The Suretec Blog http://blog.suretecsystems.com/ Open Source. Open Solutions. en Serendipity 1.3 - http://www.s9y.org/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:18:35 GMT http://blog.suretecsystems.com/templates/competition/img/s9y_banner_small.png RSS: The Suretec Blog - Open Source. Open Solutions. http://blog.suretecsystems.com/ 100 21 http://feeds.feedburner.com/suretec?format=skin57.179552-2.111006suretechttp://feedburner.google.com [Unofficial] Sneak peak: OpenLDAP 2.4.17 almost out! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/7nkQd4w7Vxw/202-Unofficial-Sneak-peak-OpenLDAP-2.4.17-almost-out!.html Asterisk Open Source OpenLDAP OpenSIPS Suretec VoIP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/202-Unofficial-Sneak-peak-OpenLDAP-2.4.17-almost-out!.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=202 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=202 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) the best release so far!

A huge thanks to the following significant contributors to this release:

Howard Chu (Symas Corp)
Hallvard Furuseth (University of Oslo)
Quanah Gibson-Mount (Yahoo! Inc)
Ralf Haferkamp (SUSE Linux)
Gavin Henry (Suretec Systems)
Pierangelo Masarati (Sys-Net)
Rein Tollevik (Basefarm AS)

It's been 3 months almost to the day since 2.4.16 so you'll see lot's of fixes and a new tool. It always amazes me that there are still bugs even though OpenLDAP is so stable, widely deployed and so fast! Well, software will always have bugs ;-)

The nice new tool is Slapschema: "Slapschema is used to check schema compliance of the contents of a slapd(8) database." See man slapschema (8)

For complete fixes etc. see the OpenLDAP CHANGES file.

Oh, and where are all my new docs? We've been so busy with existing and new clients that things have slipped, sorry. Lots of work with our partners Symas too and we're also prepping a new VoIP platform for Suretec Telecom called SureVoIP (which OpenLDAP plays a big part!).

More later and upgrade, upgrade, upgrade!!

]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:46:59 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/202-guid.html Asterisk IAM IDM IP Telephony Identity Management Open Source OpenLDAP OpenSIPS Suretec Symas Symas OpenLDAP VoIP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/202-Unofficial-Sneak-peak-OpenLDAP-2.4.17-almost-out!.html Catalyst Perl book out soon! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/BCgevaLdEqk/201-Catalyst-Perl-book-out-soon!.html Catalyst Open Source Perl Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/201-Catalyst-Perl-book-out-soon!.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=201 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=201 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) The Definitive Guide 2 Catalyst: Writing Extendable, Scalable & Maintainable Perl-Based Web Applications
]]> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:58:45 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/201-guid.html http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/201-Catalyst-Perl-book-out-soon!.html “You know you’re a business owner when your answer to everything is to start a business” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/QCWnOZGlpmE/200-You-know-youre-a-business-owner-when-your-answer-to-everything-is-to-start-a-business.html Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/200-You-know-youre-a-business-owner-when-your-answer-to-everything-is-to-start-a-business.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=200 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=200 nospam@example.com (Suretec)
You know you’re a business owner when your answer to everything is to start a business”

Your wife left you? Start a business!
Lost your leg in a freak accident involving a Robin Reliant and an Ice Cream Van? Start a business!
Being taken for granted at work? Start a business!

I’m certainly guilty of being evangelical about starting businesses. It really is the answer to everything!


]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:30 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/200-guid.html http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/200-You-know-youre-a-business-owner-when-your-answer-to-everything-is-to-start-a-business.html LDAPCon 2009 Call For Papers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/-TmBzKRnJmE/199-LDAPCon-2009-Call-For-Papers.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/199-LDAPCon-2009-Call-For-Papers.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=199 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=199 nospam@example.com (Suretec) [?] is a technical forum for IT professionals interested in LDAP and related topics like directory servers, directory management applications, directory integration, identity and access management, and meta directories.

It focuses on implementation and integration of LDAP servers and LDAP-enabled client applications. The event will bring together vendors, developers, active and prospective LDAP practitioners to share their experiences about deployment strategies, service operations, interoperability, discuss LDAP usage in new projects and learn about upcoming trends and developments.
Topics

You are involved with LDAP in interesting projects?

- You do LDAP client development?
- You have used LDAP like no-one before?
- You have innovative concepts in LDAP Integration?

Why not share your experiences, good and bad, with others?

We look for speakers who ae willing to talk about:

- the specific problems they ran into
- and how they solved them or not,
- current best practices for directory design,
- their LDAP-enabled products,
- new LDAP-related new standards and implementation efforts,
- operational aspects, such as maintenance, backups, monitoring,
- directory management applications
- new open source project using LDAP,
- security aspects such as access control,
- directory deployment for provisioning and resource management,
- client development,
- how to develop LDAP applications with various programming languages,
- identity management and federation,
- PKI and LDAP,
- LDAP and Policy
- LDAP and XML.
]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:36:15 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/199-guid.html Directory Services Enterprise Backups Enterprise Directory IAM IDM Identity Management LDAP LDAP Replication LDAP Schema Linux Open Source OpenLDAP OpenLDAP Newsletter OpenLDAP Quick Tips Replication Suretec Symas Symas OpenLDAP X.500 ldap openldap http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/199-LDAPCon-2009-Call-For-Papers.html 2nd International Conference on LDAP - LDAPCon 2009 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/4s2xPTc7W5g/198-2nd-International-Conference-on-LDAP-LDAPCon-2009.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/198-2nd-International-Conference-on-LDAP-LDAPCon-2009.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=198 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=198 nospam@example.com (Suretec) 2nd International Conference on LDAP[?]
LDAPCon 2009 has been announced!

