Re: LDAP ACL Architecture

[Rob Byrne - Sun Microsystems <Robert.Byrne@france.sun.com>]

Mark Wahl wrote:

> > But then in what sense is _the_ LDAP Mechanism mandatory ?
> >
> > What I mean is a vendor could advertise a proprietary Mechanism in force in
> > all "bits" of the DIT and still be compliant to the LDAP Model--he simply
> > explains that the "bit" that understands the LDAP Mechanism is empty.
>
> That is not compliant as the implementation has no way of demonstrating
> interoperability.
>
>

I suspect that the draft will have to be carfeully worded to clearly prevent
vendors claiming this kind of trivial compliance.

Rob.