[Kroupware] Automatic server discovery

[Brad Hards]

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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 15:32, Andreas Jellinghaus wrote:
> i don't see the benefit of slp. I prefer svr records in dns.
> allowing either or both is a good idea (but not top priority) IMO.
SRV records (and PTR records, like rendezvous does) can help too, but they 
tend to be a PITA to administer if your network changes too often (or if 
you're into zeroconf, like I am). Also, you can't do smart searches (tell me 
the SMTP host for workgroup=engineering) with DNS.
I'd eventually like to see a service discovery system that presented a unified 
application interface, and worked with whatever back-end was enabled (kind of 
like the Name Service Switch). Smart design would abstract service 
registration and service discovery implementation from the rest of the system 
in any case.

> In addition i suggest automatic configuration:
> ask the user for login and password, anon bind to ldap to find
> the dn (do not ask for a complete dn like some ldap tools),
> then authenticate bind with the dn and password,
> and download that persons whole entry.
Which ldap server?

Brad
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