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Release Version 6.0
The current version for View500 is View500
Release 6.0 Patch 6e11 which was released on 17th March 2009 and Version 6.0.0.9 for the View500 DUA (Directory User Agent).
The new features that were added to the 6.0 release are listed
below.
X.500 Technology
Internet Directly Mapped Protocol (IDMP)
IDMP is a protocol which provides a TCP/IP transport for DAP, DISP
(Shadowing), and DSP (distributed operation) operations.
LDAP Technology
Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
A mandatory user authentication scheme for LDAP is the SASL Digest-MD5
mechanism. Instead of the user transmitting their username and password
clearly to the LDAP Server, SASL allows only hashed values to be
transmitted.
XML Enabled Directory (XED)
View500 Version 6.0 is the only directory available that supports
XED.
The XML Enabled Directory is a newly developed standard, which defines
a framework that leverages off existing technology such as ASN.1,
XML, X.500 and LDAP.
Some of the features available in version 6.0, due to XED, include:
Robust XML Encoding Rules (RXER)- RXER is an XML based encoding
rule. Instead of using an unreadable binary encoding rule (such
as BER), the directory is now able to encode data using RXER, a
text based encoding rule.
XIDMP
Currently, IDMP can be used to send DAP, DSP, and DISP PDU's over
a TCP/IP connection. IDMP states that these PDU's must be encoded
using the Basic Encoding Rules (BER). XIDMP allows the IDMP PDU's
to be transmitted in an XML based encoding, such as RXER.
XML Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (XLDAP)
XLDAP is semantically equivalent to LDAP, with the major difference
being the encoding rule used to encode the PDU. RXER is used to
encode XLDAP PDU's.
XED defines two transport mechanisms in which XLDAP messages can
be transmitted over, XLDAP over TCP/IP and XLDAP over SOAP 1.1.
View500 will support both of these mechanisms in the next release.
Extended LDAP Data Interchange Format (ELDIF)
The LDIF specification imposes restrictions that result in XML encoded
values being converted into an unreadable Base64 format within LDIF
dumps.
ELDIF extends the current LDIF specification to make allowances
for XML encoded values so their human readable encoding is retained.
For more information on XED, including the set of standards which
define the XED framework, visit the XED website, which can be found
in the Links section.
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