[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 3.1
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The software is freely available via anonymous ftp from
ftp.chromatix.com or can be obtained via the WEB at
http://www.chromatix.com. Commercial versions will be available in
the near future.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
0496
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
Cycle (tm) LiveData (tm) (Cycle)
Cycle Software,Inc.
ABSTRACT
A component of the Cycle Virtual Data Highway.
Network software product used to break down barriers between isolated
systems. Available separatly as Cycle LiveNet (DUA) and Cycle
LiveNet Directory (DUA & DSA)
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Cycle LiveData is compliant with the 1988 NIST OIW Stable Agreements
to the extent that implementations based on the more recent stable
agreements are compliant.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Cycle LiveData is compliant with the 1993 NIST OIW Stable Agreements.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
Unknown
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
Unknown
INTEROPERABILITY
Not tested
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Not tested
BUGS
No known bugs
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
Current release supports objects of the Application Entity Object
Class only. This limitation is being relaxed in the next release.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC1006] with TCP/IP,TP4, [RFC-1070] with IP,IPX, and NetBEUI.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
Runs on Microsoft Windows hardware platforms.
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows for Workgroups
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
> 1,000
AVAILABILITY
Commercially Available.
Contact:
Cycle Software,Inc.
1212 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA 02169
Voice- 617-770-9594
Fax- 617-770-9903
E-mail cycle@livedata.com.
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
1/96
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
NAME
DC X500
Data Connection Ltd
100 Church Street
Enfield
Middlesex
EN2 6BQ
UK
ABSTRACT
DC X500 provides a truly scalable X.500 based enterprise directory
server with the necessary architectural flexibility to enable
integration with existing database and directory technologies.
From a pure X.500 standpoint, DC X500 provides a full function
state-of-the-art DSA implementation.
* Architected from scratch according to the 1993 X.500
standards (i.e. not a 1988 DSA with 1993 features grafted on)
* Support for all the key X.500 OSI protocols:
* Directory Access Protocol (DAP) for user access
* Directory System Protocol (DSP) for distributed DSA
comunications
* Directory Information Shadowing Protocol (DISP) to support
replication between servers to give improved performance
in a distributed network
* Support of the 1993 Basic Access Control and Simplified
Access Control models
* Support for the key Internet X.500 related standards:
* integrated Lightweight DAP (LDAP)for DUA access
* Madman MIBs for easy integration with SNMP
The DC X500 architecture is based on Data Connection's underlying
product architecture which has evolved since 1987 and includes:
* genuine multi-threaded implementation
* true portability (the product is available on a range of
operating systems e.g Windows NT, AIX, HP-UX. OS/2 etc and it
is possible to port the core technology to any
hardware/software platform)
* secure service recording for operation tracking and billing
* support for system monitoring (both alarms and statistics)
Key product features include:
* Name resolution and integrated use of Search Indices based on
2-3 trees leads to high performance operation evaluation
(subsecond response times on million entry DSAs)
* Generic schema support based on 1993 concepts that allows
customers to tailor the schema to meet their precise data
structuing requirements
* System recycle time is minimised (e.g. DC X500 can be backed
up while running and search indices are dynamically updated),
helping achieve the goal of continuous (24x7) availability
and high reliability.
* No artificial software constraints are imposed resulting in a
truly scalable product - assuming the availability of the
necessary hardware DC X500 can be configured to support
millions of entries in a single DSA.
DC X500 is certified for used within the Paradise Pilot project. The
product has also undergone interoperability testing at the EuroSInet
interoperability workshops in Europe.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
From 1988 X.519
9.2 Conformance by DSAs
9.2.1 Statement Requirements
a) directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC are both supported
b) the DSA can act as a first level DSA
c) the chained mode of ooperation is supported.
d) security levels none and simple as supported with the
delivered product. However, the product is architectured
to interface to an external security module to support
strong authentication.
e) DC X500 supports the selected attribute types defined
in X.520.
f) DC X500 supports the selected object classes defined in X.521.
