RFC 1292 A Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations

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Network Working Group                                            R. Lang
Request for Comments: 1292                             SRI International
FYI: 11                                                        R. Wright
                                            Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
                                                                 Editors
                                                            January 1992


             A Catalog of Available X.500 Implementations

Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
   not specify an Internet standard.  Distribution of this memo is
   unlimited.

Abstract

   The goal of this document is to provide information regarding the
   availability and capability of implementations of X.500.  Comments
   and critiques of this document, and new or updated descriptions of
   X.500 implementations are welcome.  Send them to the Directory
   Information Services Infrastructure (DISI) Working Group
   (disi@merit.edu) or to the editors.

1.  Introduction

   This document catalogs currently available implementations of X.500,
   including commercial products and openly available offerings.  It
   contains descriptions of Directory System Agents (DSA), Directory
   User Agents (DUA), and DUA client applications.  The latter can
   include such applications as browsers, DSA management tools, or
   lightweight DUAs that employ an application-level protocol to
   communicate with a DUA (which then in turn communicates with a DSA)
   to support user service.  Section 2 of this document contains a
   listing of implementations cross referenced by keyword.  This list
   will aid in identifying particular implementations that meet your
   criteria.

   To compile this catalog, the DISI Working Group solicited input from
   the X.500 community by surveying several Internet mailing lists,
   including: iso@nic.ddn.mil, isode@nic.ddn.mil, osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk,
   and disi@merit.edu.








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   Readers are encouraged to submit comments regarding both the form and
   content  of  this  memo.  New submissions are always welcome.  Please
   direct input to the parties as described in the Status of  this  Memo
   section.  DISI will produce new versions of this document when a suf-
   ficient number of changes have been received.  This  will  be  deter-
   mined subjectively by the DISI chairperson.

1.1  Purpose

   The growth of existing X.500 pilot activities (e.g., White Pages
   Pilot Project) and the advent of new pilots (e.g., ARRNet Directory
   Services Project, NIST/GSA Pilot Project) are signals that X.500 is a
   viable directory service mechanism for the Internet community.  A
   goal of DISI is to enable the continued growth of X.500 by lowering
   the lack-of-information barrier.  This document takes one step toward
   that goal by providing an easily accessible source of information on
   X.500 implementations.

1.2  Scope

   This document contains descriptions of either commercially or freely
   available X.500 implementations.  It does not provide instructions on
   how to install, run, or manage these implementations.  Because the
   needs and computing environments of each organization differ vastly,
   no recommendations are given.  The descriptions and indices are
   provided to make the readers aware of existing options and to enable
   more informed choices.

1.3 Disclaimer

   Implementation descriptions were written by implementors and vendors,
   and not by the members of DISI.  Although DISI has worked with the
   description authors to ensure readability, no guarantees can be made
   regarding the validity of descriptions or the value of said
   implementations.  Caveat emptor.

1.4  Overview

   Section 1 contains introductory information.

   Section 2 contains a list of keywords, their definitions, and a cross
   reference of the X.500 implementations by these keywords.

   Section 3 contains the X.500 implementation descriptions.

   Section 4 lists the editors' addresses.





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1.5  Acknowledgments

   The creation of this catalog would not have been possible without the
   efforts of the description authors and the members of the DISI
   Working Group.  The editors thank you for your hard work and
   constructive feedback.  A special thanks is also extended to the
   members of the NOCTools Working Group.  The "Network Management Tool
   Catalog" (RFC-1147) served as a valuable example.  Bob Stine and Bob
   Enger made key suggestions that enabled us to learn from their
   experiences.

   The efforts of the editors were sponsored by Defense Advanced
   Research Projects Agency Contract Number DACA76-89-D-0002 (Field
   Operational X.500 Project), and U. S. Department of Energy Contract
   Number DE-AC03-76SF00098.

2.  Keywords

   Keywords are abbreviated attributes of the X.500 implementations.
   The list of keywords defined below was derived from the
   implementation descriptions themselves.  Implementations were indexed
   by a keyword either as a result of: 1) explicit, not implied,
   reference to a particular capability in the implementation
   description text, or 2) input from the implementation description
   author(s).

2.1  Keyword Definitions

   This section contains keyword definitions.  They have been organized
   and grouped by functional category.  The definitions are ordered
   first alphabetically by keyword category, and second alphabetically
   by implementation name within keyword category.


2.1.1  Availability


   Available via FTAM
        Implementation is available using FTAM.

   Available via FTP
        Implementation is available using FTP.

   Commercially Available
        This implementation can be purchased.

   Free
        Available at no charge, although other restrictions may apply.



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   Potentially Unavailable
        Implementation was not available at the time this document was
        written.

   Source
        Source code is available, potentially at an additional cost.


2.1.2  Implementation Type


   API
        Implementation comes with an application programmer's interface
        (i.e., a set of libraries and include files).

   DSA Only
        Implementation consists of a DSA only.  No DUA is included.

   DSA/DUA
        Both a DSA and DUA are included in this implementation.

   DUA Light Weight Client
        Implementation is a DUA-like program that uses a non-OSI proto-
        col to satisfy X.500 requests.

   DUA Only
        Implementation consists of a DUA only.  No DSA is included.


2.1.3  Internetworking Environment


   CLNP
        Implementation uses OSI CLNP.

   OSI Transport
        Implementation description specifies that OSI transport proto-
        cols are used but does not specify which one(s).

   RFC-1006
        Implementation uses RFC-1006 with TCP/IP transport service.

   X.25
        Implementation uses OSI X.25.







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2.1.4  Pilot Connectivity


   DUA Connectivity
        The DUA can be connected to the pilot, and information on any
        pilot entry looked up.  The DUA is able to display standard
        attributes and object classes and those defined in the COSINE
        and Internet Schema.

   DSA Connectivity
        The DSA is connected to the DIT, and information in this DSA is
        accessible from any pilot DUA.


2.1.5  Miscellaneous


   Included in ISODE
        DUAs that are part of ISODE.

   Limited Functionality
        Survey states that the implementation has some shortcomings or
        intended lack of functionality, e.g., omissions were part of the
        design to provide an easy-to-use user interface.

   Needs ISODE
        ISODE is required to compile and/or use this implementation.

   X Window System
        Implementation uses the X Window System to provide its user
        interface.


2.1.5 Operating Environment


   3Com
        Implementation runs on a 3Com platform.

   Apollo
        Implementation runs on an Apollo platform.

   Bull
        Implementation runs on a Bull platform.

   Cray
        Implementation runs on a Cray.




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   DEC Ultrix
        Implementation runs under DEC Ultrix.

   HP
        Implementation runs on an HP platform.

   IBM (Non-PC and RISC)
        Implementation runs on some type of IBM, which is not a PC or
        UNIX workstation.

   IBM PC
        Implementation runs on a PC.

   IBM RISC
        Implementation runs on IBM's RISC UNIX workstation.

   MIPS
        Implementation runs on a MIPS RISC UNIX workstation.

   Macintosh
        Implementation runs on a Macintosh.

   Multiple Vendor Platforms
        Implementation runs on more than one hardware platform.

   Philips
        Implementation runs on a Philips platform.

   Siemens
        Implementation runs on a Siemens platform.

   Sun
        Implementation runs on a Sun platform.

   UNIX
        Implementation runs on a generic UNIX platform.

   Unisys
        Implementation runs on a Unisys platform.

   VMS
        Implementation runs under VAX/VMS.

2.2  Implementations Indexed by Keyword

   This section contains an index of implementations by keyword.  You
   can use this list to identify particular implementations that meet
   your chosen criteria.



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   The index is organized as follows: keywords appear in alphabetical
   order; implementations characterized by that keyword are listed
   alphabetically as well.  Note that a "*" is used to indicate that the
   particular implementation, or feature of the implementation, may not
   be available at this time.

   For formatting purposes, we have used the following abbreviations for
   implementation names: UWisc (University of Wisconsin), HP X.500 DDS
   (HP X.500 Distributed Directory Software), IS X.500 DSA/DSAM,
   DUA(Interactive Systems' X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA).


   3Com                                  Available via FTP

        X.500 DUA process                     DE
                                              DISH-VMS 2.0
   API                                        DIXIE
                                              Mac-ISODE
        Alliance OSI X.500                    maX.500
        Custos                                POD
        DCE/GDS                               psiwp
        DS-520, DS-521                        QUIPU
        HP X.500 DDS                          ud
        IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA                VMS-ISODE
        Mac-ISODE                             Xdi
        OSI Access and Directory              XLU
        OSI-DSA
        OSI-DUA                          Bull
        QUIPU
        UCOM X.500                            UCOM X.500
        VMS-ISODE
        VTT X.500                        CLNP
        WIN/DS
                                              Cray OSI Version 2.0
   Apollo                                     DCE/GDS
                                              HP X.500 DDS
        VTT X.500                             OSI Access and Directory
                                              OSI-DSA
   Available via FTAM                         OSI-DUA
                                              QUIPU
        DE                                    VTT X.500
        DISH-VMS 2.0                          WIN/DS
        POD                                   X.500 DUA process
        QUIPU                                 Xdi
        XLU                                   XT-DUA






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   Commercially Available                DSA/DUA

        Alliance OSI X.500                    Alliance OSI X.500
        Cray OSI Version 2.0                  Cray OSI Version 2.0
        DCE/GDS                               Custos
        Directory 500                         Directory 500
        DS-520, DS-521                        DS-520, DS-521
        HP X.500 DDS                          HP X.500 DDS
        IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA                IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA
        OSI Access and Directory              Mac-ISODE
        OSI-DSA                               OSI Access and Directory
        OSI-DUA                               QUIPU
        UCOM X.500                            UCOM X.500
        VTT X.500                             VMS-ISODE
        WIN/DS                                VTT X.500
        X.500 DUA process                     WIN/DS
        XT-DUA
        xwp [PSI]                        DUA Connectivity

   Cray                                       DE
                                              DS-521
        Cray OSI Version 2.0                  OSI Access and Directory
                                              Xdi
   DEC Ultrix
                                         DUA Light Weight Client
        DCE/GDS
        QUIPU                                 *MacDish
        UCOM X.500                            DIXIE
        *xwp [UWisc]                          maX.500
                                              psiwp
   DSA Only                                   ud

        OSI-DSA                          DUA Only

   DSA Connectivity                           DE
                                              DISH-VMS 2.0
        DS-520                                OSI-DUA
        OSI Access and Directory              POD
                                              psiwp
                                              SD
                                              X.500 DUA process
                                              Xds
                                              xdua
                                              XLU
                                              XT-DUA
                                              xwp [PSI]





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   Free                                  Limited Functionality

        xwp [UWisc]                           Custos
        Custos                                *MacDish
        DE                                    POD
        DISH-VMS 2.0                          psiwp
        DIXIE                                 Xds
        Mac-ISODE                             xwp [PSI]
        maX.500
        POD                              MIPS
        psiwp
        QUIPU                                 Alliance OSI X.500
        SD                                    OSI Access and Directory
        ud                                    QUIPU
        VMS-ISODE
        Xdi                              Macintosh
        Xds
        xdua                                  Alliance OSI X.500
        XLU                                   DIXIE
                                              Mac-ISODE
   HP                                         *MacDish
                                              maX.500
        Alliance OSI X.500                    psiwp
        HP X.500 DDS                          QUIPU
        QUIPU                                 *UCOM X.500
        UCOM X.500
                                         Multiple Vendor Platforms
   IBM (Non-PC and RISC)
                                              Alliance OSI X.500
        Alliance OSI X.500                    Custos
                                              DCE/GDS
   IBM PC                                     DS-520, DS-521
                                              IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA
        Alliance OSI X.500                    POD
        *UCOM X.500                           QUIPU
        *VTT X.500                            SD
        xwp [UWisc]                           UCOM X.500
                                              ud
   IBM RISC                                   VTT X.500
                                              WIN/DS
        DCE/GDS                               X.500 DUA process
        UCOM X.500                            xdua
                                              XLU
   Included In ISODE                          XT-DUA
                                              xwp [PSI]
        POD                                   xwp [UWisc]
        SD




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   Needs ISODE                           RFC-1006

        Custos                                Alliance OSI X.500
        DE                                    Cray OSI Version 2.0
        DISH-VMS 2.0                          Custos
        DIXIE                                 DCE/GDS
        Mac-ISODE                             Directory 500
        *MacDish                              DISH-VMS 2.0
        POD                                   DS-520, DS-521
        psiwp                                 IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA
        SD                                    Mac-ISODE
        VMS-ISODE                             OSI Access and Directory
        Xdi                                   *OSI-DSA
        Xds                                   *OSI-DUA
        xdua                                  POD
        XLU                                   QUIPU
        XT-DUA                                SD
        xwp [UWisc]                           UCOM X.500
                                              VMS-ISODE
   OSI Transport                              VTT X.500
                                              WIN/DS
        Alliance OSI X.500                    Xdi
        Cray OSI Version 2.0                  Xds
        Custos                                XLU
        DS-520, DS-521                        XT-DUA
        IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA
        QUIPU                            Siemens
        WIN/DS
        XT-DUA                                *UCOM X.500

   Philips

        UCOM X.500

   Potentially Unavailable

        MacDish














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   Source                                UNIX

        DCE/GDS                               Custos
        DE                                    DE
        DS-520, DS-521                        DIXIE
        Mac-ISODE                             DS-520, DS-521
        OSI-DSA                               IS X.500 DSA/DSAM, DUA
        OSI-DUA                               POD
        POD                                   QUIPU
        psiwp                                 SD
        QUIPU                                 UCOM X.500
        ud                                    ud
        VMS-ISODE                             WIN/DS
        WIN/DS                                Xdi
        Xdi                                   XLU
        Xds                                   XT-DUA
        xdua                                  xwp [PSI]
        XLU                                   xwp [UWisc]

   Sun                                   Unisys

        Alliance OSI X.500                    OSI-DSA
        Custos                                OSI-DUA
        Directory 500
        DIXIE                            VMS
        QUIPU
        UCOM X.500                            DISH-VMS 2.0
        ud                                    VMS-ISODE
        VTT X.500
        Xds                              X Window System
        xdua
        XT-DUA                                QUIPU
                                              SD
                                              WIN/DS
                                              X.500 DUA process
                                              Xdi
                                              Xds
                                              xdua
                                              XT-DUA
                                              xwp [PSI]
                                              xwp [UWisc]










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   X.25

        DCE/GDS
        Directory 500
        DISH-VMS 2.0
        HP X.500 DDS
        OSI Access and Directory
        OSI-DSA
        OSI-DUA
        QUIPU
        *UCOM X.500
        VTT X.500
        WIN/DS
        X.500 DUA process
        Xdi
        XT-DUA



































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3.  Implementation Descriptions

   In the following pages you will find descriptions of X.500 implemen-
   tations listed in alphabetical order.  In the case of name colli-
   sions, the name of the responsible organization, in square brackets,
   has been used to distinguish the implementations.  Note that
   throughout this section, the page header reflects the name of the
   implementation, not the date of the document.  The descriptions fol-
   low a common format, as described below:

   NAME
        The name of the X.500 implementation and the name of the respon-
        sible organization.  Implementations with a registered trademark
        indicate this by appending "(tm)", e.g., GeeWhiz(tm).

