RE: implementation quiz: ;binary

["Salter, Thomas A" <Thomas.Salter@unisys.com>]

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Kurt D. Zeilenga [mailto:Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]
 > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 6:14 PM
 > To: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
 > Subject: implementation quiz: ;binary
 > 
 > 
 > Please provide a separate response for each application of
 > interest.  There is no need to respond if you have not
 > implemented ;binary transfer of attribute types.  This is
 > only a partial quiz aimed at getting a general idea of the
 > level of interoperability.
 > 
 > Implementor: Unisys Corporation
 > Application: TransIT 500 Directory Server
 > Application Class: [ ] client, [X] server
 > 
 > Have you implemented ;binary transfer of attributes?
 > 
Yes.
 > Is this support specific to particular syntaxes and/or attributes?
 > If so, which syntaxes and attributes?
 > 
No.  ;binary is supported for all attributes and syntaxes.

 > Do you support non-;binary transfer for any syntax and/or
 > attribute which you support ;binary transfer for?
 > 
Yes.  Any attribute for which a string syntax is defined can also
be transfered in BER.
 > Does your application ensure values it sends using ;binary are
 > restricted to a valid BER encoding of the attribute's syntax?
 > 
Yes.

 > Does your application treat non-BER encoded values received
 > using ;binary as an error?  If so, what error?
 > 
Yes.  invalidAttributeSyntax

 > Does your application treat BER encoding of values of incorrect
 > using ;binary as an error?  If so, what error?
 > 
Yes.  invalidAttributeSyntax

 > Does your application expect values to be encoded using a
 > subset of BER?  If so, which subset?
 > 
No.

 > Comments:
 >
 This is an X.500-based directory server.  Since handling BER encoded
attributes is required for DAP, it was natural to handle ;binary for 
all attributes in LDAP.