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CIT LDAP Project: Definition

Project Definition

Purpose

Design and implement an LDAP server to provide a complete replacement of the existing CSO server functionality and provide new functionality.

Milestones

Status

The CSO service was replaced by LDAP between 5:30 AM and 7:00 AM on 17 December 2002.

Milestone Date Completed Deliverables Completed
Determine what LDAP servers are available that will integrate with our Kerberos 5 (DCE) authentication server 1 May 2001 These web pages
Define Requirements June 2001 Requirements Page
Define schema (database layout) This will NEVER be completed  
Determine input required to populate/maintain schema March 2002 Ongoing feeds from SIS and HRS systems
Define Evaluation Criteria 27 April 2001 Evaluation Page
Determine eligible products 1 May 2001 Comparison Matrix
Evaluate products   This was primarily skipped because OpenLDAP was the only product that integrated with our Kerberos5 environment without having to purchase expensive add-on software just for testing
Choose product January 2002 OpenLDAP 2.0
Obtain chosen product January 2002  
Obtain necessary hardware (is a separate machine needed?) May 2002 Two IBM X330 intel systems running RedHat Linux
Document interface for
  1. Which programming languages?
  Use PHP-ldap, Perl-LDAP, or Python-LDAP. C API is available.
Implement service 17 December 2002 Sendmail using LDAP routing
ph2ldap gateway operational
UVM People pages using LDAP

Last modified December 17 2002 08:55 AM

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