9.2.2 Static Requirements
DC X500 supports the static requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.2.3 Dynamic Requirements
DC X500 supports the dynamic requirements implied by the above
statement.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
From 1993 X.519
9.2 Conformance by DSAs
9.2.1 Statement Requirements
a) directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC are both supported
b) n/a
c) the DSA can act as a first level DSA
d) the chained mode of ooperation is supported.
e) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
f) DC X500 supports the selected attribute types defined in X.520.
Attributes based on the syntax DirectoryString using the
UNIVERSAL STRING choice can be stored however the UNIVERSAL
STRING choice cannot be used for matching rules.
g) DC X500 supports the selected object classes defined in X.521.
h) DC X500 supports the following extensions
subentries Y
copyShallDo Y
attributeSizeLimit Y
extraAttributes Y
modifyRightsRequest N
pagedResultsRequest N
matchedValuesOnly N
extendedFilter N
targetSystem N
useAliasOnUpdate Y
newSuperior Y
i) DC X500 does not support collective attributes
j) DC X500 does not support hierarchical attributes
k) DC X500 supports the following operational attributes
Directory Operational Attributes:
structural object class
governing structural rule
create timestamp
modify timestamp
creators name
modifiers name
prescriptive ACI
entry ACI
subentry ACI
DSA Operational Attributes:
myAccessPoint
superiorKnowledge
supplierKnowledge (*)
consumerKnowledge(*)
secondaryShadows (*)
* - supported using local proprietary extension
Distributed Operation Attributes (dsa-shared):
specificKnowledge
nonSpecificKnowledge
l) DC X500 supports return of alias names
m) DC X500 supports indicating that returned entry information is
complete
n) DC X500 supports modifying the object class attribute to add
and/or remove values identifying auxiliary object classes
o) DC X500 supports Basic Access Control
p) DC X500 supports Simplified Access Control
q) DC X500 does not support subschema administration as defined
in X.501.
r) DC X500 supports the name binding defined in X.521
s) DC X500 cannot administer collective attributes.
9.2.2 Static Requirements
DC X500 supports the static requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.2.3 Dynamic Requirements
DC X500 supports the dynamic requirements implied by the above
statement.
9.3 Conformance By Shadow Supplier
9.3.1 Statement Requirements
a) shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
are supported.
b) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
c) DC X500 supports the following UnitOfReplication:
* Entry filtering on object class is supported
* Selection/Exclusion of attributes via a AttributeSelection
is not supported
* Inclusion of subordinate knowledge in the replicated area is
supported
* Inclusion of extended knowledge in addition to subordinate
knowledge is supported
9.3.2 Static Requirements
a) DC X500 supports the shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
b) DC X500 provides support for modifyTimestamp and createTimestamp
operational attributes
9.3.3 Dynamic Requirements
a) DC X500 conforms to the mapping onto used services defined
in clause 8
b) DC X500 conforms to the procedures of X.525 as they relate
to DISP.
9.4 Conformance by a Shadow Consumer
9.4.1 Statement Requirements
a) shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and shadowConsumerInitiatedAC
are supported.
b) security levels none and simple as supported with the delivered
product. However, the product is architectured to interface to
an external security module to support strong authentication.
c) DC X500 can act as a secondary supplier.
d) DC X500 does not support shadowing o overlapping units
of replication. (Overlapping Administration Points
are supported though).
9.4.2 Static Requirements
a) DC X500 supports both shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC.
b) DC X500 supports the modifyTimestamp and createTimestamp
operational attributes.
c) DC X500 supports the copyShallDo service element
9.4.3 Dynamic Requirements
a) DC X500 conforms to the mapping onto used services defined
in clause 8
b) DC X500 conforms to the procedures of X.525 as they relate
to DISP.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
DC X500 has interoperated with the following implementations:
DUAs:
ICL
SNI
Net-tel
Bull
AT&T
CDC
Digital
ICL
Nexor
DSAs:
SNI
ICL
AT&T
CDC
Digital
ICL
Net-tel
Nexor
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DC X500 has been tested and approved for connectivity to the PARADISE
pilot project.
BUGS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
DC X500 supports the following network connectivity:
* [RFC1006] with TCP/IP
* TP0 with X.25
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
DC X500 is a portable product
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
DC X500 is a portable product. It is available on the following
plaforms:
* UNIX, including
* IBM AIX
* HP UX
* Sun Solaris
* Windows NT
* OS/2.