   LAST MODIFIED
        The month and year within which this implementation description
        was last modified.

   KEYWORDS
        A list of the keywords defined in Section 2 that have been used
        to cross reference this implementation.

   ABSTRACT
        A brief description of the application.  This section may
        optionally contain a list of the pilot projects in which the
        application is being used.

   COMPLETENESS
        A statement of compliance with respect to the 1988 CCITT Recom-
        mendations X.500-X.521 [CCITT-88], specifically Section 9 of
        X.519, or the 1988 NIST OIW Stable Implementation Agreements
        [NIST-88].

   INTEROPERABILITY
        A list of other DUAs and DSAs with which this implementation can
        interoperate.

   PILOT CONNECTIVITY
        Describes the level of connectivity it can offer to the pilot
        directory service operational on the Internet in North America,
        and to pilots co-ordinated by the PARADISE project in Europe.
        Levels of connectivity are: Not Tested, None, DUA Connectivity,
        and DSA Connectivity.

   BUGS
        A warning on known problems and/or instructions on how to report
        bugs.



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   CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS
        A warning about possible side effects or shortcomings, e.g., a
        feature that works on one platform but not another.

   INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT
        A list of environments in which this implementation can be used,
        e.g., RFC-1006 with TCP/IP, TP0 or TP4 with X.25.

   HARDWARE PLATFORMS
        A list of hardware platforms on which this application runs, any
        additional boards or processors required, and any special sug-
        gested or required configuration options.

   SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
        A list of operating systems, window systems, databases, or
        unbundled software packages required to run this application.

   AVAILABILITY
        A statement regarding the availability of the software (free or
        commercially available), a description of how to obtain the
        software, and (optionally) a statement regarding distribution
        conditions and restrictions.





























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NAME

   Alliance OSI(tm) X.500
   Touch Communications Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, HP, IBM (Non-PC and RISC),
   MIPS, Macintosh, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI Transport, RFC-1006,
   Sun

ABSTRACT

   Alliance OSI includes XDS (API), DUA, DSA and DIB all as separate
   components.

   Touch's X.500 products have been designed for complete portability to
   any operating system or hardware environment.  The protocols include
   DAP and DSP of the OSI X.500 specification along with the required
   XDS, DUA, DSA and DIB components.  In addition to X.500, Touch sup-
   plies other OSI protocol layers including: ROSE, ACSE, Presentation,
   Session and any of the OSI lower layers (Transport, Network along
   with RFC-1006).  Touch also supplies other application layer proto-
   cols such as X.400, FTAM, CMIP (and general network management), etc.

   The Alliance OSI X.500 is compliant with the CCITT X.500 1988 Recom-
   mendations. The ROSE/ACSE/Presentation/Session stack can be option-
   ally provided by Touch.

   The DUA may represent a single user, or may represent a group of
   users.  It may be attached to a given DSA within the same system but
   is also capable of invoking operations in Touch's or any other
   vendor's compliant DSA on a remote system.  The binding operation
   requires the user to give a distinguished name and password in order
   for the Directory to identify the user.  Once an association is esta-
   blished the user may invoke the following operations: READ, COMPARE,
   ABANDON, LIST, SEARCH, ADD_ENTRY, REMOVE_ENTRY, MODIFY_ENTRY,
   MODIFY_RDN.









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   Due to the fact that access to the physical disk is in most  cases  a
   blocking  operation  (synchronous)  Touch  has separated the database
   processing (I/O process) from the DSA protocol entity.  This  separa-
   tion allows the DSA entity to continue processing during the frequent
   database accesses from the DSA. The DSA supports  all  the  Directory
   operations  as specified in the CCITT X.500 specification.  Chaining,
   Referral and Multicasting are provided and supported in the  Alliance
   OSI  DSA.   The DSA supports all the service control options included
   in the operation command arguments.  Filtering  conditions  are  sup-
   ported via the FILTER in the SEARCH operation.

   The Alliance OSI X.500 product supports all the NIST defined manda-
   tory X.500 and X.400 object classes and attributes.

   Alliance OSI X.500 supports all the mandatory Directory attribute
   types (and their associated abstract syntaxes) in the NIST Directory
   implementation profile. Touch has extended the Directory and allows
   users to define private attributes.  This means that a user can util-
   ize the Alliance OSI Directory for a general purpose, user defined
   database activity.

   Touch provides a full set of administration and Directory management
   facilities.

   Touch is in the process of integrating the X.500 product with the
   Worldtalk 400 product. Worldtalk 400 is Touch's end user X.400 mes-
   sage switch, providing gateways between proprietary mail systems
   (SMTP, Microsoft Mail, MHS, cc:mail, etc.) and X.400.  X.500 is a key
   component for a messaging network.

COMPLETENESS

   Strong Authentication is not supported however Simple Authentication
   is supported.

INTEROPERABILITY

   No interoperability testing has been completed as of yet.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Numerous OEMs are using the Alliance OSI X.500 product in product
   development as well as in pilot networks.

BUGS

   N/A




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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Currently the Alliance OSI X.500 DIB has only been validated within a
   UNIX File System.  The protocol components are portable as is the
   interface between the DSA and the DIB.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Alliance OSI X.500 can be utilized over TCP/IP and/or OSI Transport
   on LANs and WANs.  Currently X.500 has only been verified over OSI,
   however other Alliance OSI application layers have been configured
   over a RFC-1006 which is available as part of the Alliance OSI pro-
   duct line.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Alliance OSI has been ported to numerous platforms ranging from IBM
   Mainframes MVS to Apple Macintosh.  For UNIX environments Touch has
   portations for 386 AT/Bus, SUN-3 and 4, Mips, and HP.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   As stated above, the Alliance OSI product have been ported to
   numerous systems.  In the UNIX environment the X.500 product exists
   on SUN OS 4.0 and greater, Mips RISC OS, Interactive 386 and HP-UX.

AVAILABILITY

   Alliance OSI is commercially available from:

           Touch Communications Inc.
           250 E. Hacienda Ave
           Campbell, CA 95008
           Sales and Information: (408) 374-2500
           FAX: (408) 374-1680
















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RFC 1292                  Cray OSI Version 2.0              January 1992


NAME

   Cray OSI Version 2.0
   Cray Research Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   CLNP, Commercially Available, Cray, DSA/DUA, OSI Transport, RFC-1006

ABSTRACT

   The product is packaged with the Cray OSI product. It includes a DSA
   and DUA capable of OSI or TCP/IP connections.  The implementation is
   based on the ISODE QUIPU product.

COMPLETENESS

   Compliance with CCITT88 plus access control extensions.  Strong
   authentication not yet implemented.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperates with ISODE QUIPU based implementations.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   The software has been operated in conjunction with the White Pages
   Pilot Project.

BUGS

   [No information provided--Ed.]

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   See ISODE QUIPU limitations.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TCP/IP, TP4







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HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Runs on UNICOS based Cray machines with OS level 7.0 or greater.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Supported for CRAY UNICOS 7.0 or greater.

AVAILABILITY

   Commercially available via Cray Research Inc. Sales Representatives.








































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RFC 1292                         Custos                     January 1992


NAME

   Custos
   National Institute of Standards and Technology

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, DSA/DUA, Free, Limited Functionality, Multiple Vendor Platforms,
   Requires ISODE, OSI Transport, RFC-1006, Sun, UNIX

ABSTRACT

   The implementation consists of a set DUA library routines, a terminal
   interface, and a DSA. The implementation was developed in C on Sun 3
   workstations under the UNIX operating system. All underlying services
   are provided by the ISODE development package. The development pack-
   age is also used for encoding and decoding ASN.1 data as well as for
   other data manipulation services. Using the ISODE package the imple-
   mentation can be run over both OSI and TCP/IP protocols.

   The DSA provides full support for both DAP and DSP protocols, confor-
   mant with ISO 9594/CCITT X.500 standards. The DIB is maintained using
   a locally developed relational database system. The interface to the
   database system consists of a set of SQL-like C functions.  These are
   designed to allow straightforward replacement of the local database
   system with a more powerful commercial system. To achieve better per-
   formance several options are supported that permit loading of
   selected portions of the database into core. When these options are
   selected data can be retrieved more quickly from in-core tables; all
   modifications to the DIB are directly reflected in the in-core tables
   and the database.

COMPLETENESS

   To date the Read, Compare, List, Add Entry, and Remove Entry opera-
   tions have been implemented and are supported over both DAP and DSP;
   aliasing and replication are also supported.  The version under
   current development (available January '92) includes simple authenti-
   cation, access control, and the Search operation. The modify opera-
   tions and Abandon are not supported and there is no support for
   schema checking.






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RFC 1292                         Custos                     January 1992


INTEROPERABILITY

   Have successfully interoperated with QUIPU and OSIWARE over the DAP.
   No DSP interoperability testing has been done.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   Some testing in the near term future will be done to try to identify
   these, but presently it's not possible to give an accurate list of
   bugs.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   No limitations on file sizes, etc. The only side effects to creating
   large files should be in the area of performance. Specifically,
   optimization requires loading parts of the DIB in core so greater
   memory requirements will be necessary for achieving better perfor-
   mance with a large database.  Any platform the implementation can be
   ported to (generally any platform ISODE can be ported to) should sup-
   port all features.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   RFC-1006; TP4/CLNP (SunLink OSI) over 802 and X.25 (SunLink X.25).

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   It has been run on Sun-3, but there are no known reasons why it
   should not run on any hardware running the ISODE software.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   It requires UNIX and the ISODE software package.  It's been developed
   and tested with ISODE version 6.0 and Sun OS version 4.1.1.  Uses a
   locally developed relational DBMS that should be easily replaceable
   with commercially available relational systems.

AVAILABILITY

   While under continuing development, availability of the implementa-
   tion is limited to organizations making appropriate arrangements with
   NIST.  The implementation will be publicly available when development
   is completed.




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RFC 1292                        DCE/GDS                     January 1992


NAME

   DCE/GDS (tm)
   Open Software Foundation, Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DEC Ultrix, DSA/DUA, IBM RISC,
   Multiple Vendor Platforms, RFC-1006, Source, X.25

ABSTRACT

   DCE/GDS (Distributed Computing Environment/Global Directory Service)
   was based on the original Siemens DIR.X product. It supports full DUA
   and DSA functions for globally unique identifications and for loca-
   tion of objects in the network. It also provides functions to answer
   queries (both yellow-page and white-page) about objects and attribute
   information.  The software implements full DAP and DSP protocols
   specified in X.519.  An ASN.1 compiler and required ACSE, ROSE,
   presentation, session and RFC-1006 protocols implementations are also
   included.

   The product has been successfully participated in X.500 Cebit Intero-
   perability tests at 1990 and 1991 Hanover Fairs. It also intero-
   perates with the ISODE QUIPU X.500 implementation.

COMPLETENESS

   Compliant with EWOS Agreements which is being harmonized with OIW
   Agreements.

   Strong authentication in X.509 is not yet implemented. (Password
   scheme is currently used.)

   Consists of both DUA and DSA implementation according to the 88 CCITT
   X.500 and ISO 9594 standard.  The X/Open standard XDS (version 1.0)
   and XOM (version 2.0) interface libraries are also provided.  XDS and
   XOM interfaces are also used to access DCE/CDS (Local Cell Directory
   Service) transparently. A GDA (Global Directory Agent) serves as the
   gateway between the DCE CDS and GDS.







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RFC 1292                        DCE/GDS                     January 1992


INTEROPERABILITY

   This implementation of DAP and DSP can interoperate with other X.500
   implementations from other Cebit demo participants including IBM, HP,
   ICL, Bull, Nixdorf, etc. It also interoperates with ISODE QUIPU.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   Problems and bug report email address: dce-defect@osf.org.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The software is highly portable without general limitations.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   OSI TP4 with CLNP
   OSI TP0, 2 & 4 with X.25
   RFC-1006 with TCP/IP

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   DCE/GDS runs on SNI's hardware platforms and is being ported to run
   on IBM RS6000, Digital DECstation, etc.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   SINIX (UNIX System V Release 4)
   Currently being ported: OSF/1.1, AIX 3.1, Ultrix, etc.
   DCE/GDS can use either BSD sockets or XTI/TLI to access the transports.

