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A N N O U N C E M E N T -- OpenLDAP 2.4
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The OpenLDAP Project is pleased to announce the availability
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of OpenLDAP Software 2.4, a suite of the Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (v3) servers, clients, utilities, and
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development tools.
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This release contains the following major enhancements:
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* Slapd(8) enhancements
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- Syncrepl enhancements, including push-mode and
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Multi-Master support
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- Dynamic configuration enhancements, including
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online schema editing and full access control
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- Dynamic monitoring enhancements, including
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cache usage information
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* New overlays
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- Attribute value constraints
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- Dynamic Directory Services (RFC2589)
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- Reverse Group Membership maintenance (memberof)
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* Clients and tools
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- Full support of request/response controls
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- New ldapexop tool for arbitrary extend operations
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- Support of DNS SRV records for default server
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* Significant performance enhancements throughout
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the client and server code base
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* Multiple new features in libldap and liblber
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* Expanded documentation
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- Function-complete manual pages
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- Numerous new examples in the Admin Guide
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This release includes the following major components:
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* slapd - a stand-alone LDAP directory server
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* -lldap - a LDAP client library
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* -llber - a lightweight BER/DER encoding/decoding library
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* LDIF tools - data conversion tools for use with slapd
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* LDAP tools - A collection of command line LDAP utilities
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* Admin Guide, Manual Pages - associated documentation
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In addition, there are some contributed components:
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* LDAPC++ - a LDAP C++ SDK
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* Various slapd modules and slapi plugins
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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OpenLDAP Software is developed by the OpenLDAP Project. The
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Project consists of a team of volunteers who use the
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Internet to coordinate their activities. The Project is
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an organized activity of the OpenLDAP Foundation.
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OpenLDAP Software is derived from University of Michigan LDAP,
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release 3.3.
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AVAILABILITY
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This software is available under the OpenLDAP Public License,
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an non-restrictive, "free", open-source license. Download
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information is available at:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/software/download/
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SUPPORT
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OpenLDAP Software is user supported:
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http://www.openldap.org/support/
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The OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide, which includes quick
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start instructions, is available at:
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http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin/
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The project maintains a FAQ which you may find useful:
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http://www.openldap.org/faq/
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In addition, there are also a number of discussion lists
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related to OpenLDAP Software. A list of mailing lists is
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available at:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/lists/
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To report bugs, please use project's Issue Tracking System:
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http://www.openldap.org/its/
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The OpenLDAP home page containing lots of interesting information
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and online documentation is available at this URL:
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http://www.OpenLDAP.org/
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SUPPORTED PLATFORMS
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This release has been ported to many UNIX (and UNIX-like)
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platforms including Darwin, FreeBSD, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD
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and most commercial UNIX systems. The release has also been
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ported (in part or in whole) to other platforms including
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Apple MacOS X, IBM zOS, and Microsoft Windows NT/2000/etc.
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---
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OpenLDAP is a registered trademark of the OpenLDAP Foundation.
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Copyright 1999-2010 The OpenLDAP Foundation, Redwood City,
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California, USA. All Rights Reserved. Permission to copy and
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distribute verbatim copies of this document is granted.
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