Porting to further UNIX platforms is very straightforward, in
particular where existing transport services are available. Other
proprietary systems (such as Novell's Netware, Digital's VMS or fault
tolerant or mainframe environments) can also be supported if
required.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
DC X500 is commercially available.
For further details, please contact:
Nigel Ratcliffe Data Connection Ltd 100 Church Street Enfield
Middlesex EN2 6BQ UK
Tel: +44 181 366 1177
E-mail: nr@datcon.co.uk
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
February 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
Data Connection provides a whole series of directory applications,
including a corporate telephone directory, e-mail synchronisation,
security services, groupware directory integration and a directory
publishing application. These can be accessed by Windows
applications or standard web browsers.
Further information can be found at http://www.datcon.co.uk.
NAME
DE
ABSTRACT
DE (Directory Enquiries) is intended to be a simple-to-use DUA
interface, suitable for the naive user, and suitable for running as a
public access dua. it will work on any terminal. The user is
presented with a series of (verbose) prompts asking for person's name
department organization country. There is extensive on-line help.
The matching algorithms are such that near matches are presented to
the user before less good matches.
There have been a few minor enhancements since the description in
[RFC1632]. The power searching feature still sets DE apart from
most other DUAs - this allows a user to search for an entry even when
they do not know the name of the organisation in which the person
works - you still have to specify the country. DE also allows UFN
style searching. DE uses slightly different search algorithms
depending on whether it is accessing part of the Directory mastered
by a Quipu DSA - Quipu DSAs tend to use lots of replication and so
encourage searching. DE incorporates a QOS feature where it
maintains a database of past information availability and DSA
responsiveness. Translations exist into at least 4 different
languages.
DE runs over ISODE DAP and University of Michigan LDAP. There is a
version of DE, called DOS-DE, which has been ported to DOS, and this
uses LDAP.
DE was funded by the COSINE PARADISE project, and DE is used as the
PARADISE public access dua. You can test the software by telnet to
directory.ja.net and logging in as dua -- no password required.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
N/A
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
[No information provided -- Ed.]
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[RFC1274] and [RFC1487] Yes and yes
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[RFC1484]. yes
INTEROPERABILITY
N/A
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
The interface is widely used in the publicly accessible PARADISE
directory.
BUGS
Doesn't handle aliases well when power searching.
Send bug reports to:
p.barker@cs.ucl.ac.uk
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DE tries to cater well for the general case, at the expense of not
dealing with the less typical. The main manifestation of this is
that the current version does not handle searching under localities
very well.
It can handle photographs and reproduce sound attributes if these are
dealt with by ancillary programs.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC1006] with TCP/IP, TP0 or TP4 with X.25, and LDAP.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX + DOS platforms
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
UNIX + DOS
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The software is freely available from
ftp://cs.ucl.ac.uk/dirpilot/de-7.0.tar.Z
The DOS version is freely available. Look in the following
directory:
ftp://ftp.bath.ac.uk/pub/x500/dosde7/
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
March 96
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
[No Information Provided -- Ed.]
NAME
Digital X.500 Directory Server Digital Equipment Corporation
This single entry covers a number of different products
ABSTRACT
The Digital X.500 Directory Services product set includes a directory
server product and a variety directory user agents, as well as a
directory synchronizer utility.
The Digital X.500 Directory Server product provides a high
performance DSA implemented according to the 1993 edition of the
standard. The InfoBroker Server product extends this to provide the
server component for LDAP and WWW user agents. Features of these
servers include:
* Integrated multi-protocol support allowing concurrent DAP,
DSP, DISP and DOP access over OSI and TCP/IP (using [RFC
1006]) protocols.
* Indexed database (DIB) to support high-performance searching
and sophisticated matching including approximate match.
* A DIB based on the 1993 edition Extended Information Models.
* Support for chaining and referrals in support of a
distributed DIB
* Support for the 1993 edition Basic Access Control scheme.
* Configurable schema based on the 1993 edition (including
attributes, object classes, structure rules, name forms).
* Support for 1993 edition Shadowing using the DISP and DOP
protocol, including both incremental and on-change features
for high performance.
