RE: LDAP outcome entry

["Steve Kille" <[e-mail]>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave CROCKER [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: 22 February 2010 17:56
> To: Steve Kille
> Cc: 'Eliot Lear'; [e-mail]; 'Kurt Zeilenga'; 'Erik
> Andersen'
> Subject: Re: LDAP outcome entry
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> I'd class your response as meaning that there need to be some changes
> to the
> Outcomes wiki and given your knowledge of the topic, doubt anyone is
> likely to
> assert different facts.  The changes should be done by you or someone
> with an
> LDAP background.  (I don't have nearly enough, plus I generlly want to
> encourage
> others to make changes.)

I don't think I'm going to have time to do this

> 
> This suggests that LDAPv3 should get its own entry, to mark the
> differences from
> earlier version?

No, although I think the evolution is worth noting


> While LDAP is widely deployed -- for example in clients -- I don't have
> a feel
> for just how much actual /usage/ there is in enterprises.  Is it really
> massive?

I find it hard to judge, although it seems clear to me that a lot of
organizations use it, if only as a consequence of AD.    My sense is that it
ends up getting deployed, albeit without much visibility in a lot of places.

My disappointment, is that its use between organizations is limited.    This
seems a pity, as it could enable better sharing of information, and in
particular give access to X.509 certs to facilitate end to end encryption,
esp with S/MIME


Steve