Request for Comments: 2116 AT&T Laboratories
FYI: 11 K. Rossen
Obsoletes: 1632 MCI Systemhouse
Category: Informational April 1997
X.500 Implementations Catalog-96
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document is a revision to [RFC1632]: A Revised Catalog of
Available X.500 Implementations and is based on the results of data
collection via a WWW home page that enabled implementors to submit
new or updated descriptions of currently available implementations of
X.500, including commercial products and openly available offerings.
[RFC1632] is a revision of [RFC1292]. We contacted each
contributor to [RFC1632] to request an update and published the URL
of the WWW home page survey template in several mailing lists to
encourage the submission of new product descriptions.
This document contains detailed description of 31 X.500
implementations - DSAs, DUAs, and DUA interfaces.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................2
1.1 Purpose.....................................................3
1.2 Scope.......................................................3
1.3 Disclaimer..................................................3
1.4 Overview....................................................4
1.5 Acknowledgements............................................4
2. Keywords....................................................4
2.1 Keyword Definitions.........................................4
2.1.1 Availability................................................4
2.1.2 Conformance with International Standards....................5
2.1.3 Conformance with Proposed Internet Standards................5
2.1.4 Consistence with Other Relevant Standards and Profiles......7
2.1.5 Consistence with Informational and Experimental RFCs........9
2.1.6 Support for Popular Schema Elements.........................9
2.1.7 Miscellaneous Functionality................................10
2.1.8 Implementation Type........................................10
2.1.9 Internetworking Environment................................11
2.1.10 Pilot Connectivity.........................................11
2.1.11 Miscellaneous Information..................................11
2.1.12 Operating Environment......................................12
2.2 Implementations Indexed by Keyword.........................14
3. Implementation Descriptions................................29
(for individual description page numbers see Table 2-1, p. 15)
4. References................................................161
5. Security Considerations...................................164
6. Editors' Addresses........................................164
1. Introduction
This document catalogs currently available implementations of X.500,
including commercial products and openly available offerings. For
the purposes of this survey, we classify X.500 products as,
DSA
A DSA is an OSI application process that provides the Directory
functionality,
DUA
A DUA is an OSI application process that represents a user in
accessing the Directory and uses the DAP to communicate with a
DSA, and
DUA Interface
A DUA Interface is an application process that represents a
user in accessing the Directory using either DAP but supporting
only a subset of the DAP functionality or a protocol different
from DAP to communicate with a DSA or DUA.
Section 2 of this document contains a listing of implementations
cross referenced by keyword. This list should aid in identifying
implementations that meet your criteria.
To compile this catalog, the IDS Working Group solicited input from
the X.500 community by publishing a URL for a set of on-line
description forms deployed on the WWW as a home page on an InterNIC
server. This URL
(http://www.internic.net/projects/x500catalog/catalogtop.html) was
advertised on the following directory-related mailing lists:
iso@nic.ddn.mil, isode@nic.ddn.mil, osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk,
ids@merit.edu, ietf-asid@umich.edu, mhs-ds@mercury.udev.cdc.com,
nadf-l@ema.org, and dssig@nist.gov.
Readers are encouraged to submit comments regarding both the forms
and content of this memo. New submissions are welcome. Please
direct input to the Integrated Directory Services (IDS) Working Group
(ietf-ids@umich.edu) or to the authors. IDS will produce new
versions of this document when a significant number of substantive
comments have been received or when significant updates and/or
modifications to X.500-related standards documents have been
ratified. This will be determined by the IDS chairpersons.
1.1 Purpose
The Internet has experienced a steady growth in X.500 piloting
activities. This document hopes to provide an easily accessible
source of information on X.500 implementations for those who wish to
consider X.500 technology for deploying a Directory service.
1.2 Scope
This document contains descriptions of both free and commercial X.500
implementations. It does not provide instructions on how to install,
run, or manage these implementations. The descriptions and indices
are provided to make the readers aware of available options and thus
enable more informed choices.
1.3 Disclaimer
Implementation descriptions were written by implementors and vendors,
and not by the editors. We worked with the description authors to
ensure uniformity and readability, but cannot guarantee the accuracy
or completeness of the descriptions, nor the stability of the
implementations.
1.4 Overview
Section 1 contains introductory information.
Section 2 contains a list of keywords, their definitions, a cross
reference of the X.500 implementations by these keywords and a table
containing implementor name, implementor abreviation, and the page of
this document on which the description begins for a particular
implementor.
Section 3 contains the X.500 implementation descriptions.
Section 4 has a list of references.
Section 6 lists the editors' addresses.
