Re: short filter search

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Jon Roberts wrote:

> Howard Chu wrote:
>
> > > Jon Roberts wrote:
> > >
> > > > As I recall, OpenLDAP is configured by default to limit search 
> > > > filters to at least 3 significant characters. 
> > You might want to have a look at this ITS
> > http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Contrib?id=2661
> >
> > A version of this feature is now in OpenLDAP 2.3.
> >
> > Also
> > http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Enhancements?id=2588
> > Filtering now works better for filters using longer subinitial and 
> > subfinal filter strings as well.
> >
> > The slapd.conf(5) manpage in OpenLDAP 2.3 has of course been updated 
> > to describe the new substring index configuration options.
>
>
> Outstanding. Thanks Howard and Gertjan.

One last (semi-obligatory) note - these features are also available in 
Symas CDS 2 (which is based on OpenLDAP 2.2, plus many enhancements like 
this and others.)

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