Re: [Pki-devel] UnboundID Java LDAP SDK

On 02/16/2012 01:55 PM, Nathan Kinder wrote: > We might want to look into what can be gained by switching from using > the Mozilla LDAP JDK in Dogtag to the UnboundID Java LDAP SDK. The > UnboundID SDK is actively maintained, and has support for quite a few > things that the Mozilla LDAP JDK is lacking. I also found this blog > posting by Neil Wilson (the main developer of the UnboundID SDK), > which shows performance comparisons of many Java LDAP SDKs, including > Mozilla's: > > > http://www.dirmgr.com/blog/2011/5/31/comparing-java-ldap-sdk-performance.... > > I'd recommend looking at the above blog post to see the results, but > the UnboundID SDK is significantly faster than the Mozilla LDAP JDK > in all tests. > > The UnboundID Java LDAP SDK would need to be packaged for Fedora, but > that would be a pretty easy undertaking. It is available under GPLv2 > and LGPLv2.1. I do not know how big an effort porting would be, but > it may very well be worthwhile to switch. I've opened the following > ticket in trac to look into this some more: > > https://fedorahosted.org/pki/ticket/102 > > -NGK > > _______________________________________________ > Pki-devel mailing list > Pki-devel(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pki-devel From the very brief look at UnboundID, its crypto implementation may not be flexible enough.

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