A Survey of Advanced Usages of X.500
RFC 1491
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RFC - Informational
(July 1993; No errata)
Also known as FYI 21
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Authors | Chris Weider , Russ Wright | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
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Network Working Group C. Weider Request for Comments: 1491 Merit Network, Inc. FYI: 21 R. Wright Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory July 1993 A Survey of Advanced Usages of X.500 Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Abstract This document is the result of a survey asking people to detail their advanced usages of X.500. It is intended to show how various organizations are using X.500 in ways which extend the view of X.500 as a "White Pages" service. This RFC is a product of the Integrated Directory Services Working Group of the Application and User Services Areas of the IETF. 1. Introduction As the use of X.500 spreads in the Internet, organizations are finding uses for it which go beyond the "white pages" paradigm which has been used to introduce it to new users. Consequently, to document those new uses and to encourage the wider use of X.500, we sent out a survey to obtain "advanced usages" of X.500. 1.1 The survey The survey we sent out is included here for two purposes: 1) completeness, and 2) we'd like to encourage anyone who retrieves this document to send us their advanced usage for inclusion in the next revision. If you wish to fill this out, please send it to the working group list: IDS@merit.edu. Integrated Directory Services Working Group [Page 1] RFC 1491 X.500 Advanced Usages July 1993 _____________________________________________________________________ Application Name: Author(s): Company or Institution: e-mail address for more information: If this is a product for public distribution, please give us the Type: FREE, COMMERCIAL PRODUCT, or PROTOTYPE/RESEARCH FREE - Anyone may obtain this product at zero cost. COMMERCIAL PRODUCT - One may purchase this product. PROTOTYPE/RESEARCH - This product is not yet available, only a prototype. If FREE, please give us: * FTP and/or FTAM address (if available via FTP and/or FTAM): If COMMERCIAL, please give us: * Directions to obtain product: Availability: (When will product be available?) List of platforms product runs on: [The platform list can be general - e.g. UNIX] Short Description (< 100 words): Full Description (< 1 page): Fig. 1: Advanced Usages Survey Template ______________________________________________________________________ This survey went out to the following mailing lists: osi- ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk, disi@merit.edu (now ids@merit.edu), and dssig@ics.uci.edu. Integrated Directory Services Working Group [Page 2] RFC 1491 X.500 Advanced Usages July 1993 1.2 Disclaimer Descriptions of the advanced usages were written by the implementors, and not by the members of IDS. Although IDS has worked with the description authors to ensure readability, no guarantees can be made regarding the validity of descriptions. Caveat emptor. 2. The Survey Responses 2.1 Index to Responses Application Page 2.2.1 Global Time-table Information Service ................ 3 2.2.2 Pre-Message Security Protocol ................ 4 2.2.3 Electronic Data Interchange ................ 5 2.2.4 Network Topology Information ................ 7 2.2.4.1 Shared Whois Information Project ................ 7 2.2.4.2 EARN's Network Directory ................ 8 2.2.5 Soft Pages ................ 9 2.2.6 X-Tel ................ 10 2.2.7 Xerox Clearinghouse ................ 12 2.2.8 X.500 Sendmail ................ 13 2.2.9 Transparent ODA Conversion ................ 14 2.2.10 X.500 and the whois protocol ................ 16 2.2.11 X.400 table handling ................ 17 2.2 Survey Responses 2.2.1 Global Time-table Information Service Application Name: Global Time-table Information Service based on X.500 Date Received: 7/1/1992 Date Last Validated: 7/1/1992 Author(s): Jens Hofmann Cuno Lanz Company or Institution: Laboratory of Computer Engineering and Networks, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) Switzerland e-mail address for more information: c=CH; a=ARCOM; p=SWITCH; o=ETHZ; ou=TIK; s=Lanz (lanz@tik.ethz.ch)Show full document text