Following the instructions for Roller on Rich Burridge’s Blog, I’ve added the “Like this post ?” links to my blog…
Thanks Rich for the trick and hosting the images 🙂
Update (28 Aug 2006).
With Roller 3.0, there are new macros for these social bookmarking sites and links. I’ve updated the template to use these new macros.
As it’s already been pointed out by Neil, we have quietly introduced the OpenDS Directory Service to the world.
Capitalizing on a decade of experience and leadership in the directory market, we’ve started to prepare our future. So OpenDS is the foundation for our next generation of Directory Service, and we’re doing it in Java, as an Open Source project, open and publicly.
The code is accessible, a build is available for you to download and take a look. Right now, it’s mostly an LDAPv3 server with basic operations. And we’ve also published a lot of documentation about the architecture, how to install and configure, and how to contribute.
We know this will raise a large number of questions, so we’ve tried to address some of them in the FAQ.
So come and give us a visit… https://opends.dev.java.net or http://opends.org
And join the community !
Tags: LDAP, Directory Server, OpenDS
There’s a pretty good introductory article to LDAP in the sys-admin section of O’Reilly Network, entitled “Demystifying LDAP“.
The article introduces the concepts for LDAP and discuss the value of directory servers over databases: open standards for the protocol, open standards for the schema. And also the ease of use.
And if you still consider that deploying a directory server is difficult, wait until Sun Directory Server 6 is released and give it a try.
Today marks the 11 year anniversary for me at Sun. On this special occasion, I decided it was time for me to relaunch this blog.
11 years is a lot, and I’ve been mostly working in the same area: LDAP
and Directory Services. But I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished so
far, and really excited about where we’re heading. Directory services
and LDAP are not dead despite the raise of user centric identity. And
I’m sure that our coming releases will strengthen our market leadership.
It’s been nearly a year since I last posted something, and like last
post, I’m just back from vacation (2 weeks spent in Greece for one of
my cousin’s wedding). As part of the relaunch, I’ve changed the
template to the common Sun look and feel. And I’ll try to be more
regular in my posts.
Today marks the 11 year anniversary for me at Sun. On this special occasion, I decided it was time for me to relaunch this blog.
11 years is a lot, and I’ve been mostly working in the same area: LDAP
and Directory Services. But I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished so
far, and really excited about where we’re heading. Directory services
and LDAP are not dead despite the raise of user centric identity. And
I’m sure that our coming releases will strengthen our market leadership.
It’s been nearly a year since I last posted something, and like last
post, I’m just back from vacation (2 weeks spent in Greece for one of
my cousin’s wedding). As part of the relaunch, I’ve changed the
template to the common Sun look and feel. And I’ll try to be more
regular in my posts.
I’m back from vacation, relaxed and tanned. This year, my wife and I
have dedicated our time to our family and parents. And I’ve had my
yearly overdose of novels and books (from Harry Potter 6 to Confusius).
Coming back to work is always a mix of pleasure and pain. On one side,
it’s good to reactivate the neurones, and on the other one, the first
task is to clean up the huge amount of emails that have kept on
stacking in the mailbox. This done, I’m back full speed on the
Directory Server and the Identity business.
I’ve just noticed today that my friend and fellow Michael Haines has started a blog.
Michael’s title is certainly not “Mister Solaris LDAP” but he is the author of two best sellers of the Sun BluePrints series:
(both books that I had participated in) and he has a huge experience in deploying LDAP (and Sun Java
System Directory Server) as a naming service in the enterprises.
Welcome Michael.
My summer vacations are starting now and I’ll be avoiding keyboards and screen for a while…
Expect this place to be silent until the end of the month.
This week I was in Paris for the 63rd IETF meeting.
Though I mainly go to the IETF to work on LDAP (both with the LDAPBis working
group and as an individual contributor -for example with the LDAP
password policy- ), I often go to other working groups and BOF sessions
to get a sense of what’s going on in the Internet community (at least
in the areas that I understand).
And this time, the buz was clearly around the recent vulnerabilities
with the use of one-way hash functions such as MD5 and SHA1. With the
increasing computation power of computers and the ease of deployment of
man-in-the-middle attack, these functions are no longer considered as
secure enough. And so are authentication mechanisms based on cleartext
challenge-response exchanges. For Directory Server’s customers, this
means that the way to secure their authentication t0 LDAP is to use TLS
either via the use of StartTLS extended operation or LDAP over SSL.
Once the connection is secured, the authention could be based on the
Simple bind, Sasl Bind with Digest-MD5 mechanism or with exchanged
certificates.
On the LDAP front, the participation is diminishing (mainly remains
Novell, OpenLDAP and Sun) but the work of revising the LDAPv3
specification for clarification and better interoperability is mainly
done. The last remaining issues were hammered this week (hopefully) and
we are expecting RFC publication before or around next IETF meeting.
LDAPers in IETF action: Roger, Kurt, Jim and Ludo (left to right).
Tags: LDAP IETF Directory Server
This week-end my dad lent me his Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D Macro to try it with my Nikon D70.
Since I’ve bougth the D70, I’ve been looking for a mid-range lens to
complement my 18-70mm and 70-200mm zooms. I need a lens with pretty
wide aperture, sharp. So I spent the whole week-end shooting
everything, from flowers to insects, to my kids… And I’m really happy
with the results. The lens is really sharp (may be a little bit to much
for portraits), reasonably fast and very clear. It ranks number 1 on my
favorite list of buys. Here’s a small (reduced) sample of the results.
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Today’s stage of the Tour de France was starting from Grenoble and passing very close to Sun’s facilities of Montbonnot
(one of the few facilities dedicated to software research and
development outside the US). Matt and I took our bikes, and for the
lunch break we went to see the professional racers on their way to the
Alps. In less than 2 minutes, they were all gone, and we are now
following the full stage on TV. In about 1/2 hour they will be passing
by my wife’s parents’ house in Aime before heading to Courchevel.
Tags: Cycling Tour De France
Today’s stage of the Tour de France was starting from Grenoble and passing very close to Sun’s facilities of Montbonnot
(one of the few facilities dedicated to software research and
development outside the US). Matt and I took our bikes, and for the
lunch break we went to see the professional racers on their way to the
Alps. In less than 2 minutes, they were all gone, and we are now
following the full stage on TV. In about 1/2 hour they will be passing
by my wife’s parents’ house in Aime before heading to Courchevel.
Tags: Cycling Tour De France
There has been several explosions today in London and it makes no doubt that this is a terrorist attack.
The BBC has a full coverage of the event.
My thoughts are going to my friends and relatives that live in (close
to) London, and to the victimes of the blasts and their families.
Another sad day in the human history.
There has been several explosions today in London and it makes no doubt that this is a terrorist attack.
The BBC has a full coverage of the event.
My thoughts are going to my friends and relatives that live in (close
to) London, and to the victimes of the blasts and their families.
Another sad day in the human history.
I cannot say that I am pleased with the outcome, but it was a
competition and there has to be a winner. So the IOC has voted and
London will host the 2012 olympic games. These games are too far away
for me to know if I’ll be able to attend any event. On a personal side
I am not going to try to be part of the games (like I would have if
they happened in my country) but who knows what will happen on the
professional side…
Ludo Sketches 