AVAILABILITY

   The source code license of DCE/GDS is commercially available from:

           Open Software Foundation, Inc.
           11 Cambridge Center
           Cambridge, MA 02142









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RFC 1292                        DCE/GDS                     January 1992


   Please contact:

           Jon Gossels
           Tel: 617-621-8763
           Fax: 617-621-0631
           e-mail: gossels@osf.org













































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RFC 1292                           DE                       January 1992


NAME

   DE
   COSINE PARADISE

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, DUA Connectivity, DUA Only,
   Free, Included in ISODE, Limited Functionality, Needs ISODE, Source,
   UNIX

ABSTRACT

   DE (Directory Enquiries) is intended to be a simple-to-use interface,
   suitable for the naive user, and suitable for running as a public
   access dua to provide lowest common denominator access to the Direc-
   tory.  It is a scrolling interface and will thus run on dumb termi-
   nals, even teletypes!  The user is asked to fill in up to 4 questions
   per query: person's name; department; organization; country.  The
   prompts are very verbose -- the intention is that the user should not
   be able get stuck, and information on how to get into the help system
   should always be on the screen.  The help screens (of which there are
   15) are aimed at the non-technical user.  Whilst the outwards appear-
   ance of the interface is simple, a lot of attention has being given
   to mapping the strings the user enters onto X.500 operations in such
   a way that the interface seems to do the "right thing".  An important
   characteristic is the way the interface tries a series of searches,
   gradually relaxing the matching criteria from exact (in some sense),
   to good, through to "fuzzy".  A considerable amount of configuration
   is possible to present the results in locally acceptable formats.

   DE was funded by the COSINE PARADISE project, and DE is used as the
   PARADISE public access dua.  You can test the software by telnet to
   128.86.8.56 and logging in as dua -- no password required.

COMPLETENESS

   The interface is a querying engine only.

INTEROPERABILITY

   DE is built with the ISODE software (release 7.0).  Its interopera-
   bility relies on the correctness of the Quipu libraries.




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RFC 1292                           DE                       January 1992


PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   The interface is in use as the COSINE Central DUA Service, and is
   used by a number of UK institutions as a public access dua (usually
   over X.29).  It is able to query entries in pilots throughout the
   world.  It is not able to query for entries which are in organiza-
   tions beneath locality entries under country entries.  It is not pos-
   sible to query for people who do not work for organizations.  The
   interface only searches for entries of the following type: organiza-
   tions, organizational units, people, roles, and rooms.

BUGS

   Send bug reports to:

           p.barker@cs.ucl.ac.uk
           helpdesk@paradise.ulcc.ac.uk

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   DE tries to cater well for the general case, at the expense of not
   dealing with the less typical.  The main manifestation of this is
   that the current version will not query under localities immediately
   under the country level.

   It is not possible to display photographs or reproduce sound attri-
   butes.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Same as ISODE.  ISODE supports TCP/IP, TP0, and X.25.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Should be the same as ISODE in general.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   DE requires the ISODE (current release 7.0) libraries.

AVAILABILITY

   DE is openly available as part of ISODE and as part of the COSINE DUA
   package.   Available by FTAM and FTP, source code freely available.







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RFC 1292                     Directory 500                  January 1992


NAME

   Directory 500(tm)
   OSIware Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, RFC-1006, Sun, X.25

ABSTRACT

   Full implementation of the X.500 recommendations.  Includes DUA, DSA
   & various utilities. Written in ANSI-C / C, and runs on the Unix sys-
   tem.

COMPLETENESS

   All DAP and DSP operations implemented.  Strong authentication not
   yet implemented.  Schema contains all of X.520, X.521, QUIPU & NYSER-
   Net definitions.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interworks with QUIPU, Nist, Retix, ICL, Nixdorf.

BUGS

   None

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   RFC-1006 with TCP/IP
   TP0 with X.25

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Runs on Sun-3, Sun-4






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RFC 1292                     Directory 500                  January 1992


SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   For SunOS 4.X with Sunlink X.25 6.0

AVAILABILITY

   Commercially available from:

           OSIware Inc.                            Tel: +1-604-436-2922
           4370 Dominion Street, Suite 200         Fax: +1-604-436-3192
           Burnaby, B, Canada V5G 4L7








































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RFC 1292                      DISH-VMS 2.0                  January 1992


NAME

   DISH-VMS 2.0
   ACIDO Project

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, DUA Only, Free, Needs ISODE,
   RFC-1006, VMS, X.25

ABSTRACT

   This Directory User Agent interface was ported to the VMS operating
   system using ISODE 6.0. It is part of the results of collaboration
   project called ACIDO, between RedIRIS (national network R & D in
   Spain) and the "Facultad de Informatica de Barcelona (Universidad
   Politecnica de Cataluna)".  The main objective of this development
   was to provide access to the directory to all those affiliated cen-
   tres to the Spanish National R & D network using VMS machines. Any
   other use of this software it is no within RedIRIS objectives and
   therefore it is not RedIRIS responsibility.

COMPLETENESS

   The same as DUA (QUIPU 6.1).

INTEROPERABILITY

   QUIPU 6.1

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Used in RedIRIS Directory Pilot Project to access the DSAs (QUIPU).

BUGS

   You can report bugs to: isode@fib.upc.es

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The interface is equivalent to the UNIX one except for the option
   -pipe which is not supported.





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RFC 1292                      DISH-VMS 2.0                  January 1992


   The users can have a quipurc file to configure  their  work  environ-
   ments  with  DISH. This file should reside at the SYS$LOGIN directory
   of the user and it should be called "quipurc." (in UNIX  it's  called
   .quipurc)

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   RFC-1006 with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   VAX

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   VAX/VMS 5.3
   VAX PSI 4.2
   VMS/ULTRIX Connection 1.2

AVAILABILITY

   Executables can be freely distributed for non-commercial use.
   Transfer mode binary.
   FTP user anonymous sun.iris-dcp.es (130.206.1.2)
   FTAM, user anon
   TSEL= <0103>H
   INT-X25= 21452160234012
   IXI= 2043145100102
   ISO-CLNS= 39724F1001000000010001000113020600100200 (COSINE P4.1)
   File: /isodevms/dishVMS2.BCK.Z compress SAVE_SET file (1.6 Mbytes)
   File: /isodevms/lzdcm.exe to uncompress the file




















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RFC 1292                         DIXIE                      January 1992


NAME

   DIXIE
   University of Michigan

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, Free, Source, UNIX, Mul-
   tiple Vendor Platform, Needs ISODE

ABSTRACT

   The DIXIE protocol is used to give X.500 access to platforms that
   have only TCP/IP access.  The DIXIE server is an intermediate proto-
   col server that communicates with Internet clients on one side using
   a text-based UDP/TCP protocol and an X.500 DSA on the other side
   using DAP.  The protocol is fully described in RFC 1246.  A subset of
   the X.500 DAP is exported to the clients through the DIXIE protocol.
   There is a DIXIE API provided in the form of a library of C-callable
   routines.

   The DIXIE protocol and server are being used by the following
   products/projects:

     UD, a simple command line white pages DUA for Unix machines (dis-
     tributed with the DIXIE server)

     maX.500, a white pages DUA for the Macintosh (available from the
     same place as the DIXIE server)

     Network monitoring of DSAs by our Network Operations Center

     Lookup and display of caller identification based on telephone
     caller ID (using ISDN).

COMPLETENESS

   The DIXIE protocol does not support access to all X.500 features and
   operations.  All DAP operations except Abandon are supported.  Gen-
   eral searches (including multiple component searches) are supported.
   The DIXIE protocol supports none and simple authentication.  A subset
   of the service controls are supported.





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RFC 1292                         DIXIE                      January 1992


INTEROPERABILITY

   The current implementation of the DIXIE server works with the QUIPU
   DSA and DAP library.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   The DIXIE server has been tested in the Internet and PARADISE pilots.
   It provides full DUA Connectivity subject to the limitations dis-
   cussed above under completeness.

BUGS

   There are no known outstanding bugs.  But reports should be sent to
   x500@umich.edu.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None, aside from those mentioned above under completeness.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   DIXIE clients use TCP or UDP to communicate with the DIXIE server.
   The DIXIE server uses RFC-1006 with TCP/IP to communicate with the
   DSA, though other transport mechanisms for DSA communication should
   be possible.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   The DIXIE server is known to run on Sun 3, Sun 4, and DEC 3100 plat-
   forms.  It should run on any UNIX platform.  The DIXIE library is
   known to run on the same platforms, and also on the Macintosh.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The DIXIE server and library is known to run under SunOS 3.5, SunOS
   4.1.1, Ultrix 4.1 and 4.2.  The DIXIE library also runs on the Macin-
   tosh System Software 6 or later.

AVAILABILITY

   This software is openly available.  It may be obtained by anonymous
   FTP from terminator.cc.umich.edu in the directory ~ftp/x500. Documen-
   tation on the DIXIE protocol is provided along with the source code,
   which includes source for the DIXIE server, DIXIE library, and the UD
   client.





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RFC 1292                         DIXIE                      January 1992


   This software was developed at the University of  Michigan  by  Bryan
   Beecher,  Tim  Howes, and Mark Smith of the ITD Research Systems Unix
   Group.  It is subject to the following copyright.

   Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights
   reserved.  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are per-
   mitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is
   given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the
   University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission. This
   software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.








































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RFC 1292                     DS-520, DS-521                 January 1992


NAME

   DS-520
   DS-521
   Retix

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, DUA Connectivity, DSA Connec-
   tivity,  Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI Transport, RFC-1006, Source,
   UNIX

ABSTRACT

   DS-520 X.500 Distributed Directory Services for UNIX System V and
   DS-521 X.500 Directory User Agent (DUA) for UNIX System V form an
   integral part of the Retix OSI Networking Products family.  Designed
   for systems vendors, public carriers, and other OEMs, DS-520 is a
   complete high-performance implementation of X.500 in source code
   form, including a DUA, DSA Manager (DSAM), and DSA.  DS-521
   represents a subset of this product offering. It provides the DUA
   portal into the directory, which, for example, meets the needs of
   software vendors who plan to provide application packages with X.500
   Directory interaction capabilities. Within these two offerings, the
   DUA possesses two forms of interface. The first form, the DUA with
   User Interface, provides an interactive character-based user inter-
   face for users of Directory services.  The user agent provides access
   to the Directory via basic Directory service requests. The second
   form, the DUA with Programmatic Interface provides a standardized
   programmatic interface to application programs that must access
   Directory information. The interface is conformant to the X/Open
   Object Management (XOM) and X/Open Directory Services (XDS) stan-
   dards. This component provides all functionality related to Directory
   access and general OSI services down to the session layer. The DSAM
   provides an interactive character oriented user interface to a Direc-
   tory administrator.  The DSAM provides management functions either
   local to or remote from a DSA. Both the DUA and the DSAM are useful
   in the training, management, and manipulation of Directory entries
   maintaining operational and user attribute information. The DSA main-
   tains Directory database information and provides users the ability
   to read/compare, modify, search, and manage entries within the data-
   base. It maintains all or fragments of the Directory Information Base
   (DIB) and provides abstract service ports for DUAs and DSAs over DAP
   and DSP protocols respectively.



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RFC 1292                     DS-520, DS-521                 January 1992


COMPLETENESS

   DS-520 represents a complete implementation of the 1988 X.500 Recom-
   mendations with the exception of strong authentication as outlined in
   X.509. It is conformant to NIST, EWOS, and UK GOSIP Directory pro-
   files. It provides session through application layer protocol support
   and hence incorporates ROSE, ACSE, Presentation, and Session within
   its product stack. In addition to including all the attribute types,
   syntaxes, and object classes defined in X.520 and X.521, the DS-520
   includes support for those specified in the 1988 X.400 Recommendation
   X.402, Annex A. Remote on-line management of the DSA is supported by
   means of Network Management Forum CMIP.

   DS-521 represents a complete implementation of the X/Open Object
   Management (OM) and X/Open Directory Services (XDS) standards. It
   also incorporates session through application layer protocol support
   and thus includes ROSE, ACSE, Presentation, and Session within its
   product stack.

INTEROPERABILITY

   The DS-520 has been tested to interoperate with Banyan (DAP), CDC
   (DSP), IBM, ICL, OSIWare, Nixdorff, Unisys (DSP), Wollongong (DAP),
   and 3-Com (DSP).

   The DS-521 subset has undergone no separate interoperability testing.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DSA Connectivity provided by the DS-520: The DSA provides complete
   support for the X.511 Abstract Service Definition, the directoryAc-
   cessAC and the directorySystemAC defined in the X.519 Protocol
   Specifications, and the Distributed Directory defined in the X.518
   Procedures for the Distributed Directory. It supports all the object
   classes, attribute types, and attribute syntaxes defined in X.520 and
   X.521. It does not support the Internet DSP however.

   DUA Connectivity provided by both the DS-520 and DS-521: The DUA pro-
   vides complete support for the X.511 Abstract Service Definition and
   the directoryAccessAC defined in the X.519 Protocol Specifications.
   The DUA with User Interface supports only a subset of the X.500
   attributes and object classes defined in X.520 and X.521. The DUA
   with Programmatic Interface, however, does support all the object
   classes, attribute types, and attribute syntaxes defined in these two
   recommendations.






