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Re: Chaining vs Referrals ?? -Reply

Colin Robbins <c.robbins@nexor.co.uk> Mon, 26 February 1996 17:30 UTC

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To: Ed Reed <Ed_Reed@novell.com>
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Subject: Re: Chaining vs Referrals ?? -Reply
In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 24 Feb 1996 12:20:14 -0800. <s12f080a.007@fromGW>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 10:23:35 +0000
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From: Colin Robbins <c.robbins@nexor.co.uk>
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   >From a performance standpoint, the chaining model can, but may not,
   >afford superior cache support at the DSA, particularly if many DUAs
   >regularly access the same portions of the tree and can share cached
   >results of their queries. 

Alas, with the X.500(93) access control model, caching within a DSA is
very hard to do, as the access control information is not carried with
the data over DSP.  Consequently, the role of a DSA cache is severly
limited, if allowed at all.


Colin

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