Re: LDAP, SSL, Roaming Access.

[Aaron Aw <aaron@cir.nus.edu.sg>]

Sorry if this sounds off the list topic but is there any Roaming Access
list or newsgroup? I got roaming access working via Apache but it doesn't
seem to work very well or correctly.


regards,
Aaron AW Soon-Aun
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On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Mark C Smith wrote:

> "Michael R. Gettes" wrote:
> > 
> > The netscape documentation is not correct.  It says that Apache
> > does not support the HTTP MOVE method.  While this is true
> > with the base apache installation, there is an apache module which
> > enables MOVE and instructions that allow for getting the roaming
> > service to work with HTTP in a secure fashion (each roaming user,
> > if authenticated, cannot see another roaming user's preference store).
> > We use this at Princeton... works great!  Please note, we were unable
> > to make this work with Netscape Enterprise or Fasttrack servers,
> > even after calling support.
> 
> Interesting.  I am glad you got it to work with Apache.  I know that
> others have had success with Netscape Enterprise Server (we use it that
> way internally at Netscape of course).
> 
> 
> > ...
> > Will Communicator ever support https for roaming?
> 
> I don't know.  It doesn't right now (in 4.5 or 4.5.1) -- no support for
> ldaps either.  Perhaps an area for someone to get involved with at
> www.mozilla.org?  I don't work on Communicator myself.
> 
> -- 
> Mark Smith
> Directory Architect / Netscape Communications Corp.
> My words are my own, not my employer's.  Got LDAP?
>