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RFC 1292                     DS-520, DS-521                 January 1992


BUGS

   Product Action Requests (PARs) stemming externally from customers and
   internally from customer service and quality assurance engineers are
   generated and published in the form of weekly reports. A description
   and status of these PARs are provided to customers possessing
   software maintenance agreements.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   DS-520 and DS-521 are source code products ported to UNIX System V
   Release 3 and 4. Makefiles to generate the system are provided for
   the AT&T System V, SCO, and Interactive UNIX systems.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   DS-520 and DS-521 offer two main compile time configuration options
   and hence internetworking configurations. In the first of these, they
   interface to the UNIX System V Transport Library Interface (TLI).
   The TLI provides a path between the session layer of a UNIX OSI
   application process and an OSI transport provider installed in the
   UNIX kernel. The latter transport provider may take the form of a
   Retix Unix LAN (LT-610) or WAN (WT-325) transport product. The second
   main option utilizes the UNIX System V ACSE/Presentation Library
   interface (APLI and the A/P Library), which provides OSI ACSE and
   Presentation layer services. The Retix AP-240 Presentation syntax
   manager product serves to map the standard Retix Presentation layer
   interface to the AT&T APLI. The APLI upper layers services may be
   provided by the Retix UL-220 product. UL-220 is the Retix implementa-
   tion of the AT&T Open Networking Platform Upper Layer Services module
   and includes the A/P library, as well as the OSI ACSE, Presentation,
   and Session services.

   DS-520 and DS-521 may also run on top of the TCP/IP stack by means of
   the Retix MP-120 product. MP-120 is a STREAMS based driver that
   implements RFC-1006 and thus allows OSI applications to run over a
   network based on the Internet suite of protocols (TCP/IP). Its main
   function provides a conversion between the TCP stream to the data
   packets required by OSI Transport Class 0 protocol and vice versa. As
   part of this process, it converts TCP/IP 32-bit addresses to hex
   values for use with OSI applications.










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RFC 1292                     DS-520, DS-521                 January 1992


HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Being source code products ported to the UNIX System V Release 3  and
   4  operating system environment, DS-520 and DS-521 are hardware plat-
   form independent. They currently both have sample portations and test
   configurations on various Intel 80386 platforms running Unix System V
   Release 3 and 4.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Currently, DS-520 and DS-521 include reference implementations for
   the AT&T System V Release 4, SCO UNIX System V/386 Version 3.2.2, and
   the Interactive UNIX System V/386 Version 2.2 operating systems.
   Raima Corporation's db_Vista III Version 3.1 serves as the database
   engine for the Directory product.

AVAILABILITY

   DS-520 and DS-521 are commercially available from:

           Retix
           2401 Colorado Avenue
           Santa Monica, California
           90404-3563 USA

           Sales and Information:  310-828-3400
           FAX:                    310-828-2255
























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RFC 1292                         HP DDS                     January 1992


NAME

   HP X.500 Distributed Directory Software
   Hewlett Packard

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, HP, X.25

ABSTRACT

   HP's Distributed Directory Software is a fully distributed Directory
   that supports both the DAP and DSP protocols, which were specified in
   the 1988 CCITT/ISO X.500 documents.  Besides implementing the stan-
   dard, we have also put in proprietary access control and replication.
   These additional features will be migrated to the standard definition
   at the time that they are stable.  Users are able to define their own
   attributes, objects classes and DIT structure rules.

   In order to make this software easy to use a set of menu driven
   screens have been provided.  There are easy to use data access and
   data management screens.  For system administrators, these is also a
   set for screens that are used to help configure the servers and
   manage the schema. Startup and Shutdown utilities are also included.

   For application developers an X/Open-APIA XDS API is provided, along
   with some helper routines that help reduce development time.  The XDS
   API includes the following functions:

           Bind
           Read
           Search
           Add
           Remove
           Unbind
           Version

   A subset of the X/Open-APIA Object Management (XOM) functions are
   available thru the interface.  The subset are those that are neces-
   sary to perform the directory operations.

   For bulk operations a batch interface is also available.





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RFC 1292                         HP DDS                     January 1992


COMPLETENESS

   This software implements the 1988 X.500 CCITT/ISO Standard.  It fully
   supports DAP and DSP, minus strong authentication.  By default it
   contains all of the X.520 Attributes and the X.521 Syntaxes and
   Object Classes.  Additionally, the Annex B DIT Structure can be
   enforced.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperability testing will be undertaken as new X.500 products are
   introduced into the market.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   No major ones at this time.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   This is pilot software for organizations who wish to learn about HP's
   X.500 offering.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TP0 or TP4 on 802.3 or X.25

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   HP-9000 800     Minicomputer
   HP-9000 300     Workstation
                   with at least 8 M of internal memory
                   with 9 M of available disk space for the software

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Distributed and Supported for HP-UX version 7.0.

AVAILABILITY

   Limited Commercial Availability.

   For more information in the U.S. call 1-800-752-0900.  Outside of the
   U.S. please contact your local HP Sales Office.




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RFC 1292                  INTERACTIVE Systems               January 1992


NAME

   INTERACTIVE Systems' X.500 DSA/DSAM
   INTERACTIVE Systems' X.500 DUA
   INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI
   Transport, RFC-1006, UNIX

ABSTRACT

   The INTERACTIVE Systems X.500 DSA/DSAM and X.500 DUA provide a com-
   plete implementation of the OSI X.500 Directory Systems Agent, Direc-
   tory Systems Agent Manager, and Directory Services User Agent. These
   software packages allow remote access for Directory Systems Agents
   and include the following protocols:

     - Directory System Protocol (DSP)

     - Directory Access Protocol (DAP)

     - Common Management Information Protocol (CMIP)

     - Remote Operations Service Element (ROSE)

     - Association Control Service Element (ACSE)

     - Presentation services

     - BCS Session services

     - DBMS and utilities

     - X/Open XDS API (included in the DUA)

   These products will be available in Q3 1991 in source code form only.









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COMPLETENESS

   These products provide:

     - a complete implementation of the X.500 distributed Directory

     - a DUA with command line UI and X/Open  Directory  Services  (XDS)
     API

     - a Multiprocess DSA with integral high performance DBMS

     - remote or local CMIP based DSA management

     - a DSA manager that  provides  on-line  DSA  monitoring,  control,
     Directory schema manipulation, and DUA functions

     - Support for all 1988 X.500, 1988 X.400, and  MAP/TOP  3.0  object
     types and the capability to add new object types

     - Conformance with NIST, EWOS, and U.K. GOSIP X.500 Directory  pro-
     files

INTEROPERABILITY

   Not available at this time.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   Not available at this time.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Not available at this time.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   The INTERACTIVE Systems implementation of X.500 Directory Services
   will operate over both RFC-1006 (in TCP/IP Based networks) and over
   the Retix Local Area and Wide Area Network services.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   These products are available in source code form only and can be
   ported to any UNIX-based computers.



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SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   These products operate in the UNIX System V Release 3.2 and System V
   Release 4 operating systems.

AVAILABILITY

   Both products will be available in Q3 1991.  For more information
   contact:

           INTERACTIVE Systems Corporation
           1901 North Naper Boulevard
           Naperville, IL.  60563-8895
           PHONE: (708) 505-9100 extension 232
           FAX: (708) 505-9133  Attn.: Jim Hancock




































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RFC 1292                       Mac-ISODE                    January 1992


NAME

   Mac-ISODE
   Computer Science Department of Massey University

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Available via FTP, DSA/DUA, Free, Macintosh, Needs ISODE, RFC-
   1006, Source

ABSTRACT

   Mac-ISODE is a reasonably complete port of ISODE version 7.0. It sits
   on top of Mac TCP and its development environment is MPW with the GNU
   C compiler See entry for QUIPU/ISODE for a detailed description of
   the DSA/DUA.

COMPLETENESS

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.

INTEROPERABILITY

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   Macintosh related problems should be sent to PKay@massey.ac.nz.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   No testing of the DSA has been done.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.







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HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Macintosh, >1Mb memory, System 6.x

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Macintosh, >1Mb memory, System 6.x

AVAILABILITY

   The Macintosh part of the package is freely available.  Anonymous FTP
   from cc-vms1.massey.ac.nz (130.123.1.4)







































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RFC 1292                        MacDish                     January 1992


NAME

   MacDish
   NASA Ames Research Center

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   DUA Light Weight Client, Limited Functionality, Macintosh, Needs
   ISODE, Potentially Unavailable

ABSTRACT

   MacIntosh interface which connects to a TCP/IP port attached to dish
   running on UNIX or other dish-capable host.  Uses a point-and-click
   interface to simplify dish access.

COMPLETENESS

   No authentication, no modify/delete/add ability.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperates with QUIPU/dish

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Being used in the White Pages Pilot Project.

BUGS

   Not complete yet, so there are some bugs (primarily formatting, win-
   dow management).

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Not a terribly capable interface.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Pure TCP/IP.  Does not require OSI stack support.







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HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   MacDish runs on Macintosh computers

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   MacTCP and MacOS 6.0.x.

AVAILABILITY

   Not yet available.  Contact is:

           Mylene Marquez
           MS 233-18
           NASA Ames Research Center
           Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
           (415) 604-3836


































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RFC 1292                        maX.500                     January 1992


NAME

   maX.500
   University of Michigan

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, Free, Macintosh

ABSTRACT

   maX.500 is a Macintosh X.500 directory application useful for
   displaying and modifying white pages information about people.  It
   runs on top of the DIXIE protocol (described in RFC 1246).  maX.500
   is currently in production release 1.1 within the University of
   Michigan and several other places.

   Features include the ability to display and modify the following
   attributes: title, description, commonName, uid, mail, postalAddress,
   homePostalAddress, telephoneNumber, facsimileTelephoneNumber, home-
   Phone.  Photos can also be displayed.  The software also provides
   access to the finger protocol.  Various preferences are user-
   tailorable, including caching.

COMPLETENESS

   maX.500 uses the DIXIE protocol to access X.500 and thus is subject
   to the same completeness restrictions as DIXIE.  It provides Read,
   Search, and Modify capabilities.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Works with the DIXIE server, which works with the QUIPU DSA and DAP
   library.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   It has been tested (in conjunction with the DIXIE server) in both the
   Internet and PARADISE pilots.

BUGS

   No outstanding bugs are known.  But reports should be sent to
   x500@itd.umich.edu.



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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   maX.500 is heavily oriented to white pages information and thus gen-
   eral access to the DIXIE protocol is not provided.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   maX.500 uses the DIXIE protocol and thus TCP to communicate with the
   DIXIE server.  The Macintosh needs to have MacTCP installed.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Mac Plus or newer machine with one megabyte or more of memory.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Apple System Software 6.0 or above (including System 7), with MacTCP
   installed.

AVAILABILITY

   This software is openly available.  It may be obtained by anonymous
   FTP from terminator.cc.umich.edu in the directory ~ftp/x500.

   This software was developed at the University of Michigan by Mark
   Smith of the ITD Research Systems Unix Group and is subject to the
   following copyright.

   Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of Michigan.  All rights
   reserved.  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are per-
   mitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is
   given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the
   University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission. This
   software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.
















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RFC 1292                OSI Access and Directory            January 1992


NAME

   OSI Access and Directory
   Control Data Corporation

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Commercially Available, DUA Connectivity, DSA Connectivity, API,
   DSA/DUA, OSI CLNP, RFC-1006, X.25, MIPS (under Control Data's EP/IX
   OS).

ABSTRACT

   OSI Access and Directory includes a QUIPU (version 6.6) based imple-
   mentation of Directory with enhancements including:

     - TP4 CLNP connectivity

     - Directory API based on the X.400 API

     - Support for X.400 objects

     - Integration with Control Data's X.400 MHS products

     - Curses based user interface

     - A DUA daemon that provides Directory access for applications

     - Enhanced photo attribute support

     - ACL enhancements

     - DIXIE, DAD and PH.X500 support

COMPLETENESS

   As per QUIPU.

INTEROPERABILITY

   OSI Access and Directory can interoperate with any QUIPU based Direc-
   tory.  It has also been informally interoperated with RETIX and
   UNISYS implementations.




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PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DUA Connectivity.  DSA Connectivity without InternetDSP support.

BUGS

   As per QUIPU.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   As per QUIPU.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   As per QUIPU (RFC-1006 with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25) plus TP4 over
   CLNP.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Control Data 4000 systems.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Control Data EP/IX.

AVAILABILITY

   Commercially available from:

           Control Data Corporation
           Computer Products Marketing
           4000 Series Networking
           HQW10H
           P.O. Box 0
           Minneapolis, MN 55440-4700
           USA

           1-800-345-6628













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RFC 1292                        OSI-DSA                     January 1992


NAME

   OSI-DSA
   Unisys

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA Only, RFC-1006, Source,
   Unisys, X.25

ABSTRACT

   OSI-DSA provides a Directory System agent for controlled access to
   the OSI Directory Information Base.  It provides full support for the
   joint ISO/IEC IS-9594 International standard and CCITT X.500 Recom-
   mendations 1988 protocols necessary for implementing the Directory
   Information Base distributed across a number of DSA's.

   The product also includes an Administration User interface program,
   to allow a human administrator to construct and maintain the local
   Directory Information.

   Specific features provided by the Directory System Agent include:

       (i)    Support of the directoryAccessAC and directorySystemAC
              application contexts (i.e. both Directory Access Protocol
              (DAP) and Directory System Protocol (DSP)

       (ii)   Bind Security levels of none and simple unprotected.

       (iii)  Capability of acting as a first level DSA.

       (iv)   Support for chaining and multi-casting where necessary in
              handling distributed operations. Also supports the return
              of referrals.