1.5 Acknowledgments
The creation of this catalog would not have been possible without the
efforts of the description authors and the members of the IDS Working
Group. Our special thanks to the editors of [RFC1632], Linda
Millington and Sri Sataluri who graciously contributed the nroff
source file used to structure their version of the catalog.
2. Keywords
Keywords are abbreviated attributes of the X.500 implementations.
The list of keywords defined below was derived from the
implementation descriptions themselves. Implementations were indexed
by a keyword either as a result of: (1) explicit, not implied,
reference to a particular capability in the implementation
description text, or (2) input from the implementation description
author(s).
2.1 Keyword Definitions
This section contains keyword definitions. They have been organized
and grouped by functional category. The definitions are ordered first
alphabetically by keyword category, and second alphabetically by
implementation name within keyword category.
2.1.1 Availability
Available via FTP
Implementation is available using FTP.
Commercially Available
This implementation can be purchased.
Free
Available at no charge, although other restrictions may apply.
Limited Availability
Need to contact provider for terms and conditions of distribution.
2.1.2 Conformance with International Standards
PICS-AVAIL
Completed PICS per X.581/X.582
DAP
Support for the DAP protocol
DSP
Support for the DSP protocol
DISP
Support for the DISP protocol
DOP
Support for the DOP protocol
BAC
Support for Basic Access Control
SAC
Support for Simplified Access Control
2.1.3 Conformance with Proposed Internet Standards
These RFCs specify standards track protocols for the Internet
community. Implementations which conform to these evolving proposed
standards have a higher probability of interoperating with other
implementations deployed on the Internet.
RFC-1274
Implementation supports [RFC1274]: Barker, P., and S. Kille,
The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema, University College,
London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1276
Implementation supports [RFC1276]: Kille, S., Replication and
Distributed Operations extensions to provide an Internet
Directory using X.500, University College, London, England,
November 1991.
RFC-1277
Implementation supports [RFC1277]: Kille, S., Encoding Network
Addresses to support operation over non-OSI lower layers,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1567
Implementation supports [RFC1567]: Mansfield, G., and Kille,
S., X.500 Directory Monitoring MIB, AIC Systems Laboratory,
ISODE Consortium, January 1994.
RFC-1777
Implementation supports [RFC1777]: Yeong, W., Howes, T., and
Kille, S., Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, March 1995.
RFC-1778
Implementation supports [RFC1778]: Howes, T., Kille, S.,
Yeong, W., and Robbins, The String Representation of Standard
Attribute Syntaxes, March 1995.
RFC-1779
Implementation supports [RFC1779]: Kille, S., A String
Representation of Distinguished Names, March 1995.
RFC-1798
Implementation supports [RFC1798]: Young, A., Connection-less
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, June 1995.
2.1.4 Consistence with Informational and Experimental Internet RFCs
These RFCs provide information to the Internet community and are not
Internet standards. Compliance with these RFCs is not necessary for
interoperability but may enhance functionality.
RFC-1202
Implementation supports [RFC1202]: Rose, M. T., Directory
Assistance Service. February 1991.
RFC-1249
Implementation supports [RFC1249]: Howes, T., M. Smith, and B.
Beecher, DIXIE Protocol Specification, University of Michigan,
August 1991.
RFC-1275
Implementation supports [RFC1275]: Kille, S., Replication
Requirements to provide an Internet Directory using X.500,
University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1278
Implementation supports [RFC1278]: Kille, S., A string
encoding of Presentation Address, University College, London,
England, November 1991.
RFC-1279
Implementation supports [RFC1279]: Kille, S., X.500 and
Domains, University College, London, England, November 1991.
RFC-1558
Implementation supports [RFC1558]: Howes, T., A String
Representation of LDAP Search Filters, December 1993.
RFC-1562
Implementation supports [RFC1562]: Michaelson, G. and Prior,
M., Naming Guidelines for the AARNet X.500 Directory Service,
December 1993.
RFC-1608
Implementation supports [RFC1608]: Johannsen, T., Mansfield,
G., Kosters, M., and Sataluri, S., Representing IP Information
in the X.500 Directory, March 1994.
RFC-1609
Implementation supports [RFC1609]: Mansfield, G., Johannsen,
T., and Knopper, M., Charting Networks in the X.500 Directory,
March 1994.
RFC-1617
Implementation supports [RFC1617]: Barker, P., Kille, S., and
Lenggenhager, T., Naming and Structuring Guidelines for X.500
Directory Pilots, May 1994.
RFC-1781
Implementation supports [RFC1781]: Kille, S., Using OSI
Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming, March 1995.
RFC-1801
Implementation supports [RFC1801]: Kille, S., MHS Use of the
X.500 Directory to support MHS Routing, June 1995.
