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RE: implementation quiz: ;binary
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt D. Zeilenga [mailto:Kurt@OpenLDAP.org]
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 6:14 PM
> To: ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org
> Subject: implementation quiz: ;binary
>
>
> Please provide a separate response for each application of
> interest. There is no need to respond if you have not
> implemented ;binary transfer of attribute types. This is
> only a partial quiz aimed at getting a general idea of the
> level of interoperability.
>
> Implementor: Unisys Corporation
> Application: TransIT 500 Directory Server
> Application Class: [ ] client, [X] server
>
> Have you implemented ;binary transfer of attributes?
>
Yes.
> Is this support specific to particular syntaxes and/or attributes?
> If so, which syntaxes and attributes?
>
No. ;binary is supported for all attributes and syntaxes.
> Do you support non-;binary transfer for any syntax and/or
> attribute which you support ;binary transfer for?
>
Yes. Any attribute for which a string syntax is defined can also
be transfered in BER.
> Does your application ensure values it sends using ;binary are
> restricted to a valid BER encoding of the attribute's syntax?
>
Yes.
> Does your application treat non-BER encoded values received
> using ;binary as an error? If so, what error?
>
Yes. invalidAttributeSyntax
> Does your application treat BER encoding of values of incorrect
> using ;binary as an error? If so, what error?
>
Yes. invalidAttributeSyntax
> Does your application expect values to be encoded using a
> subset of BER? If so, which subset?
>
No.
> Comments:
>
This is an X.500-based directory server. Since handling BER encoded
attributes is required for DAP, it was natural to handle ;binary for
all attributes in LDAP.