Re: Rep (2) : QUIPU vs X.500 (was: A tool for...)

Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com> Wed, 17 November 1993 03:39 UTC

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From: Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>

Forget the glib comments and details of interoperability and lets remember
one basic fact.

Pure X.500(88) cannot be deployed on a large scale.  Period.
Extensions to support replication are needed.  RFC 1276 is the only
viable published pre-93 mechanism.

Any operational pilot needs to agree its replication mechanisms for
the upper levels of the DIT.   Your X.500 pedantry is simply a
diversion from this basic reality.


Steve