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The umich ldap tools work in cleartext, there are as of yet untested using S SL, however the ssl support compiles cleanly. The nss_ldap libraries compile on linux with the patches, and now provide some functionality

Library Status

Here's the magic matrix as to what works under the client (nss_ldap) libraries.

Untested/Unimplemented
Work In Progress
Nonfunctional
Working
System Call
getaliasbynamesetaliasentendaliasent
getaliasentgethosttongetntohost
setetherentendetherentgetetherent
getgrnamgetgrgidsetgrent
endgrentgetgrentgethostbyname
gethostbyaddrsethostentendhostent
gethostentgetnetbynamegetnetbyaddr
setnetentendnetentgetnetent
getprotobynamegetprotobynumbersetprotoent
endprotoentgetprotoentgetpwnam
getpwuidsetpwentendpwent
getpwentgetrpcbynamegetrpcbynumber
setrpcentendrpcentgetrpcent
getservbynamegetservbyportsetservent
endserventgetserventgetspnam
setspentendspentgetspent

Features from Netscape Directory FAQ
LDAP v3 Implementation
Intelligent referrals: Servers can refer a query to other servers, depending on what is being asked.
Support for international character sets such as UTF-8 encoding and language attribute tags.
Enhanced security features such as LDAP over SSL and Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) framework.
Dynamically extensible schema: Schema can be published in the directory and managed through LDAP operations.
Protocol extensibility: New operations can be added to the protocol without rewriting it.

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