RFC-1803
Implementation supports [RFC1803]: Wright, R., Getchell,
Howes, T., Sataluri, S., Yee, P., and Yeong, W.,
Recommendations for an X.500 Production Directory Service, June
1995.
RFC-1804
Implementation supports [RFC1804]: Mansfield, G., Rajeev, P.,
Raghavan, S., and Howes, T., Schema Publishing in X.500
Directory, June 1995.
2.1.5 Consistence with Other Relevant Standards and Profiles
ADI12
Implementation support ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-2: DSA Support of
Directory Access.
ADI21
Implementation supports ISO/IEC ISP 10615-3: Directory System: DSA
Responder Role.
ADI22
Implementation supports ISO/IEC ISP 10615-4: Directory System: DSA
Initiator Role.
ADI31
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-X: DUA Support of
Distributed Operations.
ADI32
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10615-X: DSA Support of
Distributed Operations.
FDI11
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 10616: Common Directory
Use.
FDI3
Implementation supports ISO/IEC pdISP 11190: FTAM Use of The
Directory.
XDS
Implementation supports the XDS API defined in IEEE 1224.2
2.1.6 Support for Popular Schema Elements
NADF
Implementation supports the directory schema defined in NADF SD-4.
Other Popular Schemas
Implementation supports other popular schema elements.
2.1.7 Miscellaneous Functionality
DYN-OBJ
Implementation allows the object class of an entry to be changed
dynamically (not allowed in X.500[1988], allowed in 1993)
ALIAS-CONSISTENCY
Implementation incorporates facilities for maintenance of alias
integrity in the face of modification or deletion of the aliased
object.
2.1.8 Implementation Type
API
Implementation comes with an application programmer's interface
(i.e., a set of libraries and include files).
DSA Only
Implementation consists of a DSA only. No DUA is included.
DSA/DUA
Both a DSA and DUA are included in this implementation.
DUA Interface
Implementation is a DUA-like program that uses either DAP, but
supporting only a subset of the DAP functionality, or uses a
protocol different from DAP to communicate with a DSA or DUA.
DUA Only
Implementation consists of a DUA only. No DSA is included.
LDAP
DUA interface program uses the Lightweight Directory Access
Protocol (LDAP).
2.1.9 Internetworking Environment
CLNS
Implementation operates over the OSI ConnectionLess Network
Service (CLNS).
OSI Transport
Implementation operates over one or more OSI transport protocols.
RFC-1006
Implementation operates over [RFC1006] with TCP/IP transport
service. [RFC1006] is an Internet Standard.
X.25
Implementation operates over OSI X.25.
2.1.10 Pilot Connectivity
DUA Connectivity
The DUA can be connected to the pilot, and information on any
pilot entry looked up. The DUA is able to display standard
attributes and object classes and those defined in the COSINE and
Internet Schema.
DSA Connectivity
The DSA is connected to the DIT, and information in this DSA is
accessible from any pilot DUA.
2.1.11 Miscellaneous
Included in ISODE
DUAs that are part of ISODE.
Limited Functionality
Survey states that the implementation has some shortcomings or
intended lack of functionality, e.g., omissions were part of the
design to provide an easy-to-use user interface.
Motif
Implementation provides a Motif-style X Window user interface.
OpenView
Implementation provides an OpenView-style X Window user interface.
X Window System
Implementation uses the X Window System to provide its user
interface.
Language Support
Implementation supports single or multiple languages.
Documentation Language Support
Documentation for implementation is available in single or
multiple languages.
Number of Implementations
Implementor gave an estimate of the number of instantiations of
their implementation are deployed in live directory services.
Existing Database Support
Implementation includes support for a non-X.500 DIT repository,
synchronization with non-X.500 DBMS, or non-X.500 DBMS to X.500
DIT repository format conversion tools.
2.1.12 Operating Environment
MS Windows
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows.
MS Windows NT
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows NT.
MS Windows95
Implementation runs under Microsoft Windows95.
386
Implementation runs on a 386-based platform.
486
Implementation runs on a 486-based platform.
Pentium
Implementation runs on a Pentium-based platform.
Bull
Implementation runs on a Bull platform.
CDC
Implementation runs on a CDC MIPS platform.
DEC ULTRIX
Implementation runs under DEC ULTRIX.
DEC UNIX
Implementation runs under DEC UNIX.
DEC OpenVMS AXP
Implementation runs on a DEC AXP platform running OpenVMS.
DEC OpenVMS VAX
Implementation runs on a DEC VAX platform running OpenVMS.
HP
Implementation runs on an HP platform.
IBM PC
Implementation runs on a PC.
IBM RISC
Implementation runs on IBM's RISC UNIX workstation.
ICL
Implementation runs on an ICL platform.
