The Suretec Blog

As OpenLDAP sets the standard for being the most standards based LDAP^[?] directory, you'll be pleased to know that our partners Symas are keeping everyone updated about the wonderful world of collaboration in the LDAP world and in the process updating some much needed draft RFCs.

So, when you've got a second have a read of:

Password Policy for LDAP Directories - draft-behera-ldap^[?]-password-policy-10.txt

and

An Approach for Using LDAP as a Network Information Service - draft-howard-rfc2307bis-02.txt

Gavin.

A quick update:

SureVoIP a new startup ITSP will be launched by Suretec very soon. It is currently in development and being installed in a Scottish datacentre using various enterprise grade Open Source products. Keep an eye out for when it goes beta and will be available at http://www.surevoip.co.uk

OpenLDAP 2.4.13 is out today.

A huge amount of fixes and a must upgrade.

Gavin.

I updated the replication section of the OpenLDAP Admin guide last night to the final version discussing Push Based Replication, i.e. what slurpd does in OpenLDAP 2.3 (dropped for various reasons, but since the docs won't be available properly until 2.4.11 is out I'm posting it here.

Read on for more.... Continue reading "Replacing Slurpd using OpenLDAP 2.4"

I got back last night, after a somewhat hectic Flybe.com flight (long story).

I really enjoyed the conference, my first time speaking at one, bit nervous, but it can only get better

Tuesday:

Continue reading "Spring 2008 - a UKUUG Conference Review"

The Amanda 2.6.0 beta release offers some excellent new features. Ones that appeal to Suretec are:

• A Perl Interface


• Encryption methods (various techniques have been available previously) - Simple and GPG

There of course many other excellent additions and fixes.

So, why is the Perl Interface so cool? Well, a while ago we asked about using the Perl interface for use with an LDAP^[?] Configuration Backend, but at that time Amanda wasn't ready.

The Perl interface is a great addition and easy to understand why it was needed.

We'll keep you updated on how the betas progress and when we start hacking up an LDAP interface

Binaries and source can be downloaded from Zmanda.