       (v)    Support for all attribute types and syntaxes defined in
              X.520.  Users are also able to define their own attributes
              and syntaxes.

       (vi)   Support for all the object classes and attribute sets
              defined in X.521.  Users are also able to define their own
              object classes and attribute sets.  Support is also pro-
              vided for a NAME-BINDING specification, for defining the



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              Directory Information Tree (DIT) structure.

       (vii)  An access control mechanism based on the ISO  access  con-
              trol  working  papers  to  allow for controlled access and
              maintenance of Directory entries and attributes.

       (viii) Logging of errors and significant Directory events, as
              well as optional trace information.

       (ix)   The OSI-DSA utilizes the services of ROSE (X.219) and ACSE
              (X.217) as defined in clause 8 of X.519

   The Administration program provides the following functions

       (i)    An interface to each of the basic Directory Operations of
              Read, Compare, List, Search, Add, Modify, ModifyRDN.

       (ii)   A Dump/Load utility to dump the information in the local
              DIB into an ASCII file and load it again into the DIB from
              such a file.

       (iii)  Knowledge Reference maintenance facilities to Add, Delete
              Modify and Read all types of Knowledge References.

       (iv)   Facilities to control the operation of local Directory
              processes.

       (v)    Control over the level of logging and tracing.

COMPLETENESS

   The OSI-DSA provides all functionality defined in, and is fully con-
   formant to, the joint ISO/IEC IS-9594 International standard and
   CCITT X.500 Recommendations 1988, and the NIST 1988 Stable agreements
   on Directory Services.

   The only exception is that no support is provided for strong authen-
   tication or digital signatures.

   Conformance with respect to clause 9 of X.519:

       (i)    The DSA supports both the directoryAccessAC and directo-
              rySystemAC application contexts.

       (ii)   The DSA is capable of acting as a first-level DSA.

       (iii)  The chained mode of operation as defined in X.518 is sup-
              ported.



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       (iv)   Bind Security levels of none and simple unprotected are
              supported.

       (v)    All attribute types and syntaxes defined in X.520 are sup-
              ported. Users are also able to define their own attributes
              and syntaxes.

       (vi)   All the object classes and attribute sets defined in X.521
              are supported.  Users are also able to define their own
              object classes and attribute sets.  Support is also pro-
              vided for a NAME-BINDING specification, for defining the
              Directory Information Tree (DIT) structure.

       (vii)  The DSA conforms to all the static requirements defined in
              clause 9.2.2 of X.519

       (viii) The DSA conforms to all the dynamic requirements defined
              in clause 9.2.3 of X.519

INTEROPERABILITY

   The product was demonstrated at "Interop 91" in San Jose, October
   1991 as part of the OSI Showcase demo involving several vendors'
   directory products.

   Informal interoperability has been achieved against the ISODE 6.0
   QUIPU Directory implementation.  Interoperability testing against
   other vendors is in progress.

   Formal interoperability testing is awaiting the soon to be completed
   OSInet X.500 interoperability test suite.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   Full customer support is provided via your local Unisys Customer Ser-
   vices Organization.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Results returned via the OSI-DSA are presently limited to 32K in the
   current release, which is in line with the 1988 NIST agreements.

   Patches for the Unix V.4 release may be made available on request to
   raise this limit to 1Mb.



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   The product currently does not provide any support for replication,
   although development work is in progress, based on the current ISO
   Draft proposal for Replication.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   OSI-DSA runs over all communications environments supported by the
   Unisys OSI stack product (see Software platforms). Currently these
   support TP0, TP2, TP3 and TP4 over X.25 and TP4 over CLNP on 802.3
   and X.25.  Support for RFC1006 over TCP/IP is under development.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   The product is available on all Unisys Unix 6000 Series machines.

   Source code is available for portation to non-Unisys platforms.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The product is distributed and supported for Unix System V.3 and Unix
   System V.4.

   On Unix V.3, it requires the Unisys Application Presentation Service
   OSI stack software (APS), and Unisys Transport Network Service
   software (TNS).  On Unix V.4, it requires the integrated Unisys OSI
   stack software product (STK).  These services are accessed via the
   ROSLI (ROSE) and APLI (ACSE) programming interfaces which are
   currently the subject of standardization efforts by XOpen and Unix
   International.

   A runtime version of either the Informix or Oracle relational data-
   base products is required for the Directory Information Base.

AVAILABILITY

   Unisys Unix OSI Directory System Agent is commercially available. For
   information on porting to non-Unisys platforms, contact:

           Socs Cappas
           Australian Centre for Unisys Software
           115 Wicks Rd
           North Ryde
           N.S.W, 2113
           Australia
           socs@syacus.acus.oz.au
           Ph: 61 2 390 1312





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   For  any  other  information  contact  your  local  Unisys  marketing
   representative or:

           Unisys Corporation
           Corporate Marketing
           Mail Drop B-130
           Blue Bell,  PA 19424
           USA











































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RFC 1292                        OSI-DUA                     January 1992


NAME

   OSI-DUA
   Unisys

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DUA Only, RFC-1006, Source,
   Unisys, X.25

ABSTRACT

   OSI-DUA is a Unix C Program interface library. It allows OSI or user
   applications to access the services of an X.500 conformant Directory,
   by making calls to a library of C routines.

   Specific features provided by this program interface library are as
   follows:

       (i)    Connection to any remote X.500 conformant DSA via an OSI
              stack, or connection to a co-resident Unisys OSI DSA via
              IPC mechanisms.

       (ii)   All operations defined in the directoryAccessAC applica-
              tion context (Bind, UnBind, Read, Compare, Search, List,
              AddEntry, ModifyEntry, ModifyRDN, Abandon, DeleteEntry).

       (iii)  Directory Bind security levels of none and simple unpro-
              tected.

       (iv)   Execution of both blocking and non-blocking operations.
              (A non-blocking call to the library will return immedi-
              ately, allowing for results to be obtained once the opera-
              tion has completed)

       (v)    Acceptance of multiple concurrent non-blocked operations
              on the one user session.

       (vi)   The DUA utilizes the services of ROSE (X.219) and ACSE
              (X.217) as defined in clause 8 of X.519







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COMPLETENESS

   When communicating with a Remote DSA the DUA library is fully confor-
   mant with the Directory Access Protocol detailed in the X.500
   Recommendations/IS-9594 standards.

   Conformance with respect to clause 9 of X.519:

       (i)    All operations defined in the  directoryAccessAC  applica-
              tion  context  (Bind, UnBind, Read, Compare, Search, List,
              AddEntry, ModifyEntry,  ModifyRDN,  Abandon,  DeleteEntry)
              are supported.

       (ii)   Directory Bind security levels of none and  simple  unpro-
              tected are supported.

       (iii)  The directoryAccessAC application context is supported  as
              specified in clause 7 of X.519.

       (iv)   The DUA conforms to the mapping onto used services as  de-
              fined in clause 8 of X.519.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Informal interoperability has been achieved against the ISODE 6.0
   QUIPU Directory implementation.  Interoperability testing against
   other vendors is in progress.

   Formal interoperability testing is awaiting the soon to be completed
   OSInet X.500 interoperability test suite.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   Full customer support is provided via your local Unisys Customer Ser-
   vices Organisation.












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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The present OSI-DUA does not provide for the  automatic  handling  of
   referrals  by  the  interface library. However interface routines are
   provided which allow referrals to be acted upon by the user  applica-
   tion.

   The present OSI-DUA provides a proprietary C  programming  interface.
   An XOpen XDS conformant interface is currently under development.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   OSI-DUA runs over all communications environments supported by the
   Unisys OSI stack product (see Software platforms). Currently these
   support TP0, TP2, TP3 and TP4 over X.25 and TP4 over CLNP on 802.3
   and X.25.  Support for RFC1006 over TCP/IP is under development.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   The product is currently available on all Unisys Unix 6000 Series
   machines.

   Source code is available for portation to non-Unisys platforms.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The product is distributed and supported for Unix System V.3 and Unix
   System V.4.

   On Unix V.3, it requires the Unisys Application Presentation Service
   OSI stack software (APS), and Unisys Transport Network Service
   software (TNS).  On Unix V.4, it requires the integrated Unisys OSI
   stack software product (STK).  These services are accessed via the
   ROSLI (ROSE) and APLI (ACSE) programming interfaces which are
   currently the subject of standardization efforts by XOpen and Unix
   International.

AVAILABILITY

   Unisys Unix OSI Directory System Agent is commercially available. For
   information on porting to non-Unisys platforms, contact:










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           Socs Cappas
           Australian Centre for Unisys Software
           115 Wicks Rd
           North Ryde
           N.S.W, 2113
           Australia
           socs@syacus.acus.oz.au
           Ph: 61 2 390 1312

   For any other information contact your local Unisys marketing
   representative or:

           Unisys Corporation
           Corporate Marketing
           Mail Drop B-130
           Blue Bell, PA  19424
           USA

































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RFC 1292                          POD                       January 1992


NAME

   POD
   Brunel University

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, DUA Only, Free, Included in
   ISODE, Limited Functionality, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE,
   RFC-1006, Source, UNIX

ABSTRACT

   POD (POpup Directory) is an X.500 DUA interface for the X Window Sys-
   tem.  POD is a first attempt at a multiwindow directory tool. It
   offers a simplified interfaces to the basic X.500 operations of read,
   search, list and modify entry.

   POD does not provide any sophisticated access to the DSA.  Operations
   are performed synchronously.  The Directory is thus presented as is,
   i.e.  a hierarchical tree of information, with the user required to
   "navigate" the DIT in order to locate required information.

   POD is available as part of the ISODE release from version 6.0
   onwards.

COMPLETENESS

   88 standard: strong authentication not implemented

INTEROPERABILITY

   Believed to be compliant, though untested.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DUA Connectivity: POD is in use in many directory pilots, certainly
   including PARADISE and the Internet.

BUGS

   Bugs to x500@brunel.ac.uk





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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TP0 over TCP/IP (as ISODE)

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Most UNIX machines

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   UNIX
   MIT X libraries (release 11 version 4)
   ISODE/QUIPU libraries (version 6.7 upwards)

AVAILABILITY

   Openly available as part of the ISODE release.  Sources are freely
   available for commercial or non-commercial use from:

           src.brunel.ac.uk [134.83.128.3]

   Files are:

           x500/pod.tar.Z
           x500/sd.tar.Z

   Contacts:

           Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk     +44 1 895 74000 x 2512
           Damanjit.Mahl@brunel.ac.uk      +44 1 895 74000 x 2946
           x500@brunel.ac.uk

   Postal Address:

           Andrew Findlay
           Computer Centre
           Brunel University
           Cleveland Road,
           Uxbridge, Middlesex
           UB8 3PH
           United Kingdom










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RFC 1292                         psiwp                      January 1992


NAME

   psiwp
   Performance Systems International Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, DUA Only, Free, Limited
   Functionality, Macintosh, Needs ISODE, Source

ABSTRACT

   psiwp is a Macintosh Front End to White Pages service.  It is a
   graphical user interface implementing a partial-DUA.  It is based on
   the ISODE QUIPU X.500 implementation and the Directory Assistance
   Protocol (DAP).

   psiwp is a Macintosh application tailored specifically to provide
   easy access to the Directory for the purposes of performing White
   Pages searches.  Implements User-Friendly Naming scheme developed in
   IETF OSI-DS Working Group.

   psiwp implements a Directory Assistance Protocol (DAP) client.

COMPLETENESS

   Compliant with X.500 standards to the extent that the QUIPU implemen-
   tation is.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Successfully interoperates with QUIPU DSAs

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Being used in the White Pages Pilot Project.

BUGS

   Support is available (for registered users of psiwp only) from
   psiwp-help@psi.com.






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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   psiwp is not a general-purpose DUA. It was designed to be a special-
   purpose front-end for performing White Pages searches and thus, in
   the interests of simplification, does not provide the full range of
   functionality supported by the X.500 standard. A Directory Assistance
   server (available as part of the ISODE distribution) must also be run
   by sites that do not want to run psiwp against either of the two
   White Pages Pilot Project service machines, wp1.psi.net and
   wp2.psi.net.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Runs on Macintoshes as a Finder or MultiFinder application.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Runs on Macintoshes that support MacTCP. Requires an ethernet board
   or AppleTalk connectivity. At least 1MB of memory is required, and
   while psiwp will run on most forms of Macintoshes, a Mac-II is recom-
   mended.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Requires MacTCP 1.0 or later, and Finder (or Multifinder) 6.x (Finder
   7.0 WILL NOT WORK). Requires ISODE Version 6.8 or later.

AVAILABILITY

   psiwp is shareware available for anonymous ftp from uu.psi.com
   [136.161.128.3] in pilot/PSIWP.Hqx.  A nominal fee is charged upon
   registration as a PSIWP user.

   Source code to the psiwp application may be licensed from PSI Inc.
   as part of PSI's Software Source Distribution (SSD).  Email to

           ssd-info@psi.com

   will elicit an automatic response containing information on the SSD.
   Ordering information may be obtained by sending electronic mail to

           ssd-order@psi.com

   or contacting PSI at







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           Performance Systems International Inc.
           11800 Sunrise Valley Drive
           Suite 1100
           Reston, Virginia 22091.