Macintosh
Implementation runs on a Macintosh.
Multiple Vendor Platforms
Implementation runs on more than one hardware platform.
Sequent
Implementation runs on a Sequent platform.
SNI
Implementation runs on a Siemens Nixdorf platform.
Solbourne
Implementation runs on a Solbourne platform.
Sun
Implementation runs on a Sun platform.
Tandem
Implementation runs on a Tandem platform.
UNIX
Implementation runs on a generic UNIX platform.
2.2 Implementations Indexed by Keyword
This section contains an index of implementations by keyword. You
can use this list to identify particular implementations that meet
your chosen criteria.
Table 2-1 shows the implementations about which information can be
found in this document as well as the abreviation used to represent
this implementation and the page number on which each implementation
description begins.
Implementation Name |Abbreviation | Page
======================================|================|======
A-Window-To-Directory |AWTD | 33
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Critical Angle X.500 Enabler |CAXE | 35
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
cxdua |cxdua | 39
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Cycle (tm) LiveData (tm) |Cycle | 41
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DC X500 |DCX500 | 43
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Directory Enquiries |DE | 52
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Digital X.500 Directory Server |DXDS | 55
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.D(tm) V2.6 |DIR.D | 61
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X(tm) V3.1 |DIR.X-3.1 | 64
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X(tm) V4.0 |DIR.X-4.0 | 70
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DIR.X-SYNC(tm) V2.0 |DIR.X-SYNC | 76
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
DX500 OpenDirectory(tm) |DX500 | 80
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
FORUM LOOK'UP(tm) |FORUM | 82
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
FX*500(tm) |FX*500 | 87
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Global Directory Server |GDS | 95
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
i500 Enterprise Directory Server |i500 | 101
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ISODE Rel. 3.0 X.500(1993) Directory |ISODE.r3 | 105
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ISOPLEX DS (tm) DSA |ISOPLEX | 109
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
LDAP Implementation |LDAP | 113
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
maX.500 Macintosh DUA Interface |maX.500 | 117
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Messageware DSA |MDSA | 120
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Table 2-1: Table of Implementation Identifiers (cont.)
Implementation Name |Abbreviation | Page
======================================|================|======
Messageware PC-DUA |MDUA | 124
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
NonStop Directory Services |NSDS | 127
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
ORG.D(tm) V2.0/V2.1 |ORG.D | 132
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
OSIAM X.500-88 |OSIAM-88 | 136
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
OSIAM X.500-93 |OSIAM-93 | 139
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
PMDF-X500 |PMDF | 145
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
TransIT500 |T500 | 149
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
waX.500 :: Windows Access to X.500 |waX.500 | 163
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
X500-DS |X500-DS | 165
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
X500-DUA |X500-DUA | 165
--------------------------------------|----------------|------
Table 2-1: Table of Implementation Identifiers (cont.)
The index is organized as follows: keywords appear in alphabetical
order; implementations characterized by that keyword are listed
alphabetically as well.
For formatting purposes, we have used the abbreviations for
implementation names as defined above in Table 2-1.
ADI12 ADI21
AWTD AWTD
DIR.X-3.1 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 DIR.X-4.0
DXDS DXDS
GDS GDS
i500 i500
OSIAM-88 OSIAM-88
X500-DS X500-DS
X500-DUA X500-DUA
ADI22
