[56324] in North American Network Operators' Group
Tools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@karoshi.com)
Mon Mar 3 10:45:41 2003
From: bmanning@karoshi.com
To: Michael.Dillon@radianz.com
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 07:44:34 -0800 (PST)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OFC48F0C3A.32F97747-ON80256CDE.0054A5B2-80256CDE.0055E74E@radianz.com> from "Michael.Dillon@radianz.com" at Mar 03, 2003 03:38:17 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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> > Too many features layered on a single tool. Haq the tool
> > and the dependencies will cripple your service offering.
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> LDAP is not a tool, it is a protocol that can be used by many tools to
> communicate in the same way that many servers (BIND, NSD, DJBDNS, MS-DNS,
> QuickDNS) can use the DNS protocol to communicate with countless clients
> (Netscape, sendmail, ...).
tool in the generic sense. too many things that depend on
LDAP for proper functioning -will- make LDAP a tempting
target.
> Once this begins to provide benefit in North America, the rest of the
> world will soon follow.
presuming facts not in evidence.
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> --Michael Dillon
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