Re: [ldapext] [Fwd: LDAP C API gripes]

[Howard Chu <hyc@highlandsun.com>]

Howard Chu wrote:
> I've created this page  http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/LDAP_C_API 
> for putting together ideas for a new LDAP C API. The fact that the 
> last LDAPv3 API doc never made it out of draft status really needs to 
> be addressed, and there are so many flaws with the API (essentially 
> inherited from the LDAPv2 API) that it's obvious a simple refresh is 
> inadequate. The fact that groups like the Samba team have decided it 
> was necessary to create their own LDAP API underscores the point. If 
> anybody has comments on what is broken and how it can be fixed, please 
> chime in.

Something else that comes to mind - the client library ought to be 
schema-aware. This is something that was always a given in X.500 
clients, but has never had any priority in LDAP clients. It might be 
worthwhile to implement syntax validation in the library, to catch bogus 
inputs before talking to any servers...

--
 -- Howard Chu
 Chief Architect, Symas Corp.  http://www.symas.com
 Director, Highland Sun        http://highlandsun.com/hyc
 Chief Architect, OpenLDAP     http://www.openldap.org/project/


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