useful for monitoring the OPEN/services processes
and for troubleshooting.
Database management - Provides utilities that validate and reorganize
the OPEN/services databases including the Directory Information Base
(DIB).
OPEN/services includes a DSA, a DUA, and a DUA interface all rolled
into one product. (The DUA interface protocol is private.)
Wang OPEN/services consists of two parts: software installed on a
server and software installed on PC clients on a LAN. The client or
end-user software enables users to log in and log out; change the
login password; use the OPEN/services directory; and perform various
actions, such as open and print, on files in the Wang
OPEN/applications and in certain third-party applications including
Microsoft Windows File Manager. The server consists of the DSA, the
DUA, the Directory Information Base, the service administration
programs such as login authentication, the database management
utilities, and activity logging.
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Wang OPEN/services complies with the 1988 CCITT Recommendations
X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88] with the following exceptions. Whole tree
searches are not supported, nor does the product support chained
adding, modifying, or deleting. Simple authentication is supported,
but strong authentication is not.
In the future, the 1992 extensions to the X.500 standard will be
supported by Wang OPEN/services.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
None are supported at the present time.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
None are supported at the present time.
INTEROPERABILITY
The interoperability of OPEN/services with other X.500 products is
untested.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Pilot connectivity between OPEN/services and the AARNET project, NADF
Pilot Project, NIST Pilot Project, PARADISE, and PSI White Pages
Project has not been attempted.
BUGS
To report problems with Wang OPEN/services, contact your local Wang
sales office, your Wang authorized reseller or call your regional
support center. (In the USA, the number is 404-432-9001).
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Wang OPEN/services currently runs in the following environments:
RFC1006 with TCP/IP, TP4 with CNLS, TP0 with X.25 and SLIP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Server Requirements
Installing Wang OPEN/services Server requires the following hardware:
a Wang RISC Series Server 220 or greater, or an IBM RISC
System/6000(tm) with a minimum of 32 MB of memory, or a Hewlett-
Packard 9000 Series 800 system with a minimum of 32 MB of memory. For
each system a minimum of 20 MB of free disk space in a file system is
required.
Client Requirements
Installing OPEN/services for Windows requires the following hardware:
a 386/SX CPU or later, at least 4 MB of memory, a hard disk drive
with at least 2.5 MB of disk space, and a VGA monitor. A pointing
device is not required to run OPEN/services but is strongly
recommended.
Network Requirements
OPEN/services has the following network requirements: 802.3 or 802.5
LAN, network interface cards (NICs) to support TCP/IP on client PCs,
Ethernet or token ring adapters on the servers, and optionally X.25
cards on the servers.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Server Requirements
Installing Wang OPEN/services Server requires the following software:
AIX Operating System, release 3.2.3 or later, with bundled support
for the TCP/IP protocol suite, or HP-UX Operating System, Release 9.0
or later.
Client Requirements
OPEN/services for Windows requires the following software: Microsoft
MS-DOS(tm) Operating System, Release 5.0 or later and Microsoft
Windows 3.1 or later.
AVAILABILITY
Wang OPEN/services is commercially available from:
Wang Laboratories, Inc.
1 Industrial Avenue
Lowell, Massachusetts 01851
Phone: 508-967-6114
FAX: 508-967-1105
To obtain OPEN/services, contact your local Wang sales office, your
Wang authorized reseller or call 1-800-NEW-WANG.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
December 6th, 1993
NAME
Xdi - DUA
Bellcore
KEYWORDS
Available via FTP, DUA Connectivity, DUA Only, Free, Limited
Functionality, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE, RFC-1274,
RFC-1484, Source, Sun, UNIX, X Window System
ABSTRACT
Xdi is a Directory User Agent (DUA) for the X Window System. In
addition to providing a user-friendly interface, it supports
Directory interactions of different levels of complexity. Users can
select different window screens to browse, search and modify the
Directory. There are two different search screens for name based
search and attribute based search. It is simple to use for novice
users but is also useful for more advanced users to formulate complex
search filters. Xdi also supports "user-friendly naming" in many
cases so that users are not required to know X.500 naming format.
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
88 standard compliant: Delete and Add operations, and strong
authentication not implemented. There are no facilities to modify the
RDNs of entries.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
RFC1274 is supported.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
RFC1484 is supported.
INTEROPERABILITY
Believed to be interoperable with other DSAs. Only tested against
ISODE/QUIPU DSAs.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DUA Connectivity
BUGS
Send bug reports to sywuu@thumper.bellcore.com
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Same as ISODE.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
This software has been tested on SUN4. It is expected that the
software is portable to SUN3 and other UNIX machines.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Xdi is expected to run on ISODE (release 7.0 upwards) in UNIX
environment. The 'xdi' directory has been designed to fit directly
into the ISODE source tree. Xdi requires X11R4, the associated Xt
toolkit and Athena widget libraries. Also see the operating
environments of ISODE.