AWTD FORUM
DIR.X-3.1 FX*500
DIR.X-4.0 GDS
DXDS i500
GDS ISODE.r3
i500 LDAP
OSIAM-88 MDSA
X500-DS NSDS
X500-DUA OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
ADI31 PMDF
X500-DS
AWTD X500-DUA
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 Available via FTP
GDS
OSIAM-88 CAXE
X500-DS cxdua
X500-DUA LDAP
maX.500
ADI32 MDSA
waX.500
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0 BAC
GDS
i500 DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.X-4.0
X500-DS DXDS
X500-DUA FX*500
GDS
ALIAS-CONSISTENCY i500
ISODE.r3
AWTD MDSA
FORUM PMDF
GDS
i500 Bull
NSDS
X500-DS AWTD
X500-DUA OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
API X500-DS
X500-DUA
AWTD
Cycle Commercially Available
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 AWTD
DIR.X-4.0 CAXE
DXDS cxdua
Cycle DEC UNIX
DCX500
DIR.D DXDS
DIR.X-3.1 ISODE.r3
DIR.X-4.0 LDAP
DIR.X-SYNC MDSA
DXDS PMDF
FORUM
FX*500 DEC OpenVMS AXP
GDS
i500 DXDS
ISODE.r3 PMDF
MDSA
NSDS DEC OpenVMS VAX
ORG.D
OSIAM-88 DXDS
OSIAM-93 LDAP
PMDF PMDF
X500-DS
X500-DUA DISP
DAP DCX500
DIR.X-4.0
AWTD DXDS
CAXE FORUM
Cycle FX*500
DCX500 GDS
DIR.X-3.1 i500
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS MDSA
FORUM OSIAM-93
FX*500
GDS Documentation Language Support
i500
ISODE.r3 AWTD
MDSA Cycle
NSDS DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.D
OSIAM-93 DIR.X-3.1
PMDF DIR.X-4.0
X500-DS DIR.X-SYNC
X500-DUA FORUM
FX*500
DEC ULTRIX GDS
LDAP
ISODE.r3 maX.500
LDAP MDSA
MDSA ORG.D
OSIAM-88 OSIAM-93
OSIAM-93 PMDF
waX.500 X500-DS
X500-DUA
DOP
DSP
DIR.X-4.0
DXDS AWTD
CAXE
DSA Connectivity DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
CAXE DIR.X-4.0
DCX500 DXDS
DIR.X-3.1 FORUM
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
DXDS GDS
FORUM i500
FX*500 ISODE.r3
GDS MDSA
i500 NSDS
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-88
MDSA OSIAM-93
OSIAM-88 PMDF
OSIAM-93 X500-DS
PMDF
DUA Connectivity
DSA Only
AWTD
CAXE CAXE
DCX500 DIR.D
FX*500 DIR.X-3.1
MDSA DIR.X-4.0
DXDS
DSA/DUA FORUM
GDS
AWTD i500
Cycle ISODE.r3
DIR.X-3.1 LDAP
DIR.X-4.0 maX.500
DXDS MDSA
FORUM ORG.D
GDS OSIAM-88
i500 OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3 PMDF
LDAP
MDSA DUA Interface
NSDS
OSIAM-88 Cycle
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-SYNC GDS
DXDS i500
FORUM ISODE.r3
FX*500 LDAP
GDS MDSA
LDAP OSIAM-88
maX.500 OSIAM-93
NSDS
ORG.D FDI11
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93 AWTD
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
DUA Only DXDS
GDS
AWTD i500
cxdua OSIAM-88
maX.500 X500-DS
MDSA X500-DUA
waX.500
X500-DUA FDI3
DYN-OBJ AWTD
DIR.X-3.1
AWTD DIR.X-4.0
CAXE DXDS
DCX500 GDS
DXDS i500
FORUM OSIAM-88
FX*500 X500-DS
GDS X500-DUA
i500
ISODE.r3 Free
LDAP
MDSA CAXE
NSDS cxdua
PMDF ISODE.r3
X500-DS LDAP
X500-DUA maX.500
waX.500
Existing Database Support
HP
CAXE
Cycle DCX500
DCX500 DIR.X-3.1
DXDS DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-SYNC Included in ISODE
FORUM
GDS PMDF
i500
ISODE.r3 Language Support
LDAP
MDSA AWTD
OSIAM-88 Cycle
OSIAM-93 DCX500
DIR.D
IBM PC DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
CAXE DIR.X-SYNC
Cycle DXDS
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 LDAP
DXDS MDSA
FORUM NSDS
FX*500 ORG.D
i500 OSIAM-88
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-93
LDAP PMDF
MDSA X500-DS
ORG.D X500-DUA
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93 LDAP
IBM RISC CAXE
cxdua
DCX500 DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1 DXDS
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
FORUM GDS
GDS i500
ISODE.r3 ISODE.r3
LDAP LDAP
MDSA maX.500
OSIAM-88 NSDS
OSIAM-93 ORG.D
X500-DS waX.500
X500-DUA
Limited Availability
ICL
CAXE
i500 ISODE.r3
MDSA MDSA
NSDS MDSA
PMDF ORG.D
OSIAM-88
Limited Functionality OSIAM-93
waX.500
Cycle
DIR.D MS Windows95
Motif Cycle
DIR.D
DXDS DXDS
GDS LDAP
ISODE.r3 MDSA
MDSA ORG.D
PMDF OSIAM-93
waX.500
Macintosh
Multiple Vendor Platforms
FORUM
LDAP CAXE
maX.500 Cycle
DCX500
MS Windows DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1
cxdua DIR.X-4.0
Cycle DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.D FORUM
DXDS FX*500
FORUM GDS
LDAP ISODE.r3
MDSA LDAP
ORG.D MDSA
OSIAM-88 ORG.D
OSIAM-93 OSIAM-88
waX.500 OSIAM-93
PMDF
MS Windows NT
NADF
CAXE
Cycle DIR.D
DCX500 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.D DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-3.1 FORUM