* Remote management to control DSAs and log significant events.
* Support for the LDAP protocols using the InfoBroker Server
product across either TCP/IP or DECnet transport protocols.
* A Look-up Daemon that accepts requests from Web Browsers,
allowing access to the directory from any web browser.
* Both X/OPEN XDS/XOM and LDAP APIs.
* An award winning documentation set.
The Digital X.500 Administration Facility, X.500 Information Manager
and InfoBroker Client products provide MS-Windows, Motif and command
line interfaces to access and manage the information stored in the
X.500 directory, including:
* Support for different ways of accessing the directory, either
by browsing or searching based on an extensible set of
filters.
* Support for bulk load, unload and reload of entries.
* Driven off the same configurable schema information as the
DSA allowing extensibility of window layouts and text to
support customer-defined object classes and attributes.
The Synchronizer-500 is an X.500 DUA which:
* Enables bi-directional synchronization between X.500 and
virtually ANY other non-X.500 directory facilitating common
management.
* Maps incoming data into X.500 using flexible configuration
files
* Facilitates creation of a multivendor electronic mail
database, creating addresses in the appropriate syntax for
any mail system.
* Provides uniqueness checking on mnemonic O/R addresses,
preventing address duplication
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
The Digital X.500 Directory Services products are based on the 1993
edition standard. They are compatible with, and interwork with, 1988
edition DUAs and DSAs, and are implemented to conform to relevant
NIST OIW and EWOS agreements and the X.500 Implementors Guide.
OSTC conformance testing (1988 DUA/DAP, DSA/DAP) has been completed
and registered successfully.
The X.500 Directory Server is registered as conformant to US-GOSIP.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
Conformance with respect to clause 9.2 of ISO/IEC 9594-5:1993:
* Supports the directoryAccessAC (DAP) and directorySystemAC
(DSP) application contexts.
* The DSA is capable of acting as a first-level DSA.
* Chaining is supported.
* Bind security levels of simple (unprotected password) and
none are supported.
* Supports the shadowSupplierInitiatedAC and
shadowConsumerInitiatedAC in both synchronous and
asynchronous variants (DISP protocol) and the
directoryOperationalBindingManagementAC (DOP protocol) for
shadowing
* All attribute types defined in ISO/IEC 9594-6:1993 are
supported except for 1993 edition supertypes and collective
attributes and EnhancedSearchGuide. Customers can define new
attribute types. UNIVERSAL STRING is not supported for
attributes based on DirectoryString.
* All object classes defined in ISO/IEC 9594-7:1993 are
supported. Customers can define new object classes.
* The following operational attributes are supported:
governingStructureRule myAccessPoint
modifyTimestamp supplierKnowledge
superiorKnowledge specificKnowledge
consumerKnowledge prescriptiveACI
dseType entryACI
createTimestamp
* Dynamic modification of object class is permitted
* Basic Access Control is supported with some restrictions.
* All name forms defined in ISO/IEC 9594-7:1993 are supported.
Customers can defined new name forms and structure rules.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
The InfoBroker products support the V1 and V2 LDAP protocols for easy
integration into LDAP-compliant client and server environments.
Standards supported include [RFC1006], [RFC1274], [RFC1277], [RFC
1777], [RFC1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
RFCs supported include [RFC1278], [RFC1558]
INTEROPERABILITY
Digital has performed X.500 interoperability testing at various
Eurosinet and OSInet events, during the COS Pilot activity and in-
house. In addition, Digital's products were part of the EEMA
Interoperability Demonstration in Amsterdam 1995.
Digital has achieved successful DAP and DSP interworking with a
number of vendors. In the a recent Eurosinet Interoperability event,
tests were performed against:
AT&T ISOCOR
Control Data Systems NET-TEL Computer Systems Ltd
DCL (Data Connection Ltd) NEXOR
ICL SNI (Siemens Nixdorf)
In addition, previous interoperability tests have been performed
against:
Hewlett Packard Telstra
ISODE Consortium UNISYS
QUIPU
Digital has performed limited successful 1993 DISP (Replication)
interworking with two vendors at a Eurosinet Interoperability event.
