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Re: extensible match quirks for Active Directory



Ralf Haferkamp writes:
>> You mean, something like:
>>         LDAP_OPT_IGNORE_RFC2251_SECTION_5_1_ITEM_4_REQUIREMENT
>
> Yes, maybe with an even more scary name ;-)
>
>> In general, I am opposed to adding such an option as it
>> would, in all likelihood, be enabled unconditionally, leading
>> to significantly more non-conformant LDAP implementations in
>> the wild. (...)

A gentler way might be to implement a library call which detects
if a connection is to some known bogus implementation, and enables
a workaround in future operations in that particular connection.

-- 
Hallvard