DIR.X-4.0 GDS
DXDS ISODE.r3
GDS LDAP
i500 maX.500
LDAP MDSA
NSDS AWTD
ORG.D DCX500
OSIAM-88 DIR.X-3.1
OSIAM-93 DIR.X-4.0
PMDF DXDS
X500-DS FORUM
X500-DUA FX*500
GDS
Number of Implementations ISODE.r3
MDSA
Cycle NSDS
DIR.D OSIAM-88
DIR.X-3.1 PMDF
DIR.X-SYNC X500-DS
FORUM X500-DUA
GDS
LDAP OSI Transport
waX.500
AWTD
OpenView CAXE
Cycle
MDSA DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
OSF-DCE DIR.X-4.0
DXDS
AWTD FORUM
FX*500
OSI CLNS GDS
i500
AWTD ISODE.r3
Cycle MDSA
DIR.X-3.1 NSDS
DIR.X-4.0 OSIAM-88
DXDS OSIAM-93
FX*500 PMDF
GDS X500-DS
i500 X500-DUA
ISODE.r3
MDSA Other Popular Schemas
NSDS
OSIAM-88 CAXE
OSIAM-93 i500
PMDF ISODE.r3
X500-DS maX.500
X500-DUA PMDF
OSI CONS Pentium-class
CAXE GDS
Cycle i500
DCX500 ISODE.r3
DIR.D LDAP
DIR.X-3.1 MDSA
DIR.X-4.0 NSDS
DIR.X-SYNC OSIAM-88
DXDS OSIAM-93
FORUM PMDF
FX*500 X500-DS
GDS X500-DUA
ISODE.r3
LDAP RFC-1202
MDSA
ORG.D GDS
OSIAM-88 MDSA
OSIAM-93 PMDF
waX.500
RFC-1249
PICS-AVAIL
GDS
CAXE
Cycle RFC-1274
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 CAXE
DIR.X-4.0 DCX500
DXDS DIR.X-3.1
FX*500 DIR.X-4.0
i500 DXDS
ISODE.r3 FORUM
MDSA FX*500
NSDS GDS
OSIAM-88 i500
OSIAM-93 ISODE.r3
X500-DS LDAP
X500-DUA maX.500
MDSA
RFC-1006 NSDS
OSIAM-88
AWTD OSIAM-93
CAXE PMDF
Cycle waX.500
DCX500
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1275
DIR.X-4.0
DXDS GDS
FORUM ISODE.r3
FX*500 PMDF
RFC-1276 RFC-1558
GDS CAXE
MDSA DIR.D
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
RFC-1277 DXDS
GDS
AWTD i500
CAXE ISODE.r3
DIR.X-3.1 LDAP
DIR.X-4.0 maX.500
DXDS MDSA
FORUM ORG.D
GDS PMDF
ISODE.r3
MDSA RFC-1562
NSDS
OSIAM-88 GDS
OSIAM-93 ISODE.r3
PMDF MDSA
X500-DS PMDF
X500-DUA
RFC-1567
RFC-1278
DCX500
CAXE DIR.X-3.1
DIR.D DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-4.0 FX*500
DXDS GDS
FORUM i500
GDS ISODE.r3
i500
ISODE.r3 RFC-1608
LDAP
MDSA MDSA
ORG.D PMDF
PMDF
RFC-1609
RFC-1279
MDSA
CAXE
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1617
GDS
ISODE.r3 CAXE
MDSA DXDS
NSDS FORUM
PMDF GDS
ISODE.r3 RFC-1779
MDSA
PMDF CAXE
DCX500
RFC-1777 DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1
CAXE DIR.X-4.0
cxdua DXDS
DCX500 FORUM
DIR.D FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS LDAP
FX*500 maX.500
GDS MDSA
i500 NSDS
ISODE.r3 ORG.D
LDAP OSIAM-88
maX.500 OSIAM-93
MDSA PMDF
NSDS waX.500
ORG.D
OSIAM-88 RFC-1781
OSIAM-93
PMDF FORUM
waX.500 GDS
ISODE.r3
RFC-1778 LDAP
maX.500
CAXE MDSA
DCX500 PMDF
DIR.D
DIR.X-3.1 RFC-1798
DIR.X-4.0
DXDS LDAP
FORUM PMDF
FX*500
GDS RFC-1801
ISODE.r3
LDAP CAXE
maX.500 DIR.X-3.1
MDSA DIR.X-4.0
NSDS DXDS
ORG.D GDS
OSIAM-88 ISODE.r3
OSIAM-93 MDSA
PMDF PMDF
waX.500
RFC-1803 ISODE.r3
LDAP
CAXE MDSA
DXDS OSIAM-88
GDS OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3
MDSA Tandem
PMDF
NSDS
RFC-1804
UNIX
MDSA
AWTD
SAC DCX500
DIR.X-3.1
DCX500 DIR.X-4.0
DIR.X-4.0 FORUM
DXDS FX*500
FX*500 ISODE.r3
GDS LDAP
i500 MDSA
ISODE.r3 OSIAM-88
MDSA OSIAM-93
NSDS X500-DS
PMDF X500-DUA
SNI XDS
DIR.D AWTD
DIR.X-3.1 DCX500
DIR.X-4.0 DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-SYNC DIR.X-4.0
ISODE.r3 DXDS
ORG.D FORUM
FX*500
Solbourne i500
ISODE.r3
LDAP MDSA
NSDS
Sun OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
CAXE X500-DS
DCX500 X500-DUA
DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
FORUM
GDS
i500
X Window System x486
DXDS CAXE
GDS Cycle
ISODE.r3 DCX500
MDSA DIR.D
PMDF DIR.X-3.1
DIR.X-4.0
X.25 DIR.X-SYNC
DXDS
AWTD FORUM
DCX500 FX*500
DIR.X-3.1 GDS
DIR.X-4.0 ISODE.r3
DXDS LDAP
FORUM MDSA
FX*500 ORG.D
GDS OSIAM-88
i500 OSIAM-93
ISODE.r3 waX.500
MDSA
NSDS
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
PMDF
X500-DS
X500-DUA
x386
CAXE
Cycle
DCX500
DIR.D
DXDS
FORUM
FX*500
GDS
ISODE.r3
LDAP
MDSA
ORG.D
OSIAM-88
OSIAM-93
waX.500
3. Implementation Descriptions
In the following pages you will find descriptions of X.500
implementations listed in alphabetical order. In the case of name
collisions, the name of the responsible organization, in square
brackets, has been used to distinguish the implementations. Note
that throughout this section, the page header reflects the name of
the implementation, not the date of the document. The descriptions
follow a common format, as described below:
NAME
The name of the X.500 implementation and the name of the responsible