           1.703.620.6651
           1.800.82PSI82 (1.800.827.7482)
           1.703.620.4586 (fax)










































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RFC 1292                         QUIPU                      January 1992


NAME

   QUIPU
   ISODE

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, CLNP, DEC Ultrix,
   DSA/DUA, Free, HP, MIPS, Macintosh, Multiple Vendor Platforms, OSI
   Transport, RFC-1006, Source, Sun, UNIX, X Window System, X.25

ABSTRACT

   QUIPU is part of the ISODE which is an openly available implementa-
   tion of the upper layers of OSI.  QUIPU provides a X.500 Directory
   System Agent (DSA) and a set of Directory User Agents (DUA) aimed at
   different terminal types and modes of interaction

   QUIPU was first publicly demonstrated at ESPRIT in November 1988.
   QUIPU is being used extensively in the European PARADISE project, the
   White Pages Pilot Project and the Australian pilot.  A QUIPU DSA is
   being used at the ROOT node of the Pilot DIT and is being used as
   most country level DSAs.

   QUIPU provides its own solutions to area not specified by the 1988
   standards such as replication and access control.

COMPLETENESS

   QUIPU is aligned to the 1988 ISO IS and the NIST OIW Directory Imple-
   mentors Guide Version 1, with the following exceptions:

       Strong authentication is not implemented.

       QUIPU does not enforce the bounds constraints on attributes,
       filters or APDU size.

       T.61 string formatting characters are not rejected.

       If a DN is supplied with no password in an unprotected simple
       bind, QUIPU does not always check to see if the DN exists.  If
       the DSA connected to can say authoritatively the DN does not
       exist, the association is rejected.  However, if a chain opera-
       tion is required to check the DN, the bind IS allowed.



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       When comparing attributes of UTCtime syntax, if the seconds field
       is omitted, QUIPU does not perform the match correctly (i.e., the
       seconds field in the attribute values should be ignored, but  are
       not).

       QUIPU always supplies the optional Chaining argument ``origina-
       tor'' even if the CommonArgument ``requestor'' is used.

       QUIPU always supplies the optional Chaining argument ``target''
       even if the base object in the DAP arguments is the same.

       The object class ``without an assigned object identifier'' is not
       recognized unless the ``alias'' object class is also present.

       Non Specific Subordinate References are never followed by a QUIPU
       DSA, but they are passed on correctly to the client if generated.

INTEROPERABILITY

   QUIPU has interworked with a number of other implementations, and has
   no know problems in such interworking.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   QUIPU is in use in many directory pilots, certainly including PARAD-
   ISE and the White Pages Pilot Project.

BUGS

   Problems should be reported to quipu-support@cs.ucl.ac.uk.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   QUIPU users TP0 over X.25, CONS and TCP (using RFC-1006) or TP4 over
   SunLink OSI.

   The DSA knows about the problems of unconnected networks and makes
   chain/refer choices based on the network connectivity.  Using this an
   X.25 only DSA can access data from an Internet only DSA by chaining
   operations through a DSA connected to both networks.






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HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   [No information provided--Ed.]

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The ISODE and QUIPU runs on native Berkeley (4.2, 4.3) and AT&T Sys-
   tem V, in addition to various other UNIX-like operating systems.  No
   kernel modifications are required.

AVAILABILITY

   The ISODE is not proprietary, but it is not in the public domain.
   This was necessary to include a "hold harmless" clause in the
   release.  The upshot of all this is that anyone can get a copy of the
   release and do anything they want with it, but no one takes any
   responsibility whatsoever for any (mis)use.

DISTRIBUTION SITES

   The FTP or FTAM distributions of ISODE-7.0 consists of 3 files. The
   source and main ISODE-7.0 distribution is in the file isode-7.tar.Z
   which is approximately 4.7MB in size.

   LaTeX source for the entire document set can be found in the isode-
   7-doc.tar.Z file (3.5MB).  A list of documents can be found in the
   doc/ directory of the source tree.

   A Postscript version of the five volume manual can be found in the
   isode-7-ps.tar.Z file (4.7MB).

   1.  FTP
          If you can FTP to the Internet, then use anonymous FTP to
          uu.psi.com [136.161.128.3] to retrieve the files in BINARY
          mode from the isode/ directory.

   2.  NIFTP
          If you run NIFTP over the public X.25 or over JANET, and are
          registered in the NRS at Salford, you can use NIFTP with usen-
          rame "guest" and your own name as password, to access
          UK.AC.UCL.CS to retrieve the files from the <SRC> directory

   3.  FTAM on the JANET, IXI or PSS
          The sources are available by FTAM from UCL over X.25 using

                  JANET (DTE 00000511160013),
                  IXI   (DTE 20433450420113) or
                  PSS   (DTE 23421920030013)



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          all with TSEL "259" (ASCII encoding). Use the "anon" user-
          identity and retrieve the files from the src/ directory. The
          file service is provided by the FTAM implementation in ISODE
          6.0 or later (IS FTAM).


   4.  NORTH AMERICA
          For mailings in NORTH AMERICA, send a check for 375 US Dollars
          to:

                  University of Pennsylvania
                  Department of Computer and Information Science
                  Moore School
                  Attn: David J. Farber (ISODE Distribution)
                  200 South 33rd Street
                  Philadelphia, PA 19104-6314
                  US
                  +1 215 898 8560


          Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch
          cartridge tape.  The tape will be written in tar format and
          returned with a documentation set.  Do not send tapes or
          envelopes.  Documentation only is the same price.

   5.  EUROPE (tape and documentation)
          For mailings in EUROPE, send a cheque or bankers draft and a
          purchase order for 200 Pounds Sterling to:

                  Department of Computer Science
                  Attn: Natalie May/Dawn Bailey
                  University College London
                  Gower Street
                  London, WC1E 6BT
                  UK

             For information only:
                  Telephone:      +44 71 380 7214
                  Fax:            +44 71 387 1397
                  Telex:          28722
                  Internet:       natalie@cs.ucl.ac.uk, dawn@cs.ucl.ac.uk


          Specify either (a) 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape, or (b) Sun 1/4-inch
          cartridge tape.  The tape will be written in tar format and
          returned with a documentation set.  Do not send tapes or
          envelopes.  Documentation only is the same price.




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   7.  EUROPE (tape only)
          Tapes without hardcopy documentation can be obtained via the
          European Forum for Open Systems (EurOpen, formerly known as
          EUUG).  The ISODE 7.0 distribution is called EurOpenD14.

                    EurOpen Software Distributions
                    c/o Frank Kuiper
                    Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica
                    Kruislaan 413
                    1098 SJ  Amsterdam
                    The Netherlands

             For information only:
                    Telephone:    +31 20 5924121 (or: +31 20 5929333)
                    Telex:        12571 mactr nl
                    Telefax:      +31 20 5924199
                    Internet:     euug-tapes@cwi.nl

             Specify one of:
                  - 1600bpi 1/2-inch tape:  140 Dutch Guilders
                  - Sun 1/4-inch cartridge tape (QIC-24 format):
                                            200 Dutch Guilders


          If you require DHL this is possible and will be billed
          through.  Note that if you are not a member of EurOpen, then
          there is an additional handling fee of 300 Dutch Guilders
          (please enclose a copy of your membership or contribution pay-
          ment form when ordering).  Do not send money, cheques, tapes
          or envelopes, you will be invoiced.

   8.  PACIFIC RIM
          For mailings in the Pacific Rim, send a cheque for 300 dollars
          Australian to:

                  Isode Distribution
                  (Attn Andrew Waugh)
                  723 Swanston St,
                  Carlton, VIC 3053
                  Australia

              For information only:
                  Telephone:      +61 3 282 2615
                  Fax:            +61 3 282 2600
                  Internet:       ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au






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          Please specify the media you  desire:  (a)  1/2-inch  tape  at
          1600bpi,  3200bpi,  or  6250bpi; or (b) Sun 1/4-inch cartridge
          tape in either QIC-11, QIC-24 or QIC-150 format; or  (c)  Exa-
          byte  2.3  Gigabyte  or  5  Gigabyte format.  The tape will be
          written in tar format and returned with a  documentation  set.
          Do  not  send  tapes  or envelopes.  Documentation only is the
          same price.












































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RFC 1292                           SD                       January 1992


NAME

   SD
   Brunel University

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   DUA Only, Free, Included in ISODE, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs
   ISODE, RFC-1006, UNIX, X Window System

ABSTRACT

   SD (Screen Directory) is an X.500 DUA interface for character mapped
   screens.  SD is an early attempt to provide quick, easy and user
   friendly access to the Directory.  The following directory operations
   are supported: read, search and list.

   SD does not provide any sophisticated access to the DSA.  Operations
   are performed synchronously.  The Directory is thus presented as is,
   i.e.  a hierarchical tree of information, with the user required to
   "navigate" the DIT in order to locate required information.

   SD is available as part of the ISODE release from version 6.0
   onwards.

COMPLETENESS

   88 standard: strong authentication not implemented

INTEROPERABILITY

   Believed to be compliant, though untested.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DUA Connectivity: SD is in use in many directory pilots, certainly
   including PARADISE and the Internet.

BUGS

   Bugs to x500@brunel.ac.uk






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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TP0 over TCP/IP (as ISODE)

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Most UNIX machines

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   UNIX
   BSD curses library
   ISODE/QUIPU libraries (version 6.7 upwards)

AVAILABILITY

   Openly available as part of the ISODE release. Sources are freely
   available for commercial or non-commercial use from:

           src.brunel.ac.uk [134.83.128.3]

   Files are:

           x500/pod.tar.Z
           x500/sd.tar.Z

   Contacts:

           Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk     +44 1 895 74000 x 2512
           Damanjit.Mahl@brunel.ac.uk      +44 1 895 74000 x 2946
           x500@brunel.ac.uk

   Postal Address:

           Andrew Findlay
           Computer Centre
           Brunel University
           Cleveland Road,
           Uxbridge, Middlesex
           UB8 3PH
           United Kingdom










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RFC 1292                       UCOM.X 500                   January 1992


NAME

   UCOM.X 500 (tm)
   E3.X

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Bull, Commercially Available, DEC Ultrix, DSA/DUA, HP, IBM PC,
   IBM RISC, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Philips, RFC-1006, Siemens, Sun,
   UNIX, X.25

ABSTRACT

   UCOM.X 500 includes a Directory System Agent (DSA), a directory
   access API, and a set of Directory User Agents (DUAs) for different
   terminal types. UCOM.X 500 is a commercial product based on PIZARRO,
   the research prototype developed at INRIA by Christian Huitema's
   team.

   Some characteristics of the DSA are:

       - The DAP and DSP protocols are provided conformant with the 1988
       CCITT X.500 recommendations.

       - The DIB is maintained in ASN.1 encoded format in the Unix file
       system. Utilities are provided to load and dump the DIB from and
       to ASCII text files.

       - The DIT structure is held in main memory. Additionally, fre-
       quently used attributes may be held in inverted tables in memory
       to speed up searches.

       - Knowledge management: knowledge on managed domains is stored in
       UCOM.X specific attributes of the DSA entries.

       - All X.500 (88) as well as some X.400 (88) object classes,
       attributes and syntaxes are supported. Users may define their own
       classes and attribute types.

       - Schema management: object class and attribute definitions are
       enforced.

       - Simple authentication is provided; strong authentication is not
       currently supported.



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       - Access control: private mechanisms are provided to allow access
       control lists to be specified for parts of the DIT, to control
       modifications, and to specify access restrictions on attributes.

   The UCOM.X 500 API provides the DAP protocol to applications access-
   ing the Directory. It is a synchronous API which automatically
   manages referrals. Several DUAs using the API, are available. These
   include command line and full screen interfaces for users with ordi-
   nary terminals, and an X-Windows user interface (12/91). An X/Open
   XDS API will be offered shortly.

   UCOM.X 500 is used by French research centers involved in PARADISE, a
   COSINE project. A distributed application to control document
   transfer in a large French hospital, has been built on the UCOM.X 500
   API. It is being used for distributed applications management in the
   French Post Office.

COMPLETENESS

   UCOM.X 500 conforms to 1988 X.500 series of recommendations, as
   specified in paragraph 9 of X.519, with the exception of strong
   authentication.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperability tests with other implementations, e.g. QUIPU, have
   been made in the PARADISE project. UCOM.X 500 is used in the French
   PARADISE pilot.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DSA and DUA connectivity to the PARADISE pilots.  See caveats.

BUGS

   UCOM.X 500 is a commercial product. As such, it is supported and bugs
   are fixed when detected. Bug reports can be sent to our support team
   via electronic mail.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The DIT structure is stored in main memory which means that the order
   of magnitude of the number of objects supported per DSA is 10,000. By
   1992 100,000 objects will be supported.

   Not all syntaxes defined in the COSINE and Internet Schema are
   currently supported, and the DUAs do not display photo attributes.
   The Internet DSP is not supported.



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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   UCOM.X 500 uses RFC-1006 with TCP/IP and TP0 with X.25.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   UCOM.X 500 runs on: Sun 3, Sun 4, IBM RS 6000, Philips P 9000, DEC
   machines, Bull DPX 2000, HP 9000/300, Siemens IN 6000 and 386-based
   PCs.  It can easily be ported to any UNIX machine.

   Windows 3 and Macintosh DUAs will be available by Spring 1992.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   UCOM.X 500 is portable to any UNIX-like operating system. It has been
   ported to: AIX, UNIX System V.3, SUN OS 4, Ultrix, HP-UX, SCO Unix,
   Interactive, BOS (Bull Operating System), and SPIX.

   The UNIX file system is used to hold the DIB.