These were:
ICL NEXOR
All interoperability test results will be available on request from
Digital.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Digital is actively involved in both public and private pilots of
X.500.
BUGS
Digital provides complete software maintenance services with products
on a worldwide basis.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
None
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
The Digital X.500 Services products operate over:
* [RFC1006] over TCP/IP
* OSI TP0, TP2 and TP4 over CLNS and CONS as appropriate
* TCP/IP or DECnet transport protocols to communicate with an
LDAP server.
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products run on:
* Alpha processors supported by Digital UNIX
* Alpha and VAX processors supported by OpenVMS
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products currently run on:
* Digital UNIX running DECnet/OSI
* OpenVMS/AXP running DECnet/OSI
* OpenVMS/VAX running DECnet/OSI
For the latest availability on these and other other hardware and
software platforms please contact Digital.
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
AVAILABILITY
The Digital X.500 Directory Service products are commercially
available from Digital Equipment Corporation. For further
information please contact your local Digital office and quote SPD
numbers 40.77.XX, 53.32.XX, 53.33.XX and 60.43.XX, or contact one of:
Ian Gunn, Product Manager: Nick Tatham, Engineering
Manager:
Tel: +1 603 881 0762 Tel: +44 1734 203635
Email: ian.gunn@zko.mts.dec.com Email:
nick.tatham@reo.mts.dec.com
Digital Equipment Corporation Digital Equipment Co. Ltd
Corporate Software Engineering Corporate Software
Engineering
110 Spit Brook Road PO Box 121
Nashua, NH. 03062-2698 Reading, RG2 0TU
USA UK
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
13th November 1995
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
None
NAME
DIR.D(tm) V2.6
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.D V2.6 is Siemens Nixdorf's directory browser product. Through
its file manager like user interface only retrieval operations are
supported. The DDE interface also allows for modification operations.
DIR.D is an MS-Windows application acting as an LDAP client.
Among others, DIR.D has the following features:
* Graphical representation of the DIT
* Tree browsing
* Simple and complex searches, including approximate search
* Adaptable to any directory schema
* Configurable user interface
* Automatic unbind after idle time
* Anonymous and simple unprotected bind
* Tight integration with SNI's X.400 user agent MAIL.D and
CIT
product ComfoPhone
* Data transfer to Windows applications via clipboard, file,
Drag&Drop, and DDE
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.D V2.6 is an LDAP client.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.D V2.6 is an LDAP client.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.D V2.6 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1777], [RFC
1778], [RFC1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.D V2.6 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1278], [RFC
1558].
INTEROPERABILITY
DIR.D V2.6 is based on University of Michigan's LDAP implementation
V3.0. It can interoperate with any LDAP server.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
DIR.D V2.6 is used to browse in the European NameFLOW-PARADISE pilot
network.
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.D V2.6 was designed for information retrieval.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
LDAP with TCP/IP
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
PC (Intel)
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
Windows 3.1 + Winsockets Windows for Workgroups 3.11 +
Winsockets
Windows 95
Windows NT 3.5
OS/2 3.0 + Windows for OS/2 +
Winsockets
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
> 10,000
AVAILABILITY
DIR.D V2.6 can be delivered as a binary product. It is commercially
available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ASW BA COM 1
D-81730 Munich
Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V4.0 1993 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 Directory synchronization
NAME
DIR.X (tm) V3.1 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.X V3.1 is Siemens Nixdorf's Directory Service product compliant
with the 1988 ITU-T X.500 recommendations. Siemens Nixdorf has
supplied its Directory Service product as the GDS (Global Directory
Service) component to OSF DCE. However, DIR.X V3.1 has a number of
features and enhancements which are not available in the GDS
component of OSF DCE.
DIR.X V3.1 is a distributed, replicated Directory Service. It
consists of DSA, DUA and a tools package including comfortable
administration and management utilities. DIR.X implements the
protocol stack ranging from LDAP, DAP, DSP over ACSE, ROSE,
Presentation, Session down to [RFC1006]. On transport layer it
supports TCP/IP and OSI LAN/WAN protocols.
Data stored by DIR.X can be accessed via
* the MS-Windows user interfaces DIR.D/ORG.D which are
available as separate products from Siemens Nixdorf
* any third-party LDAP or DAP browser
* directory applications using the standardized X/Open XDS/XOM
APIs (Directory Service / OSI Abstract Data Manipulation).