organization. Implementations with a registered trademark indicate
this by appending "(tm)", e.g., GeeWhiz(tm).
ABSTRACT
A brief description of the application. This section may optionally
contain a list of the pilot projects in which the application is
being used.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A statement of compliance with respect to the 1988 CCITT
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88], specifically Section 9 of
X.519, or the 1988 NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements [NIST-
88].
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A statement of compliance with respect to the 1993 ITU-T
Recommendations X.500-X.521 [ITU-T-93], specifically Section 9 of
X.519, or the 1994 NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements [NIST-
94].
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
A statement of compliance with respect to the several proposed
Internet Standards.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
A statement of compliance with respect to the several informational
and experimental Internet RFCs.
INTEROPERABILITY
A list of other DUAs and DSAs with which this implementation can
interoperate.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Describes the level of connectivity it can offer to the pilot
directory service operational on the Internet in North America, and
to pilots co-ordinated by the PARADISE project in Europe. Levels of
connectivity are: Not Tested, None, DUA Connectivity, and DSA
Connectivity.
BUGS
A warning on known problems and/or instructions on how to report
bugs.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
A warning about possible side effects or shortcomings, e.g., a
feature that works on one platform but not another.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
A list of environments in which this implementation can be used,
e.g., [RFC1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 or TP4 with X.25.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
A list of hardware platforms on which this application runs, any
additional boards or processors required, and any special suggested
or required configuration options.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
A list of operating systems, window systems, databases, or unbundled
software packages required to run this application.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
A statement regarding the number of implementations deployed in the
field.
AVAILABILITY
A statement regarding the availability of the software (free or
commercially available), a description of how to obtain the software,
and (optionally) a statement regarding distribution conditions and
restrictions.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
The month and year within which this implementation description was
last modified.
NAME
A-Window-To-Directory (AWTD)
ABSTRACT
A-Window-To-Directory is a simple-to-use DUA interface available on
PC that provides access to the X.500 Directory Services. The
available operations are: bind (authenticated or anonymous), read,
list, compare, modify, modifyRDN, search, add, remove and unbind. It
is designed to be used with the Bull X500-DUA product and for that
reason is able to handle any of the defined schema. The new acronyms,
objects and attributes are automatically loaded without any
customisation. The interface of the application may be personalized
in several ways, through Local Preferences stored on the PC and
through User Settings stored on the UNIX machine that runs the Bull
X500-DUA product.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
A-Window-To-Directory offers all the services described in the 88
CCITT X.500 standard.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
No
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
No
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
No
INTEROPERABILITY
Is designed to interoperate with Bull X500-DUA and X500-DS products
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
Bull S.A. provides complete software maintenance with the products.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
Proprietary protocol to access the Bull X500-DUA through TCP/IP
sockets. The product may be used on LAN (Ethernet) or WAN (X.25).
