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RFC 2116 X.500 Implementations Catalog-96 April 1997
* The use of several alternative names (aliases) for one and
the same directory entry.
* Search queries that allow the user to select objects on the
basis of specific attributes and their values, as with a
"Yellow Pages" telephone directory
* Treemanagement functions which can cover entire subtrees.
* The creation and automatic updating of copies ("shadows")
from remote computers.
* Access protection at attribute level, which regulates access
on an object-specific basis.
* The storage of unstructured attributes (graphics, pixels).
The tools package of DIR.X V3.1 includes:
* gdssetup: A simple-to-use tool for the generation and
initialization of a directory configuration.
* gdshdsch: Enables the directory administrator to modify the
directory schema off-line.
* X.500 MIB access via SNMP
* gdscp: A TCL based administration tool for UNIX clients with
full XDS functionality
* gdshd: A powerful import/export tool
Additional features include:
* support for ISO 8859-1 characters
* dynamic schema modifications
* caching.
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