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iPlanet Directory Server IDDS Transition Guide



Chapter 1   Major Differences


This chapter highlights the major differences between the Innosoft Distributed Directory Server (IDDS) version 4.5.2 and the iPlanet Directory Server version 5.0. It contains the following sections:



Feature Comparison


Table 1-1    Feature Comparison  

Feature

IDDS

iPlanet Directory Server

LDAPv3  

Y  

Y  
  • Change log

 

Y  

Y  
  • Change notification

 

Y  

Y  
  • Schema publication

 

Y  

Y  
  • Paging/virtual list view

 

Y  

Y  
  • Server side sorting

 

N  

Y  

Database  

 

 
  • Multiple databases

 

Y  

Y  
  • Bulk load/export tools

 

Y  

Y  
  • Referential integrity

 

Y  

Y  
  • Collective attributes/CoS

 

Y  

Y  
  • On-line backup/restore

 

N  

Y  
  • Transaction log

 

N  

Y  

Distribution  

 

 
  • Chaining

 

Y  

Y  
  • Integrated replication

 

N  

Y  
  • Multi-Master replication

 

N  

Y  

Security  

 

 
  • SSL

 

Y  

Y  
  • SSL client authentication

 

Y  

Y  
  • Group-based access control

 

Y  

Y  
  • Password hashing

 

Y  

Y  
  • Password expiration

 

N  

Y  
  • DIGEST-MD5

 

N  

Y  
  • Macro ACIs

 

N  

Y  
  • Role-based access control

 

N  

Y  
  • Proxy authorization

 

N  

Y  

Administration  

 

 
  • Command-line tools

 

Y  

Y  
  • Graphical administration interface

 

Y  

Y  
  • SNMP monitoring

 

Y  

Y  
  • Schema updates over LDAP

 

N  

Y  



Supported Platforms


Customers running IDDS on versions of Solaris earlier than Solaris 8 are encouraged to upgrade their operating system to Solaris 8 before upgrading to iPlanet Directory Server.


Table 1-2    Platform Comparison

Platform

IDDS

iPlanet Directory Server

  • Solaris SPARC 2.5.1

 

Y  

N  
  • Solaris SPARC 2.6

 

Y  

Y  
  • Solaris SPARC 7

 

Y  

N  
  • Solaris SPARC 8

 

N  

Y  
  • Solaris x86

 

Y  

N  
  • Windows NT 4.0 Server

 

Y  

Y  
  • Windows 2000 Server

 

Y  

Y  
  • Windows 2000 Advanced Server

 

N  

Y  
  • HP-UX 11.00

 

Y  

Y  
  • AIX 4.3.3

 

Y  

Y  
  • Tru64 UNIX 4.0D

 

Y  

N  
  • Red Hat Linux

 

Y  

N  
  • OpenVMS

 

N  

N  


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