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
386SX/DX, 486SX/DX PC Ethernet board/connection 4 MBytes RAM 3 Mbytes
on disk
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
MS-DOS 5.0 Microsoft Windows 3.1 Microsoft TCP/IP stack installed,
version 1.0
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The product is commercially available since February 1995.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
November 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
Critical Angle X.500 Enabler
(CAIx500e)
ABSTRACT
The X.500 Enabler product allows an LDAP-only directory server to be
integrated into X.500 environments, by transparently converting X.500
DAP and DSP requests into LDAP requests.
The initial release scheduled for 4Q96 will allow for connections
from X.500-capable clients and servers to an LDAP-capable server, and
will support the following features:
* LDAP version 2, as defined in RFC1777,
* all attributes defined for LDAPv2, with the exception of
certificates and revocation lists,
* X.500(1988) DAP and DSP protocols over TCP/IP (using RFC
1006),
* the following operations: Bind (with none or simple
credentials), Read, Compare, List, Search, Abandon, AddEntry,
ModifyEntry, RemoveEntry and ModifyRDN,
* the X.500(1993) critical extensions field, to aid in
deployments incorporating 1993 DSAs.
This release will be available for Solaris 2.5 (SPARC and Intel) and
Windows NT 4.0 Server (Intel).
The product is expected to enter a public beta test period in
September 1996. Beta test evaluation copies will be free (limited to
two copies per site) but will be set to expire in December 1996.
Released versions of X.500 Enabler will be licensed per server, and
will be distributed over the Internet.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
The X.500 enabler accepts DAP and DSP connections.
It supports Bind (with none or simple credentials), Read, Compare,
List, Search, Abandon, AddEntry, ModifyEntry, RemoveEntry and
ModifyRDN.
It supports the attributes and object classes defined in X.520 and
X.521.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
The X.500 Enabler will accept connections from X.500(1993) DUAs and
DSAs.
It supports the X.511(1993) critical extension mechanism.
Non-critical protocol fields which do not map onto LDAPv2 are
ignored.
Attribute and object classes from X.520(1993) and X.521(1993) are
supported, including collective. Operational attributes from X.501
are supported, with the exception of subschema.
As LDAPv3-based servers become available, it is expected that the
X.500 Enabler will be upgraded to map more of the X.500(1993)
protocol onto LDAPv3.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[RFC1006] is the supported transport service.
The product supports the object classes and attributes defined in RFC
1274.
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
The X.500 Enabler is being tested with public-domain X.500 and LDAP
clients and servers, and with the various X.500 clients and servers
connected to the PARADISE project, such as from the ISODE Consortium.
Critical Angle intends to do interoperability testing with commercial
LDAP-only servers as they become available.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
This product will be used to connect LDAP-only servers, such as
University of Michigan's slapd, and many vendor's forthcoming
commercial LDAP server products, into the PARADISE project directory,
so that they can be accessed by LDAP and X.500 DUAs throughout the
project.
BUGS
Bugs reports may be sent to <bug-x500e@critical-angle.com>.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
X.509 certificates and revocation lists are not supported due to
limitations in the LDAP version 2 protocol. This restriction will be
removed once LDAP version 3 servers become generally available.
Under Windows NT there are limitations on the number of simultaneous
incoming connections.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
This product supports RFC1006 for DAP and DSP, and LDAP over TCP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
This product will initially be available for Sun Solaris 2.5 SPARC
and Intel, and Windows NT Server 4.0 Intel.
Subsequent versions may be available on additional platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
An LDAP-based server, such as the freely-available slapd, is
required. It does not need to run on the same host as the X.500
Enabler.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
This product is licensed per-host server, and is distributed over the
Internet.
In addition to discounts for large deployment orders, subscription
programs permit customers to obtain subsequent update releases at a
substantial discount.
Beta test evaluations are free (limited to two copies per site), and
will expire 90 days after the start of the beta period.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
September 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
cxdua
Chromatix, Inc. 10451 Twin Rivers Rd, Suite 265 Columbia, MD 21044
ABSTRACT
The CXDUA is a Windows 3.1 DUA that has been derrived from a highly
portable and flexible Unix based Administrative Directory User Agent.
The goal of the original design was to support features to assist a
directory administrator in managing the directory. These features
include a highly portable GUI, Entry Templates, Entry Lists, Batch
Operations and Directory Control Functions.
Both the Windows and the Unix versions support strong authentication.
The Unix DUA has been used in various DMS and NSA pilot projects.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)