Re: (ITS#5524) Additions to the Security section of the Admin Guide

[Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]

On May 26, 2008, at 12:48 PM, andrew.findlay@skills-1st.co.uk wrote:

> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 01:07:22PM +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
>
>> I've patched security.sdf and I'm abotu to clean up some typos and
>> formating.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> Should we also mention that CRYPT is platform specific?
>
> I put in a note about the glibc2 version, but I was not aware of any
> platform oddities on the traditional 13-character version. Are there
> other MD5 variants?
>
> We could also mention the LANMAN scheme which I forgot to include as
> it is a compile-time option.
>
>> Lastly, should I also put:
>>
>> Portions Copyright 2008 Andrew Findlay <andrew.findlay@skills-1st.co.uk 
>> >
>>
>> into doc/guide/COPYRIGHT  ?

No.

This file is a copy of the main OpenLDAP Software COPYRIGHT file.   
That file is intended to contain notices of copyright holders which  
hold signfiicant rights in OpenLDAP Software.  Notices for copyright  
holders, as noted in the COPYRIGHT file, are generally to be placed in  
the individual source files which the holder holds significant rights  
in.  That is, this notice belongs in security.sdf itself.  I have so  
updated the source documents.

Though the preface does clearly say that admin guide is part of  
OpenLDAP Software, I've also updated the preface to note that portions  
of the document may be copyright by others as indicated in source files.

-- Kurt