The Siemens Nixdorf implementation was the first to gain
XPG4-certification.
* a command-line administration program
* a menu-driven administration program
* WWW
* a shell interface
* the Query-by-mail interface of SNI's directory
synchronization product DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.X enables
* The storage of globally-unique, tree-like name structures
which can be mapped onto organizations.
* The use of several alternative names (aliases) for one and
the same directory entry.
* Search queries that allow the user to select objects on the
basis of specific attributes and their values, as with a
"Yellow Pages" telephone directory
* Treemanagement functions which can cover entire subtrees.
* The creation and automatic updating of copies ("shadows")
from remote computers.
* Access protection at attribute level, which regulates access
on an object-specific basis.
* The storage of unstructured attributes (graphics, pixels).
The tools package of DIR.X V3.1 includes:
* gdssetup: A simple-to-use tool for the generation and
initialization of a directory configuration.
* gdshdsch: Enables the directory administrator to modify the
directory schema off-line.
* X.500 MIB access via SNMP
* gdscp: A TCL based administration tool for UNIX clients with
full XDS functionality
* gdshd: A powerful import/export tool
Additional features include:
* support for ISO 8859-1 characters
* dynamic schema modifications
* caching.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V3.1 fully complies with the following ITU-T recommendations
and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
DIR.X V3.1 was successfully conformance tested by the OSI Test
Laboratory of Siemens Nixdorf. The OSI Test Laboratory is accredited
by BAPT/DEKITZ (registration number TTI-P-G055/92-40). Test reports,
PICS per X.581/X.582 and PIXITs are available for all tested
protocols: DSA/DAP, DUA/DAP, Presentation, ACSE, and Session embedded
in X.500.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V3.1 is not compliant with the 1993 ITU-T recommendations.
Please refer to the DIR.X V4.0 implementation description.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.X V3.1 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1274], [RFC
1277], [RFC1565], [RFC1567], [RFC1777], [RFC1778], [RFC1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.X V3.1 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1278], [RFC
1558], [RFC1801].
INTEROPERABILITY
DIR.X V3.1 can interoperate with:
* OSF DCE Global Directory Service (GDS)
* ISODE Consortium Quipu V8.0
* ISODE Consortium 93 DSA R3.0
* AT&T OpenDirectory 2.0.1
* Bull X.500-DS and X.500-DUA
* Control Data MailHub 2.4
* Data Connection DC X500 V1
* Digital DEC X.500 Directory Services V2.0
* ICL I500 DSA V5.2
* ISOCOR ISOPLEX DS V1.00
* NET-TEL RouteFinder 500 DSA 1.0
* NEXOR Messageware Directory Server V0.9
* Olivetti UX_X500 V1.1
* Unisys TransIT X.500 V7.1
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
Several DIR.X V3.1 DSAs and DUAs are connected to the European
NameFLOW- PARADISE pilot network.
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.X V3.1 is highly portable and without any general limitation.
SNMP support is available for SNI platforms only.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC1006] with TCP/IP
OSI TP0, TP2 with X.25
OSI TP4 with CLNP
OSI TP4 with CONS (LAN)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
SNI platforms (RM200/300/400/600, Pyramid Nile
100/150, MX300i/500i) for X.25: X.25 board needed
IBM RS/6000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
HP 9000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
Sun Sparc
no X.25 board needed (X.25 can use the serial line)
PC (Intel)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SINIX 5.42 + CMX + XTI
for X.25: WAN-CCP needed
Pyramid Nile 100/150 DC/OSx1.1
Unixware
AIX 3.2
for X.25: OSI/6000 needed
HP-UX 9.01
for X.25: OTS 9000 needed
Solaris 2.3
for X.25: SunLink X.25 and SunLink OSI needed
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
100 and growing
AVAILABILITY
DIR.X V3.1 can be delivered as a binary product or as source to OEM
customers. It is commercially available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG ASW BA COM 1 D-
81730 Munich Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V4.0 1993X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D V2.6 LDAP browser for information retrieval
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 Directory synchronization
NAME
DIR.X (tm) V4.0 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.X V4.0 is Siemens Nixdorf's Directory Service product compliant
with the 1993 ITU-T X.500 recommendations. The implementation
incorporates SNI's experience of 10 years development, support and
maintenance of the DIR.X products conformant to the 1988 Directory
Standards, and has the following main features:
* It conforms to the 1993 Directory standards, with particular
emphasis on the requirements for interoperability with other
X.500 implementations
* The implementation is scaleable: it handles small-scale
workgroup directories as well as very large directories for
backbone solutions in large organisations
* The implementation is extensible: new functionality can
easily be incorporated
* Existing databases and proprietary directory services can be
accessed or integrated with the implementation.
