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Network Working Group                                           T. Howes
Request for Comments: 1249                                      M. Smith
                                                              B. Beecher
                                                  University of Michigan
                                                             August 1991


                      DIXIE Protocol Specification

Status of this Memo

   This RFC defines a mechanism by which TCP/UDP based clients can
   access OSI Directory Service without the overhead of the ISO
   transport and presentation protocols required to implement full-blown
   DAP.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It
   does not specify any standard.  Distribution of this memo is
   unlimited.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ..............................................  2
   1.1 History ..................................................  2
   2. Protocol ..................................................  2
   2.1 Header ...................................................  3
   2.2 Operations ...............................................  4
   2.2.1 Read ...................................................  4
   2.2.1.1 Read Request .........................................  4
   2.2.1.2 Read Reply ...........................................  4
   2.2.2 Search .................................................  5
   2.2.2.1 Search Request .......................................  5
   2.2.2.2 Search Reply .........................................  5
   2.2.3 List ...................................................  5
   2.2.3.1 List Request .........................................  5
   2.2.3.2 List Reply ...........................................  5
   2.2.4 Modify .................................................  5
   2.2.4.1 Modify Request .......................................  6
   2.2.4.2 Modify Reply .........................................  6
   2.2.5 Modify RDN .............................................  6
   2.2.5.1 Modify RDN Request ...................................  6
   2.2.5.2 Modify RDN Reply .....................................  6
   2.2.6 Add ....................................................  6
   2.2.6.1 Add Request ..........................................  7
   2.2.6.2 Add Reply ............................................  7
   2.2.7 Remove .................................................  7
   2.2.7.1 Remove Request .......................................  7
   2.2.7.2 Remove Reply .........................................  7
   2.2.8 Bind ...................................................  7
   2.2.8.1 Bind Request .........................................  7



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   2.2.8.2 Bind Reply ...........................................  8
   2.3 Operation Code Summary ...................................  8
   2.4 Return Code Summary ......................................  8
   3. References ................................................  9
   4. Available Implementations .................................  9
   5. Security Considerations....................................  9
   6. Authors' Addresses ........................................ 10

1.    Introduction

   OSI Directory Service defines a powerful mechanism for storing and
   retrieving information about objects, and for arranging those objects
   in a hierarchical structure.  Many types of objects and information
   can be stored in The Directory, including white pages information,
   application information, service information, etc.  The OSI protocol
   defined to allow access to this information is the Directory Access
   Protocol (DAP).  The DAP, being an OSI application-layer program, is
   fairly heavy-weight and requires a substantial amount of computing
   power and coding investment to implement.

   The DIXIE protocol is designed for use by smaller hosts (e.g.,
   Macintoshes and PCs) that do not have the computing power or
   necessary software to implement a full OSI protocol stack.  The DIXIE
   protocol is also useful for any Internet application that wants a
   simple interface to X.500 that requires very little coding
   investment.

   The basic idea behind DIXIE is the same as that described in RFC 1202
   for the Directory Assistance Protocol.  DIXIE offers both UDP and TCP
   access to The Directory.  While the Directory Assistance Protocol
   exports something of a user interface, DIXIE provides a more direct
   protocol translation.

1.1   History

   The DIXIE protocol has evolved over time, slowly growing into the
   protocol described by this document.  Without an understanding of the
   circumstances surrounding this evolution, the wisdom of some of the
   DIXIE design decisions may not be apparent.

2.    Protocol

   This section describes the DIXIE protocol in detail.  DIXIE follows a
   client-server request and response paradigm.  Clients send request
   packets to a DIXIE server, and the server sends reply packets in
   return.  Communication may be over UDP or TCP, depending upon the
   needs of the client.  All modification operations (ADD, REMOVE,
   MODIFY, MODIFYRDN) must be performed over a TCP connection, which



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   provides some level of authentication.

   Whichever method of communication is used, the general packet format
   is the same.  Each packet consists of a sixteen octet header followed
   by some data.  The format of the header and data for each kind of
   request is described below.

   The representation used for all X.500 data passed between the server
   and the client is the QUIPU EDB format.  So, for example, a
   Distinguished Name might look something like "c=US@o=University of
   Michigan".  For a complete description of this format, see volume 5
   of the ISODE Manual.

