Directories in Europe Ton Verschuren SURFnet NL Innovation

History • • X. 500 -based white pages early ’ 90’s Paradise project (EU

Name. FLOW now • LDAPv 3 referral server • Exchange of LDIF files •

Naming scheme • X. 521 predominant : o=University of Amsterdam, c=NL • Domain component

Indexing • Based upon Common Indexing Protocol (CIP, RFC 2561) • Locally generated indexes

And more… • Privacy legislation http: //www. surfnet. nl/en/publications/privacybrochure/ • Exploring non-white pages areas

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Directories in Europe Ton. Verschuren @ SURFnet. NL Innovation Manager CAMP, Tempe, Arizona – 1 -3 Feb 2002

But first late breaking news…

History • • X. 500 -based white pages early ’ 90’s Paradise project (EU funded)-> Name. FLOW/Paradise (EU funded) -> Name. FLOW service (DANTE) – http: //www. dante. net/nameflow/ – Central knowledge repository for finding other countries DSA’s – Recently moved from X. 500 to LDAP

Name. FLOW now • LDAPv 3 referral server • Exchange of LDIF files • Experimenting with indexing in TF-LSD (http: //www. terena. nl/task-forces/tf-lsd/) • Mainly white pages, certificates are being added – (e. g. http: //ldap. gigacorp. nl/pkildap. html) • Advanced countries: Nordic, ES, DE, NL

Naming scheme • X. 521 predominant : o=University of Amsterdam, c=NL • Domain component rising : dc=uva, dc=nl • Need for mapping between parallel DITs

Parallel DITs

Indexing • Based upon Common Indexing Protocol (CIP, RFC 2561) • Locally generated indexes (TIO’s, RFC 2654) or centrally crawled • Loaded into LDAP server – Minimum info centrally – Entire entries thru referrals • S/w available (DESIRE, SURFnet, Ericsson)

And more… • Privacy legislation http: //www. surfnet. nl/en/publications/privacybrochure/ • Exploring non-white pages areas – Directory-enabled apps • Certificate handling… with 2 naming schemes? ? ? • Metadirectories • Feeding RADIUS with LDAP data

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