* Particular emphasis is placed on ease of administration of
the Directory Service a service based on DIR.X V4.0 can be
administered effectively from a central site, including the
management of configuration and monitoring options
* The implementation has a high throughput performing well not
only on small systems, but also on high-performance backend
servers, handling hundreds of requests in parallel on a
multiprocessor machine.
DIR.X V4.0 is a distributed, replicated Directory Service. It
consists of:
* DSA
* DUA
* Command-line DUA using a TCL (Tool Control Language) shell
interface (dirxcp)
* Management centre (dirxadm)
* Toolkit for application development
Data stored by DIR.X can be accessed via
* the MS-Windows user interfaces DIR.D/ORG.D which are
available as separate products from Siemens Nixdorf
* any third-party LDAP or DAP browser
* directory applications using the standardized X/Open XDS/XOM
APIs (Directory Service / OSI Abstract Data Manipulation).
The Siemens Nixdorf implementation was the first to gain
XPG4-certification.
* a command-line administration program
* a menu-driven administration program
* WWW
* a shell interface
* the Query-by-mail interface of SNI's directory
synchronization product DIR.X-SYNC
DIR.X V4.0 is fully backwards compatible with 1988 DSAs and DUAs.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V4.0 is fully backwards compatible with the following ITU-T
recommendations and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X V4.0 fully complies with the following ITU-T recommendations
and ISO/IEC standards:
ITU-T ISO/IEC Title
X.500 9594-1 Overview of Concepts, Models, and Services
X.501 9594-2 Models
X.511 9594-3 Abstract Service Definition
X.518 9594-4 Procedures for Distributed Operations
X.519 9594-5 Protocol Specifications
X.520 9594-6 Selected Attribute Types
X.521 9594-7 Selected Object Classes
X.509 9594-8 Authentication Framework
X.525 9594-9 Replication
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
DIR.X V4.0 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1274], [RFC
1277], [RFC1565], [RFC1567], [RFC1777], [RFC1778], [RFC1779].
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
DIR.X V4.0 is compliant with the following RFCs: [RFC1278], [RFC
1558], [RFC1801].
INTEROPERABILITY
Interoperability tests have not been completed yet.
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
DIR.X V4.0 is highly portable and without any general limitation.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[RFC-1006] with TCP/IP
OSI TP0, TP2 with X.25
OSI TP4 with CLNP
OSI TP4 with CONS (LAN)
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
SNI platforms (RM200/300/400/600, Pyramid Nile 100/150)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
IBM RS/6000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
HP 9000
for X.25: X.25 board needed
Sun Sparc
no X.25 board needed (X.25 can use the serial line)
PC (Intel)
for X.25: X.25 board needed
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SINIX 5.42 + CMX + XTI
for X.25: WAN-CCP needed
Pyramid Nile 100/150 DC/OSx1.1
Windows NT 3.51
AIX 4.1
for X.25: OSI/6000 needed
HP-UX 10.0
for X.25: OTS 9000 needed
Solaris 2.5
for X.25: SunLink X.25 and SunLink OSI needed
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD
Field testing to be started in Summer 1996.
