Re: Cancel operation in RE23?

[Pierangelo Masarati <ando@sys-net.it>]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> HI!
>
> Is the cancel operation already supported in RE23?
> It seems so (playing around with it with python-ldap).
>
> But supportedFeatures in root DSE does not contain 1.3.6.1.1.8.
>
> RFC 3909 states:
>
>    Servers SHOULD indicate their support for this extended operation by
>    providing 1.3.6.1.1.8 as a value of the 'supportedExtension'
>    attribute type in their root DSE.  A server MAY choose to advertise
>    this extension only when the client is authorized to use it.
>   
Correct, the SLAP_EXOP_HIDE should now be removed from re23, since the 
cancel operation is supported and now published as RFC 3909.  Moreover, 
we do not provide mechanisms (as far as I know) to prevent 
non-authorized users from using it (should we?).

p.



Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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