AVAILABILITY
The Xdi software is available via anonymous FTP from
thumper.bellcore.com in file pub/xdi.tar.Z. Source code and
executables can be freely distributed or modified for non-commercial
and non-profit use provided that all copyright notices, permission
and nonwarranty notice included in the software distribution remain
intact.
For further information contact Sze-Ying Wuu at
sywuu@thumper.bellcore.com.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
March 18th, 1993
NAME
XLU
Brunel University, UK
KEYWORDS
DUA Connectivity, DUA Only, Free, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs
ISODE, Source, UNIX, X Window System
ABSTRACT
XLU (X LookUp) is an X.500 DUA interface for the X Window System.
XLU can be configured for many different styles of interaction.
Example configurations are provided for single window and multiple
window use.
XLU implements the `User-Friendly Naming' search strategy and also
has a form-filling search mode. Asynchronous directory operations are
used.
Full user friendly add and modify functions are provided, with the
ability to tailor the modify screen to present simple subsets of the
available attributes.
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
88 Standard compliant: Strong authentication not yet implemented. No
plans for support of the 1992 Standard.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
No plans at present.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
No plans at present.
INTEROPERABILITY
[No information provided--Ed.]
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DUA Connectivity: The interface is in use in the UK Academic
Directory Pilot.
BUGS
Bugs should be reported to x500@brunel.ac.uk.
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided--Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
As ISODE.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Most UNIX machines.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX
MIT X11R5 libraries
ISODE/QUIPU (version 8.0 >)
AVAILABILITY
Sources are freely available for commercial or non-commercial use.
Contacts.
Postal Address:
Andrew Findlay
Computing and Media Systems
Brunel University
Cleveland Road
Uxbridge, Middlesex
UB8 3PH
UK
E-mail: x500@brunel.ac.uk.
Fax: +44 895 32806 (Andrew Findlay)
Telephone: +44 895 203066 (Andrew Findlay)
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
March 1st, 1993
NAME
XT-DUA
NEXOR
KEYWORDS
Bull, CLNS, Commercially Available, DUA Connectivity, DUA Only, HP,
IBM RISC, ICL, Motif, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OpenLook, OSI
Transport, RFC-1006, RFC-1274, RFC-1277, RFC-1278, RFC-1484,
Solbourne, Sun, X Window System, X.25
ABSTRACT
XT-DUA provides a X-Windows based user interface to the X.500
Directory. Both Motif and OpenLook styles are supported.
Browsing features include:
- Passing of user address information to the XT-MUA X.400 user agent.
- History - allowing quick access to previously referenced parts of
the DIT.
- Customizable entry display - allowing subsets of attributes be
displayed when showing an entry.
- User Friendly Name (UFN) based searching
- Hypertext-like navigation.
- Support for application entities e.g. startup of ftam session.
- User defined name for attribute labels.
- Support for photo and audio attributes.
- Attribute value on scanline.
- Intelligent choice of entries to display when moving to a new
location in the DIT.
Management features include:
- Creation of new entries.
- Modification of existing entries (including RDN) - based on
Quipu EDB format.
- Deletion of entries.
- Friendly editor of modifying Quipu ACLs.
- Rebinding - authenticated and to named DSA.
- Full configuration of DAP request parameters
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Compliant with X.500(88), and NIST SIA version 2 except X.509 strong
authentication not implemented (under development).
NEXOR is committed to migrate XT-DUA to the 1992 standards.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
The following are supported: RFC1274 and RFC1277.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
The following are supported: UFN [RFC1484] and RFC1278.
INTEROPERABILITY
XT-DUA has interoperated with all DSAs used in the PARADISE pilot.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Full DUA connectivity to the PARADISE and PSI White Pages X.500
Pilots.
BUGS
No known bugs. Support is given via phone or email to
"support@nexor.co.uk"
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
OSI TP4 with CLNP, OSI TP0 with X.25 or CONS, and RFC1006 with
TCP/IP
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Sun
Solbourne
IBM RS/6000
Bull DPX 6000
HP Apollo 9000
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SunOs 4.1.x
AIX 3.2
HP-UX 9.01
Windows 3.1 (over LDAP)
Other ports planned include SCO Unix and ICL DRS6000.
AVAILABILITY
XT-DUA is commercial software. For more details contact:
XT-DUA Sales
NEXOR
8 Faraday Building
Highfields Science Park
Nottingham
NG7 2QP
UK
DN: c=GB@o=NEXOR Ltd
Telephone: +44 602 520500
Fax: +44 602 520519
E-Mail: sales@nexor.co.uk
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
August 2nd, 1993
NAME
XT-QUIPU
NEXOR
KEYWORDS
Bull, CLNS, Commercially Available, DSA Connectivity, DSA Only, HP,
IBM RISC, ICL, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI Transport, RFC-1006,
RFC-1274, RFC-1276, RFC-1277, RFC-1278, RFC-1279, RFC-1484, RFC-1485,
Solbourne, Sun, X.25
ABSTRACT
XT-QUIPU is an X.500(88) DSA. Characteristics of the DSA are:
- Full DAP access
- Full DSP access
- Support for X.400, X.500, and RFC1274 attributes and
object classes
- Approximate match based on Soundex.