AVAILABILITY

   UCOM.X is commercially available.  Contact:

           Dominique Fayet
           E3.X
           Tour Anjou
           33 Quai de Dion Bouton
           92 814 Puteaux CEDEX
           FRANCE

           Tel: (+33) 1 40 90 08 15
           Fax: (+33) 1 47 74 58 87

           Philippe Brun
           C=fr;A=atlas;P=e3x;O=e3x;S=Brun
           phb@e3x.fr














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RFC 1292                           ud                       January 1992


NAME

   ud
   University of Michigan

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTP, DUA Light Weight Client, Free, Source, UNIX, Mul-
   tiple Vendor Platforms

ABSTRACT

   ud is a command line based directory application useful for display-
   ing and modifying white pages information about people.  It runs on
   top of the DIXIE protocol (described in RFC 1246).  ud was developed
   to run under Unix and is currently in beta release within U-M staff
   and a few other places that have heard of it.

   Features include the ability to display and modify the following
   attributes: title, description, commonName, uid, mail, postalAddress,
   homePostalAddress, telephoneNumber, facsimileTelephoneNumber, home-
   Phone.

COMPLETENESS

   ud uses the DIXIE protocol to access X.500 and thus is subject to the
   same completeness restrictions as DIXIE.  It provides Read, Search,
   and Modify capabilities.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Works with the DIXIE server, which works with the QUIPU DSA and DAP
   library.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   It has been tested (in conjunction with the DIXIE server) in both the
   Internet and PARADISE pilots.

BUGS

   No outstanding bugs are known.  But reports should be sent to
   x500@itd.umich.edu.




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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   ud is heavily oriented to white pages information and thus general
   access to the DIXIE protocol is not provided.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   ud uses the DIXIE protocol and thus TCP to communicate with the DIXIE
   server.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   ud is known to run on Sun 3s, Sun 4s, and Vaxen.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   SunOS 3.5, SunOS 4.1.1, BSD 4.3 Unix.

AVAILABILITY

   This software is openly available.  It may be obtained by anonymous
   FTP from terminator.cc.umich.edu in the directory ~ftp/x500.

   This software was developed at the University of Michigan by Bryan
   Beecher of the ITD Research Systems Unix Group and is subject to the
   following copyright.

   Copyright (c) 1991 Regents of the University of Michigan.  All rights
   reserved.  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are per-
   mitted provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is
   given to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The name of the
   University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission. This
   software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

















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RFC 1292                       VMS-ISODE                    January 1992


NAME

   VMS-ISODE
   Computer Science Department of Massey University

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Available via FTP, DSA/DUA, Free, Needs ISODE, RFC-1006, Source,
   VMS

ABSTRACT

   VMS-ISODE is a reasonably complete port of ISODE version 7.0. It sits
   on top of several TCP implementations for VMS (UCX, Multinet, CMU and
   Wollongong) and also PSI X.25.

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE for a detailed description of the DSA/DUA.

COMPLETENESS

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.

INTEROPERABILITY

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   VMS related problems should be sent to PKay@massey.ac.nz

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   See entry for QUIPU/ISODE.






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HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   VAX hardware

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   VMS v5.0 or greater

AVAILABILITY

   The VMS part of the package is freely available.  Anonymous FTP from
   cc-vms1.massey.ac.nz (130.123.1.4).







































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RFC 1292                       VTT X.500                    January 1992


NAME

   VTT X.500
   Technical Research Centre of Finland

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, Apollo, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, IBM PC, Multiple
   Vendor Platforms, RFC-1006, Sun, X.25

ABSTRACT

   VTT X.500 contains a full distributed DSA and a subroutine call to
   dua ( call_dua(parameters)). This subroutine is linked to user's pro-
   cess.  There are two ways for dua to communicate with our DSA called
   dsacvops: a fast communication through shared memory for dua and dsa
   in the same computer and a complete OSI-stack for communicating in
   DAP-protocol with remote dsa's which can be any implementation of
   X.500 dsa, not necessarily dsacvops.  DSA communicates with other
   dsas through a full OSI-stack with protocol DSP or with a shorter
   stack when both dsas are dsacvops-processes.  dsacvops contains a
   special purpose database DIB. VTT X500 contains caching of read and
   search results, access controls (as in Annex F of X.501), object
   classes and attribute types as in X.520 and X.521 and simple authen-
   tication with unprotected passwords in bind. The network level can be
   X.25 or TCP/IP. There are test duas, duacvops, duauser, with a simple
   user interface. Certificates for strong authentication are included
   to x509dua and x509duacvops. VTT X500 is realized with program
   development tools CVOPS and CASN, the code is in C-language and uses
   UNIX System V. The code is fairly easy to port to other operating
   systems.  VTT X500 was made for Smail e-mail product of Nokia Data
   Systems.

COMPLETENESS

   Complete DAP and DSP of 1988 X.500 Recommendations are implemented.
   There are the following omissions: multicasting is not implemented,
   strong authentication of calls to dsa (optional signing of DAP and
   DSP-calls, strong authentication in bind, security error, security
   parameters in common arguments), T61 alternative in CASE IGNORE and
   CASE EXACT STRING, Criteria-syntax, TeletexTerminalIdentifier syntax.






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INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperability with ISODE QUIPU 6.0 has been tested, no formal test
   suite was used.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested: It should work in principle, but has not been tested.

BUGS

   No known bugs at the moment.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Object identifiers for object classes and attribute types can
   currently have only the form {2 5 6 x} or {2 5 4 x}, x<256. Changing
   the directory schema requires code writing.

INTERWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   RFC-1006 with TCP/IP, TP0 with X.25, TP4 with X.25 available by
   agreement.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Sun-3, Sun 386, Apollo, a version of dua for IBM PC will be forthcom-
   ing 1991.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Unix System V. Our own database and database management system. Uses
   CVOPS protocol development tool.


















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AVAILABILITY

   Commercially available.  Contact

           Asko Vilavaara
           Telecommunications Laboratory
           Technical Research Centre of Finland
           Otakaati 7 B, 02150 Espoo, FINLAND
           Telephone:+358 0 456 5641
           FAX: +358 0 455 0115
           E-mail: Asko.Vilavaara@tel.vtt.fi

           Henryka Jormakka
           Telecommunications Laboratory
           Technical Research Centre of Finland
           Otakaati 7 B, 02150 Espoo, FINLAND
           Telephone:+ 358 0 456 5662
           FAX: +358 0 455 0115
           E-mail: Henryka.Jormakka@tel.vtt.fi
































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RFC 1292                         WIN/DS                     January 1992


NAME

   WIN(tm)/DS
   The Wollongong Group, Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   API, CLNP, Commercially Available, DSA/DUA, Multiple Vendor Plat-
   forms, OSI Transport, RFC-1006, Source, UNIX, X Windows, X.25

ABSTRACT

   WIN/DS is an implementation of OSI Directory Services aligned with
   the ISO 1988 X.500 IS and NIST Stable Implementors Agreements. WIN/DS
   includes both a Directory User Agent (DUA) and a  Directory System
   Agent (DSA). The product supports all Directory Services operations,
   object classes and attributes.  It provides support for managing the
   Directory Information Tree (DIT) with facilities to control structure
   rules and their enforcement.  WIN/DS also provides solutions to areas
   not specified by the 1988 standards, such as replication and access
   control.

COMPLETENESS

   Wollongong closely follows the NIST OIW Stable Implementors' Agree-
   ments.  See also QUIPU.

INTEROPERABILITY

   WIN/DS has interoperated with other X.500 implementations at trade
   shows (CeBIT and Interop) and at strategic customer sites.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   Requests for product enhancement and modification should be sent to
   support@twg.com.







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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   [No information provided--Ed.]

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TCP/IP (RFC 1006)
   TP0
   TP2
   TP4
   OSI TP[0/2,4] & TCP/IP dual stack gateway
   Ethernet
   X.25
   Ethernet/X.25 gateway
   ES-IS
   IS-IS
   Interface to OSI transport via the TLI
   Interface to the Data Link Layer via the DLPI
   STREAMS and DLPI compliant 3rd party network interfaces

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   End-user binary product -

           386/i486 with UNIX System V (AT&T, Intel, INTERACTIVE, SCO)
           Apple Macintosh with A/UX

   Portable source code -

           UNIX SVR3, SVR4, BSD
           single- or mutli-processor 680x0, 880000, 386/i486

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   See above.

AVAILABILITY

   WIN/DS is commercially available from:

           The Wollongong Group, Inc.
           1129 San Antonio Road
           Palo Alto
           CA  94303
           Sales and Information: :415/962-7100   California
                                   703/847-4500   Wash D
                                   +32-2-718-0311 Belgium




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RFC 1292                   X.500 DUA process                January 1992


NAME

   X.500 DUA process
   3Com Corporation

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   CLNP, Commercially Available, DUA Only, Multiple Vendor Platforms, X
   Window System, X.25, 3Com

ABSTRACT

   The DUA process runs on 3Com's dual-stack OSI/TCP terminal server,
   scheduled to be released in mid-June 1991.  It provides Presentation
   Address resolution for names, on behalf of the VTP application: when
   the user attempts an outgoing connection ("VTP <name>" or "connect
   <name>"), <name> gets mapped to its Presentation Address.

   The DUA process supports the AddEntry, RemoveEntry, and Search opera-
   tions.  Via a menu-driven command, the system administrator can con-
   figure any of these operations, then send the request to the DSA.  He
   would use the AddEntry operation to enter a resource name and its
   corresponding physical address in the DIB, the DeleteEntry operation
   to remove the name and its physical address, and the Search operation
   (with "filter" as an option) for a display of all registered names
   or, given a name, a display of the name's physical address.

   Regarding unbinding from a DSA, the system administrator could use an
   UnbindDSA command or set a timer which, once expired, would automati-
   cally perform the unbinding.  The binding to a DSA, on the other
   hand, is transparent, provided the system administrator has set a DSA
   address.  The binding is triggered by either an outgoing connection
   attempt or an operation request sent to the DSA.

   The schema supported by the DUA consists of the following sequence of
   object classes: Country, Organization, OrganizationalUnit (up to 3
   levels of OrganizationalUnits are allowed), ApplicationProcess, and
   ApplicationEntity.  Their respective attributes are CountryName,
   OrganizationName, OrganizationUnitName, CommonName, and Presenta-
   tionAddress.  The CommonName of the ApplicationEntity is always "vt"
   for VTP and is transparent to the system administrator.






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COMPLETENESS

   Compliance with the ISO/IEC 9594 standards.
   Handling referrals not yet implemented.
   Schema supported: Country, Organization, OrganizationalUnit,
                     ApplicationProcess, and ApplicationEntity.
   Authentication not supported.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Interoperability with the ISODE QUIPU Directory Service and any DSA
   which strictly meets the ISO/IEC 9495 standards.

BUGS

   [No information provided--Ed.]

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   Deleting an entry will fail if the DUA is interacting with a 6.0
   based version of QUIPU.  This is a bug in QUIPU, and version 7.0
   release will have it fixed.

   Adding a CountryName is disallowed if the DUA is bound to QUIPU.
   This decision was made because to add a country in QUIPU, one needs
   to bind as the manager of the DSA holding the root EDB file, and such
   information may not always be available to the system administrator.
   Also, our binding is done transparently.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   OSI environments with the complete OSI stack, supporting CLNS and
   TP4.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   3Com's OSI/TCP CS/2000 and CS/2100.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The "SW/2000-OT Vers 1.0" software runs on 3Com's OSI/TCP CS/2000 and
   CS/2100, both stand-alone systems.

AVAILABILITY

   The dual-stack OSI/TCP terminal server and its "SW/2000-OT Vers 1.0"
   software is available from:




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           3Com Corporation
           5400 Bayfront Plaza
           Santa Clara, CA 95054

           Information: Cyndi Jung
                        (408) 764-5173
                        cmj@3Com.COM











































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RFC 1292                          Xdi                       January 1992


NAME

   Xdi
   Bellcore

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   DUA Only, DUA Connectivity, Available via FTP, Free, Source, Needs
   ISODE, X Window System, RFC-1006, CLNP, UNIX, X.25

ABSTRACT

   Xdi is a Directory User Agent (DUA) for the X Window System.  In
   addition to providing a user-friendly interface,it supports Directory
   interactions of different levels of complexity. Users can select dif-
   ferent window screens to browse, search and modify the Directory.
   There are two different search screens for name based search and
   attribute based search. It is simple to use for novice users but is
   also useful for more advanced users to formulate complex search
   filters.  Xdi also supports "user-friendly naming" in many cases so
   that users are not required to know X.500 naming format.

COMPLETENESS

   The Xdi interface does not support accesses to Delete and Add DAP
   operations as in the 88 Directory Standard. Read, Search, and most
   Modify operations are fully supported. There are no facilities to
   modify the RDNs of entries. Strong authentication is not implemented.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Believed to be compliant. Only tested against ISODE/QUIPU DSAs.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DUA Connectivity

BUGS

   Send bug reports to sywuu@thumper.bellcore.com







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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None known.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Same as ISODE.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   This software has been tested on SUN4. It is expected that the
   software is portable to SUN3 and other UNIX machines.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Xdi is expected to run on ISODE (release 6.8 upwards) in UNIX
   environment.  The 'xdi' directory has been designed to fit directly
   into the ISODE source tree. Xdi requires X11R4, the associated Xt
   toolkit and Athena widget libraries.  Also see the operating environ-
   ments of ISODE.

AVAILABILITY

   The Xdi software is available via anonymous FTP from
   thumper.bellcore.com in file pub/xdi.tar.Z. Source code and execut-
   ables can be freely distributed or modified for non-commercial and
   non-profit use provided that all copyright notices, permission and
   nonwarranty notice included in the software distribution remain
   intact.

   For further information contactSze-Ying Wuu at
   sywuu@thumper.bellcore.com.



