AVAILABILITY
DIR.X V4.0 can be delivered as a binary product or as source to OEM
customers. It is commercially available from:
Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ASW BA COM 1
D-81730 Munich
Germany
Please contact
Giovanni Rabaioli
Voice: +49/89-636-41095
Fax: +49/89-636-42552
Mail: Giovanni.Rabaioli@mch.sni.de
DATE LAST UPDATED or CHECKED
April 1996
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and/or COMMENTS
The following X.500 products are also part of SNI's X.500 product
family:
DIR.X V3.1 1988 X.500 Directory Service
DIR.D V2.6 LDAP browser for information retrieval
ORG.D V2.1 Full administrative LDAP browser
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 Directory synchronization
NAME
DIR.X-SYNC (tm) V2.0 Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG
ABSTRACT
DIR.X-SYNC V2.0 enables the synchronization of existing e-mail
address directories in the X.500-based DIR.X directory service. The
standard DIR.X, DIR.X-SYNC and DIR.D (all available from Siemens
Nixdorf) products are the foundations on which the corporate
directory solutions can be tailored to meet the customer's needs. The
corporate directory then becomes the universal information system
within the company.
The user can access corporate directory information in different
ways:
* Using DIR.D, SNI's Windows client for the X.500 service, PC
users can gain easy access to the DIR.X server containing the
corporate directory data. The data found can be transferred
to other applications by means of DDE, drag and drop or cut
and paste. (See DIR.D V2.6 for further information).
* Query by mail: Authorized users can access data stored in the
central or distributed directory system over their own mail
system. DIR.X-SYNC retrieves the inquiry transmitted by mail
and directs it on to the X.500 service. The search results
are then delivered back to the user by mail. Using a WWW
interface based on TCL scripts
Query by mail does not require additional software on the end system.
Each mail system connected to the X.400 backbone (e.g. MS-Mail,
cc:Mail etc.) can use this function. DIR.X-SYNC currently supports
the address formats of the following e-mail systems:
* MAIL.X-OD V2.3
* MAIL.2000 V1.2, AKOM
* MS-Mail
* cc:Mail
* Intelligent Messaging Mail (Banyan)
The standardized ISO-10021 interface for X.400 addresses is
supported, enabling need for extension. This means that any type of
system capable of generating this format (e.g. WordPerfect, Lotus
Notes) can be connected. Address acknowledgment is carried out in ISO
format.
Functions for the administrator:
* Export: Addresses can be exported from local directories.
They are delivered as mail messages in ASCII format to the
DIR.X-SYNC server.
* Upload: The upload server stores the exported local addresses
in DIR.X as globally valid X.400 addresses.
* Query by Mail: DIR.X-SYNC enables mail members to send a
search to the DIR.X-SYNC server by e-mail. Using this
function, authorized administrators of the synchronized
directories can acquire copies of the corporate directory
data.
* Administration of the DIR.X-SYNC server with an
administration tool which can be used via command line or a
command file.
Other features include:
* Replication and distribution: In addition to the central
solution with a single corporate directory server, DIR.X-SYNC
also supports replicated or distributed data storage in
DIR.X-SYNC server.
* Authentication/Authorization: To prevent unauthorized use of
the corporate directory system, the O/R addresses of the
authorized administrators and users are configured by the
DIR.X-SYNC administrator. When a query by mail or an update
arrives, the sender address is compared with this address.
* Logging: In the case of error, e.g. incorrect file format,
the sender (and the administrator configurable) are informed
of the fault by mail. At the same time, the error message is
saved in a log file for the DIR.X-SYNC administrator. In
addition, a "history file" enables the monitoring of the
uploads that have run or are currently running
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1988 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X-SYNC is a directory application.
COMPLIANCE with X.500-1993 (applicable only for DSAs and DUAs)
DIR.X-SYNC is a directory application.
CONFORMANCE WITH PROPOSED INTERNET STANDARDS
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
CONSISTENCE WITH INFORMATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RFCs
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
INTEROPERABILITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
PILOT CONNECTIVITY
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
BUGS
To report bugs and/or to retrieve additional information on SNI's
directory products please send mail to infoline-
com@s41.mch1.x400scn.sni.de.
CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
The DIR.X-SYNC server runs with SNI's mail service products MAIL.X
V2.3 or MAIL.X V3.0.
INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
[No information provided. -- Ed.]
HARDWARE PLATFORMS
SNI platforms (RM200/300/400/600, MX300i/500i)
HP 9000
SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
SINIX 5.42
HP-UX 10.0
NUMBER OF IMPLEMENTATIONS IN THE FIELD