- Flexible schema management
- RFC1276 Replication
- Attribute level access control
- Search and list access control
- Knowledge management mapped onto DIT
- Attribute inheritance
- Caching
- Remote management
COMPLIANCE (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Compliant with X.500(88), and NIST SIA version 2 except X.509 strong
authentication not implemented (under development).
NEXOR is committed to migrate XT-QUIPU to the 1992 standards.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
The following are supported: String DN format [RFC1485], RFC1274,
RFC1276, and RFC1277.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
The following are supported: UFN [RFC1484], RFC1278, and RFC1279.
INTEROPERABILITY
XT-QUIPU interoperates will all DSAs used in the PARADISE pilot.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
XT-QUIPU DSAs are fully connected to the PARADISE and PSI White Pages
X.500 Pilots.
BUGS
No known bugs. Support is given via phone or email to
"support@nexor.co.uk"
CAVEATS and GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
OSI TP4 wtih CLNP
OSI TP0 with X.25 or CONS
RFC1006 with TCP/IP
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Sun
Solbourne
IBM RS/6000
Bull DPX 6000
ICL DRS/6000
HP Apollo 9000
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SunOs 4.1.x
AIX 3.2
DRS/NX 6000
HP-UX 9.01
Other ports planned include SCO Unix.
AVAILABILITY
XT-QUIPU is commercial software. For more details contact:
XT-QUIPU Sales
NEXOR
8 Faraday Building
Highfields Science Park
Nottingham
NG7 2QP
UK
DN: c=GB@o=NEXOR Ltd
Telephone: +44 602 520500
Fax: +44 602 520519
E-Mail: sales@nexor.co.uk
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
August 2nd, 1993
4. References
[CCITT-88] CCITT, "Data Communications Networks Directory",
Recommendations X.500-X.521, Volume VIII - Fascicle
VIII.8, IXth Plenary Assembly, Melbourne, November 1988.
[NIST-88] National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Stable
Implementation Agreements for Open Systems
Interconnection Protocols", Version 2 Edition 1, NIST
Special Publication 500-162, December 1988.
[RFC1202] Rose, M., "Directory Assistance Service", RFC1202,
Performance Systems International, Inc., February 1991.
[RFC1249] Howes, T., Smith, M., and B. Beecher, "DIXIE Protocol
Specification", RFC1249, University of Michigan, August
1991.
[RFC1274] Barker, P., and S. Kille, "The COSINE and Internet X.500
Schema", RFC1274, University College, London, England,
November 1991.
[RFC1275] Kille, S., "Replication Requirements to provide an
Internet Directory using X.500," RFC1275, University
College, London, England, November 1991.
[RFC1276] Kille, S., "Replication and Distributed Operations
extensions to provide an Internet Directory using
X.500", RFC1276, University College, London, England,
November 1991.
[RFC1277] Kille, S., "Encoding Network Addresses to support
operation over non-OSI lower layers", RFC1277,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
[RFC1278] Kille, S., "A string encoding of Presentation Address",
RFC1278, University College, London, England, November
1991.
[RFC1279] Kille, S., "X.500 and Domains", RFC1279, University
College, London, England, November 1991.
[RFC1484] Kille, S., "Using the OSI Directory to achieve User
Friendly Naming", RFC1484, ISODE Consortium, July 1993.
[RFC1485] S. Kille, "A String Representation of Distinguished
Names", RFC1485, ISODE Consortium, July 1993.
[RFC1487] Yeong, W., Howes, T., and S. Kille, "X.500 Lightweight
Directory Access Protocol", RFC 1487, Performance
Systems International, University of Michigan, ISODE
Consortium, July 1993.
[RFC1488] Howes, T., Kille, S., Yeong, W., and C. Robbins, "The
X.500 String Representation of Standard Attribute
Syntaxes", RFC1488, University of Michigan, ISODE
Consortium, Performance Systems International, NeXor
Ltd., July 1993.
5. Security Considerations
Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
6. Editors' Addresses
Arlene F. Getchell
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
National Energy Research Supercomputer Center
P.O. Box 5509, L-561
Livermore, CA 94551
Phone: (510) 423-6349
EMail: getchell@es.net
X.400: s=getchell;p=esnet;a= ;c=us;
Srinivas R. Sataluri
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Room 1C-429, 101 Crawfords Corner Road
P.O. Box 3030
Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030
Phone: (908) 949-7782