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RFC 1292                          Xds                       January 1992


NAME

   Xds
   CSIRO Division of Information Technology

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Dua only, Free, Limited Functionality, Needs ISODE, RFC-1006, Source,
   Sun, X-Windows

ABSTRACT

   Xds is a DUA designed for users who have little or no knowledge of
   X.500. Its intended to be used, for example, by a receptionist who
   has to answer such queries as 'Could I have the telephone number of
   Andrew who works in Research?'. The display is customized for the
   particular organization and the results of the search are presented
   in the format of a business card. It is possible to customize the
   displayed information.

COMPLETENESS

   Xds does not provide user access to all the services provided by
   X.500.  Instead, Xds uses X.500 services to provide the specific
   functions for which it is designed to provide.

   Conforms to section 9 of X.519.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Only tested against the QUIPU (ISODE) DSA.

   No known bugs, but we would be interested in any found. Contact
   Andrew Waugh (ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au)

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Not tested.

BUGS

   No known bugs, but we would be interested in any found. Contact
   Andrew Waugh (ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au)




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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The user can only bind as the anonymous user.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Uses the QUIPU (ISODE 7.0) libraries.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Xds runs on Sun SPARCstations. We have not tested Xds on other
   hardware platforms, but it should run on other hardware which sup-
   ports ISODE-7.0 and X Windows.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Xds requires ISODE-7.0 and X 11 Version 4 with the Athena Widgets.

AVAILABILITY

   The Xds software will be distributed free to any non-commercial site
   provided

       i)    they do not pass the code on to any other site (rather they
             should ask the other site to contact us directly).

       ii)   they do not make money out of from the use or sale of the
             software.

       iii)  they inform us of any problems or possible improvements
             that they would like to see made.

   Commercial sites should contact us.

   For further information contact:

           Andrew Waugh
           CSIRO Division of Information Technology
           723 Swanston St
           Carlton VIC 3053
           AUSTRALIA

           Phone +61 3 282 2615
           Fax   +61 3 282 2600
           Email ajw@mel.dit.csiro.au






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RFC 1292                          xdua                      January 1992


NAME

   xdua
   CSIRO Division of Information Technology

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   DUA Only, Free, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE, source, Sun,
   X Window System

ABSTRACT

   The xdua is a DUA designed to be used by DSA managers who have suffi-
   cient X.500 knowledge to manipulate the Directory Information Tree
   (DIT). It's typical use is to maintain the information stored on a
   DSA. The xdua has a Macintosh style interface.  This simplifies
   browsing the DIT hierarchy.  A user can traverse the DIT levels by
   using a standard mouse.  The xdua supports the X.500 operations of
   add, modify, delete, search and show.

COMPLETENESS

   Uses the QUIPU (ISODE) dsap interface to provide the X.500 opera-
   tions.

   Conforms to section 9 of X.519.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Only tested against the QUIPU (ISODE) DSA.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   No known bugs, but we would be interested in any found. Contact Brian
   May (Brian.May@mel.dit.csiro.au)

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   The executable code is large as it uses the X11R4 and DiSh libraries.
   The xdua is in the testing phase.



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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   As supported by ISODE.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   The xdua runs on Sun SPARCstations and probably on other hardware
   which supports ISODE-7.0 and X Windows.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   The xdua requires ISODE-7.0 and X 11 Version 4 with the Athena Widg-
   ets and the Xt toolkit.

AVAILABILITY

   We will distribute it free to any non-commercial site provided

       i)    they do not pass the code on to any other site (rather they
             should ask the other site to contact us directly).

       ii)   they do not make money out of from the use or sale of the
             software.

       iii)  they inform us of any problems or possible improvements
             that they would like to see made.
   Commercial sites should contact us directly.  For further information
   contact:

           Brian May
           CSIRO Division of Information Technology
           723 Swanston St,
           Carlton,
           Victoria 3053,
           Australia

           Phone +61 3 282 2613
           Fax   +61 3 282 2600
           Email Brian.May@mel.dit.csiro.au












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RFC 1292                          XLU                       January 1992


NAME

   XLU
   Brunel University

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Available via FTAM, Available via FTP, DUA Only, Free, Multiple Ven-
   dor Platforms, Needs ISODE, RFC-1006, Source, UNIX

ABSTRACT

   XLU (X LookUp) is an X.500 DUA interface for the X Window System.
   Developed from POD, XLU can be configured for many different styles
   of interaction. Example configurations are provided for single window
   and multiple window (POD-like) use.

   XLU implements the `User-Friendly Naming' search strategy and also
   has a form-filling search mode. Asynchronous directory operations are
   used.

   Full add and modify functions are provided, with the ability to
   tailor the modify screen to present simple subsets of the available
   attribute.

   At the time of writing (October 1991) XLU was in beta test.

COMPLETENESS

   88 standard:  strong authentication not implemented.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Believed to be compliant, though untested.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   DUA Connectivity: In use at Brunel and some other sites in the UK and
   PARADISE pilots.

BUGS

   Bugs to x500@brunel.ac.uk.




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CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   [No information provided--Ed.]

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   TP0 over TCP/IP (and others as ISODE).

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Most UNIX machines.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   UNIX
   MIT X libraries (release 11 version 4)
   ISODE/QUIPU libraries (version 7.0 upwards)

AVAILABILITY

   Sources are freely available for commercial or non-commercial use.
   Contacts:

           Andrew.Findlay@brunel.ac.uk        +44 1 895 274000 x 2512
           Damanjit.Mahl@brunel.ac.uk         +44 1 895 274000 x 2946
           x500@brunel.ac.uk

   Postal Address:

           Andrew Findlay
           Computer Centre
           Brunel University
           Cleveland Road,
           Uxbridge, Middlesex
           UB8 3PH
           United Kingdom

   Anonymous FTP:

           src.brunel.ac.uk
           x500/xlu.tar.Z










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RFC 1292                         XT-DUA                     January 1992


NAME

   XT-DUA
   X-Tel Services Limited

LAST MODIFIED

   November, 1991

KEYWORDS

   DUA Only, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE-7.0, RFC-1006 X Win-
   dow System, CLNP, X.25, OSI Transport, Sun, Unix, Commercially Avail-
   able.

ABSTRACT

   XT-DUA provides a X-Windows based user interface to the X.500 direc-
   tory.  Both Motif and OpenLook styles are supported.

   XT-DUA is available in two forms:

           as a browsing tool
           as a management tool

   Browsing features include:

      - History - allowing quick access to previously referenced parts
      of the DIT.

      - Customizable entry display - allowing subsets of attributes be
      displayed when showing an entry.

      - User Friendly Name (UFN) based searching

      - Hypertext-like navigation.

      - Support for applicationEntities eg startup of ftam session.

      - User friendly name for attributes.

      - Support for photo and audio attributes.

      - Attribute value on scanline.

      - Intelligent choice of entries to display when moving to a new
      location in the DIT.




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   Management features include:

      - Creation of new entries.

      - Modification of existing entries  (including  RDN)  -  based  on
      Quipu EDB format.

      - Deletion of entries.

      - Friendly editor of modifying Quipu ACLs.

      - Rebinding - authenticated and to named DSA.

      - Full configuration of DAP request parameters

COMPLETENESS

   XT-DUA provides access to all the X.500 DAP operations.  Protocol
   completeness is as for QUIPU-7.0.

INTEROPERABILITY

   As for the QUIPU-7.0.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   Full DUA Connectivity to the X.500 Pilot.

BUGS

   No known bugs.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   None.

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   As for the QUIPU-7.0.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   As for the QUIPU-7.0.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   As for the QUIPU-7.0, with the addition of X Windows and either Motif
   or Open Look.



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AVAILABILITY

   XT-DUA is commercial software. It is available via ftp.  For more
   details contact:

           Colin Robbins or Graeme Lunt
           X-Tel Services Limited
           University Park
           Nottingham
           NG7 2RD

           DN:             c=GB@o=X-Tel Services Ltd
           Telephone:      +44 602 412648
           Fax:            +44 602 790278
           E-Mail:         x500@xtel.co.uk




































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RFC 1292                       xwp [PSI]                    January 1992


NAME

   xwp
   Performance Systems International Inc.

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Commercially Available, DUA Only, Limited Functionality, Multiple
   Vendor Platforms, UNIX, X Window System

ABSTRACT

   xwp is a graphical user interface tailored specifically to provide
   easy access to the Directory for the purposes of performing White
   Pages searches. It is currently in use as one of user interfaces
   available on wp1.psi.net and wp2.psi.net, the two service machines
   for the White Pages Pilot Project.  Implements User-Friendly Naming
   scheme developed in IETF OSI-DS Working Group.

COMPLETENESS

   Compliant with X.500 standards to the extent that the QUIPU implemen-
   tation is.

INTEROPERABILITY

   Successfully interoperates with QUIPU DSAs.

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   Bugs to ssd-help@psi.com

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   xwp is not a general-purpose DUA. It was designed to be a special-
   purpose front-end for performing White Pages searches and thus, in
   the interests of simplification, does not provide the full range of
   functionality supported by the X.500 standard.





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INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   Runs in a BSD UNIX environment supporting the X Windows System.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   Should be capable of running in any BSD UNIX environment that sup-
   ports the X Windows system. No special hardware required beyond that
   required to support X Windows, BSD UNIX and the ISODE.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Tested under SUNOS 3.x and 4.x; should run under most variants of BSD
   UNIX. Requires X Windows Release 3 or later.

AVAILABILITY

   xwp is a commercial product that may be licensed from PSI Inc. as
   part of PSI's Software Source Distribution (SSD).  Email to

           ssd-info@psi.co

   will elicit an automatic response containing information on the SSD.
   Ordering information may be obtained by sending electronic mail to

           ssd-order@psi.com

   or contacting PSI at

           Performance Systems International Inc.
           11800 Sunrise Valley Drive
           Suite 1100
           Reston, Virginia 22091.

           1.703.620.6651
           1.800.82PSI82 (1.800.827.7482)
           1.703.620.4586 (fax)














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RFC 1292                      xwp [UWisc]                   January 1992


NAME

   xwp
   University of Wisconsin

LAST MODIFIED

   July, 1991

KEYWORDS

   Free, IBM PC, Multiple Vendor Platforms, Needs ISODE, UNIX, X Window
   System

ABSTRACT

   The xwp program is a simple browser for the QUIPU/X.500 directory.
   It uses OSF/Motif and the X Window System to provide a convenient
   user interface.

   The user interface consists of five different top-level windows: the
   main window, the search window, and three option windows.  The main
   window appears when the program is executed and all others are
   reached through its menus.  The main window contains Current Loca-
   tion, Current Descendents, Descendent Filter, Current Information,
   and Directory Status subwindows.  The contents of these subwindows
   show information about the current location of the browser in the
   directory tree.  The search window contains Search Area, Search
   Filter, and Search Results subwindows.

   The mouse pointer may be used in the main window to change the
   current location of the browser in the directory tree.  We can des-
   cend deeper into the tree by clicking the mouse when it points to a
   member of the Current Descendents list.  Doing this "moves" the
   browser to this new (one level deeper) location in the directory
   tree.  This causes the main window to be updated as follows: (1) the
   selected descendent becomes the new Current Location, (2) its descen-
   dents are listed in Current Descendents, and (3) its contents are
   displayed in Current Information.  Any problems and messages from the
   directory are displayed in the Directory Status portion of the main
   window.  To move the browser up the directory tree (i.e. towards the
   root), click the mouse pointer on one of the components of the
   Current Location.  In this way it is possible to move the browser to
   any location above its current position (i.e. to any ancestor) in one
   mouse click.  Doing this causes the main window to be updated as dis-
   cussed above.  Due to directory-imposed limits, it may not always be
   possible to display all the descendents of the current position.  In
   such cases (and others) it may be useful to impose a filter on the



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   descendents to be listed.  To do this, position the mouse pointer in
   the Descendent Filter box and use the keyboard to type in the desired
   filter expression.  Typing <RETURN> in this box causes the Current
   Descendents list to be updated using the new filter.

   xwp was developed at the University of Wisconsin - Madison Computer
   Sciences Department. It is used in conjunction with the ECI mail user
   agent project.  xwp was written by Robert Lazarus, III.

COMPLETENESS

   n/a

INTEROPERABILITY

   xwp currently operates with ISODE version 6.0

PILOT CONNECTIVITY

   [No information provided--Ed.]

BUGS

   xwp should be upgraded to the latest version of ISODE/QUIPU.

CAVEATS AND GENERAL LIMITATIONS

   n/a

INTERNETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

   xwp will operate in any environment where Motif, ISODE and QUIPU
   operate.

HARDWARE PLATFORMS

   xwp has been run on IBM PC/RT, soon to run on DecStation 3100.

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

   Berkeley 4.3 and Ultrix 3.1

AVAILABILITY

   Openly available in May, 1991. Contact hagens@cs.wisc.edu for more
   information.





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RFC 1292                     X.500 Catalog                  January 1992


4. References


   [CCITT-88]  CCITT, "Data Communications Networks Directory," Recom-
               mendations X.500-X.521, Volume VIII - Fascicle VIII.8,
               IXth Plenary Assembly, Melbourne, November 1988.

   [NIST-88]   National Institute of Standards and Technology, "Stable
               Implementation Agreements for Open Systems Interconnec-
               tion Protocols," Version 2 Edition 1, NIST Special Publi-
               cation 500-162, December 1988.

5. Security Considerations

   Security issues are not discussed in this memo.

6.  Authors' Addresses

   Ruth Lang
   SRI International
   333 Ravenswood Ave.
   Menlo Park, CA  94025
   (415) 859-5608
   rlang@nisc.sri.com

   Russ Wright
   Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
   1 Cyclotron Road
   Berkeley, CA 94720
   (415) 486-6965
   wright@lbl.gov




















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