   The DIXIE server listens on port 96 for both UDP packets and TCP
   connections.

2.1   Header

   The DIXIE packet header is sixteen octets long.  For requests, the
   header is described by the following:

      Start Length    Description
      0       1       An opcode specifying one of the operations
                      described below.  (see section 2.3 for a summary)
      1       2       A request identifier to be included in the reply.
                      This number should be unique to a request.
      3       4       The total length of the request packet, excluding
                      the header.
      7       2       Unused.
      9       1       Options.  Currently, there are only three options.
                      If bit 0 is set, "large" attributes will be
                      included in the response.  The choice of what
                      constitutes large is up to the implementation.
                      If bit 1 is set, the dereference aliases service
                      control will be set for the X.500 operation.  If
                      bit 2 is set, aliases will NOT be dereferenced and
                      searched during a search operation.
      10      1       Protocol version. The current version is 1.
      11      1       For the search operation, this byte specifies the
                      scope of the search.  (see section 2.2.2.1)
      12      2       Timelimit in seconds for the operation.
      14      2       Sizelimit for the operation (search and list).









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   For replies, the header is described by the following:

      Start Length    Description
      0       1       A return code specifying either success or
                      describing any error that occurred.  (see
                      section 2.4 for a description of each code)
      1       2       The identifier included in the corresponding
                      request packet.
      3       4       The total length of the response packet, excluding
                      the header.
      7       3       Unused.
      10      1       Protocol version.  The current version is 1.
      11      5       Unused.

   All unused fields should be set to null octets and are reserved for
   future expansion.

2.2   Operations

   This section describes the DIXIE operations, which closely parallel
   the X.500 DAP operations.

2.2.1 Read

   The DIXIE read operation corresponds to an X.500 DAP READ operation.

2.2.1.1 Read Request

   The header opcode should be set to 0x01.  The data portion of the
   packet consists of the DN of the entry to read, a null octet, and
   then a null-octet separated list of attributes whose values are to be
   returned from the read.  If no attributes to return are listed, all
   attributes are returned.  The packet is terminated by two null octets
   in a row.

2.2.1.2 Read Reply

   The reply data for the read operation consists of the entry read,
   followed by a null octet.  An entry consists of the DN of the entry,
   followed by the octet 0x02, followed by a 0x02-octet separated list
   of attribute values.  An attribute value consists of an attribute
   type, followed by the octet 0x01, followed by a 0x01-octet separated
   list of values.  Each attribute type, attribute value and
   distinguished name has the form defined by the QUIPU EDB format.







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2.2.2 Search

   The DIXIE search operation corresponds to an X.500 DAP SEARCH
   operation.

2.2.2.1 Search Request

   The header opcode should be set to 0x0f.  Octet 11 in the header
   should be set to 0x01, 0x02, or 0x03, for a search scope of base
   object, one level, or whole subtree, respectively.  The data portion
   of the packet consists of the DN of the entry from which to start the
   search, a null octet, a string containing the search filter (dish-
   style), a null-octet, and then a null-octet separated list of
   attributes whose values are to be returned from the search.  If no
   attributes to return are listed, all attributes are returned.  The
   packet is terminated by two null octets in a row.

2.2.2.2 Search Reply

   The reply data to the search operation consists of two octets in
   network byte order specifying the number of matches returned.  Next
   comes this number of sequences of the form: one 0x03 octet followed
   by one entry.  Each entry is as described above in section 2.2.1.2.

2.2.3 List

   The DIXIE list operation corresponds to an X.500 DAP LIST operation.

2.2.3.1 List Request

   The header opcode should be set to 0x10.  The data portion of the
   packet consists of the DN of the entry on which to perform the list,
   followed by a null octet.

2.2.3.2 List Reply

   The reply data to the list operation consists of two octets in
   network byte order specifying the number of subordinates returned,
   followed by this number of sequences of the form: one 0x03 octet
   followed by a Relative Distinguished Name of a subordinate.

2.2.4 Modify

   The DIXIE modify operation corresponds to an X.500 DAP MODIFY
   operation.






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