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3.2  Implementors' agreements and profiles

   Does the DSA conform to the following implementors' agreements?  If
   so, state parts and version numbers.

   18. EWOS? [1] .......................................................
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   19. OIW? [1] ........................................................
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   Does the DSA conform to the following profiles?  If so, state which
   version numbers.

   20. UK GOSIP? [1] ...................................................

   21. US GOSIP? [1] ...................................................


   State any other GOSIP profiles to which the DSA conforms ............

3.3  Protocol stacks

   22. Which of the following transport and network layer protocols does
       the DSA support:

      (a)  TP.x over CONS (state transport class)?  [2] ................

      (b)  TP.4 over CLNS? [2] .........................................

      (c)  TP.x over X.25(1980) (state transport class)?  [2] ..........




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3.4  DIT structure

   23. A suggested DIT structure, detailing an object class hierarchy, is
       presented in X.521.  Does the DSA:

      (a)  Enforce this hierarchy?  ....................................

      (b)  Allow the enforcement of this hierarchy?  ...................

   24. Are structure rules optional or mandatory?  .....................

4.  Other protocols

   25. Not everybody uses OSI protocols at the network layer.  Does the
       DSA support other "network" layer protocols?

      (a)  TP.0 over RFC1006 over TCP/IP [3] ...........................

      (b)  State any other options supported.  .........................
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   26. Does the DSA also run over any lightweight stack?  If so,
       describe it with reference to the OSI seven layer model [1] .....

   27. Can local DUAs access the DSA directly by some method of
       inter-process communications?  [1] ..............................
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5.  Extensions to the 1988 Standard

5.1  Schema

   28. Does the DSA fully support RFC1274, "The COSINE and Internet
       X.500 Schema"?  [2] ............................................
       If not, please supply a list of all those object classes,
       attribute types and attribute syntaxes in RFC1274 which are
       supported on a separate sheet.  This might be summarised by
       saying, for example, "all those with standard attribute
       syntaxes", or "all except fooBar".

   29. Does the DSA implement the schema management defined in the 1992
       standard?  [2] ..................................................

   30. If not, is the schema stored in the Directory?  In a distributed
       manner[2] or centralised[1] ?  ..................................

   31. Can a DSA manager extend the schema and add new




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      (a)  Attribute types with existing syntaxes?  With compilation
           [1], or without compilation [2] .............................

      (b)  Attribute syntaxes?  With compilation [1], or without
           compilation [2] .............................................

      (c)  Attribute sets?  With compilation [1], or without compilation
           [2] .........................................................
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      (d)  Object classes?  With compilation [1], or without compilation
           [2] .........................................................
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   32. Is it possible to add in or modify DIT structure rules, with
       compilation [1], without compilation [2] ........................

5.2  Support for replication

   33. Does the DSA support the replication mechanisms as described in
       the 1992 standard [2]?
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   34. Does the DSA support any other replication mechanisms?  .........

      (a)  Replication part of RFC1276 [2] .............................

      (b)  Other (please give a reference to any description of the
           mechanisms, and indicate whether these mechanisms are used by
           any other implementations) [1 for any mechanism] ............
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   35. If the DSA supports replication, does it support:

      (a)  Replication of a single entry?  [2] .........................

      (b)  Replication of a set of sibling entries?  [2] ...............

      (c)  Replication of a subtree?  [2] ..............................

5.3  Support for access control

   36. Does the DSA support access control as described in the 1992
       standard [3]?  ..................................................

   37. If not, does the DSA have any access control mechanisms at all?



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       [2] .............................................................

   38. If yes, does the access control scheme support the following:

      (a)  Allow a user to maintain their own entry?  [1] ..............

      (b)  Allow a user to maintain some attributes in their own entry,
           but not all attributes?  [1] ................................

      (c)  Give management rights to a DSA manager in a fashion analogous
           to the privileges given to a UNIX super-user?  [1] ..........

      (d)  Give management rights to a data manager on a per subtree
           basis?  [1] .................................................

      (e)  Give management rights (to an entry, group of entries,
           subtree, etc) to a group of users?  [1] .....................

      (f)  Give access rights to users on the basis of the leading
           portion of their Distinguished Name?  [1] ...................

      (g)  Is it possible to define a protection mechanism for each
           individual attribute type in one entry?  [1] ................

      (h)  Maximum number of Distinguished Names that can be defined for
           one access right to one attribute in one entry? If unlimited,
           state the constraints.  [1 if more than 6 DNs are feasible] :

      (i)  Does the DSA support the extended access control techniques
           described in "An Access Control approach for Searching and
           Listing" by Hardcastle-Kille and Howes, in the Internet
           Draft, OSI-DS 21?  [2]
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      (j)  If there are features of the access control mechanisms which
           are not brought out by the above questions, please describe
           these additional features [up to 2 for wonderful additional
           features!]  .................................................
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5.4  Miscellaneous

   39. Does the DSA fully support RFC1276, "Replication and Distributed
       Operations extensions to provide an Internet Directory using
       X.500"?  [2] .... If not, please give a list of features that are
       supported.



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   40. If the DSA uses RFC1006 and/or X.25(1980) at the network layer,
       does the DSA conform to RFC1277, "Encoding Network Addresses to
       support operation over non-OSI lower layers" [3] ...............

6.  Miscellaneous characteristics

   41. Does the DSA use its own database, or can it be used in
       conjunction with a general-purpose database package such as
       Oracle?  [1 for own, 1 for ability to map onto general purpose
       databases, 1 if any such mappings have been made] ...............
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   42. If the DSA runs as a static server, state the start-up time for a
       DSA with a database of 20000 entries.  If this varies widely
       according to configuration options, give figures for the various
       options.  .......................................................
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   43. What is the maximum number of simultaneous associations that the
       DSA may have open?  [1 if more than 15 associations] ............

   44. Maximum database size, in entries, megabytes, or as appropriate.
       If none, state what the constraints are.  [1 if a database of
       more than 100,000 entries is feasible] ..........................

   45. What is the run-time size of an entry as specified in section 10
       (on performance)?  This should be the marginal size of an entry
       and thus should include the overhead of default indexes, etc.  ..

   46. What is the on-disk database size of an entry as specified in
       section 10 on performance?  .....................................

   47. Does the DSA make of indexing?  [2 if yes] ......................

       If so:

      (a)  Can the database be fully inverted?  [1] ....................
           If not, state for which:

           i.  attributes indexes are automatically built ..............
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          ii.  attributes/attribute syntaxes indexes may be built ......
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      (b)  Does the index improve performance on:

           i.  Exact match [1] .........................................

          ii.  Leading substring match [1] .............................

         iii.  Approximate match [1] ...................................

          iv.  Any substring match [1] .................................

           v.  Trailing substring match [1] ............................

      (c)  What is the increase in run-time size of an entry when adding
           an index?
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      (d)  What is the increase in on-disk database size of adding
           another index?
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   48. What sort of approximate match algorithm does the DSA use?
       Describe it briefly .............................................