- September 20th and 21st, 2009
- Portland Waterfront Marriott Hotel
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- LDAPCon 2009 in conjunction with LinuxCon 2009, attendees will be registered for all LinuxCon sessions and events as well as those for LDAPCon
- Conference fee: $US625
]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:46:54 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/198-guid.html IAM IDM Identity Management LDAP LDAP Replication LDAP Schema Linux Open Source OpenLDAP OpenLDAP Quick Tips Suretec Symas Symas OpenLDAP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/198-2nd-International-Conference-on-LDAP-LDAPCon-2009.html Webinar: 'Guide to Scaling OpenLDAP with MySQL Cluster' http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/XhYD1798Q-I/197-Webinar-Guide-to-Scaling-OpenLDAP-with-MySQL-Cluster.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/197-Webinar-Guide-to-Scaling-OpenLDAP-with-MySQL-Cluster.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=197 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=197 nospam@example.com (Suretec) “Guide to Scaling OpenLDAP with MySQL Cluster” on June 24th at 10:00AM PST. Howard Chu, CTO of Symas Corporation, will be the primary technical presenter. This is going to be a repeat of the great pitch we did at the MySQL Conference in Santa Clara. This is a terrific introduction to the OpenLDAP Driver for MySQL Cluster for people interested in this new database technology for LDAP[?] directory data.

Register here

Suretec®
]]> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:24:21 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/197-guid.html AD Active Directory Directory Services Enterprise Backups Enterprise Directory Fedora DS Fedora Directory Server IAM IDM Identity Management Isode LDAP LDAP Replication Microsoft Microsoft FUD Open Source OpenDS OpenLDAP Oracle Internet Directory PostgreSQL Red Hat Sun Microsystems SunOne Suretec Symas X.500 linux http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/197-Webinar-Guide-to-Scaling-OpenLDAP-with-MySQL-Cluster.html OpenLDAP Replication Strategies updated slides from last night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/P2mGMu35VnU/196-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-updated-slides-from-last-night.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/196-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-updated-slides-from-last-night.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=196 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=196 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) from last night:

OpenLDAP Replication Strategies PDF version

OpenLDAP Replication Strategies OpenOffice version

Thanks,

Gavin.
]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:32:27 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/196-guid.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/196-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-updated-slides-from-last-night.html Reminder: OpenLDAP Replication Strategies presentation tonight http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/Ky4nsW2H9-k/195-Reminder-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-presentation-tonight.html Open Source OpenLDAP Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/195-Reminder-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-presentation-tonight.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=195 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=195 nospam@example.com (Suretec) OpenLDAP has been replacing proprietary directory server offerings in the private sector, public sector and the financial sector at an increasing pace. This is largely due to its performance and scalability, dynamic configuration capabilities and flexible extensibility via bundled modules.

OpenLDAP would not have earned its place in these sectors without enterprise grade replication options.

In this talk, an overview of the latest production ready OpenLDAP 2.4 replication features will be discussed and the numerous best practice strategies will be presented covering the most common deployment configurations found in the wild.


19:30 in Room L13.18, 13th Floor, Livingstone Towers at Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:24:29 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/195-guid.html LDAP LDAP Replication Open Source OpenLDAP OpenLDAP Quick Tips Suretec Symas Symas OpenLDAP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/195-Reminder-OpenLDAP-Replication-Strategies-presentation-tonight.html Asterisk svn commit access for res_config_ldap granted. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/L86qXfUi6F0/191-Asterisk-svn-commit-access-for-res_config_ldap-granted..html Asterisk Linux Open Source OpenLDAP SIP Suretec VoIP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/191-Asterisk-svn-commit-access-for-res_config_ldap-granted..html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=191 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=191 nospam@example.com (Suretec) we now have svn commit access to the res_config_ldap RealTime driver to maintain it and the Asterisk LDAP[?] schema in the Asterisk source code.

Any bugs you find, please report them!
]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:23:00 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/191-guid.html Asterisk Digium Directory Services IAM IDM IP Telephony LDAP Linux Open Source OpenLDAP SIP Suretec Symas UC UM Unified Communications VoIP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/191-Asterisk-svn-commit-access-for-res_config_ldap-granted..html Get your backups from the Cloud! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/JvOCdsvgyi0/194-Get-your-backups-from-the-Cloud!.html Open Source Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/194-Get-your-backups-from-the-Cloud!.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=194 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=194 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry)
Unlocking the cloud
]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:43:19 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/194-guid.html http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/194-Get-your-backups-from-the-Cloud!.html Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.3 is out! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/YyxURhcQGg0/193-Request-Tracker-RT-3.8.3-is-out!.html Open Source OpenLDAP Perl PostgreSQL Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/193-Request-Tracker-RT-3.8.3-is-out!.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=193 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=193 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry) Grab it whilst it's hot!
]]> Fri, 29 May 2009 09:18:31 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/193-guid.html http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/193-Request-Tracker-RT-3.8.3-is-out!.html The world's first laptop which contains completely free software http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/Pv_bmeEAdG0/192-The-worlds-first-laptop-which-contains-completely-free-software.html Open Source Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/192-The-worlds-first-laptop-which-contains-completely-free-software.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=192 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=192 nospam@example.com (Suretec)


Main Features

1)The world's first laptop which contains completely free software. All system source files(BIOS, kernel, drivers etc.) are free, no close firmware needed.

2)High performance. Tests show that our platform gets the best performance for 7"-9"ultra mobile laptops.

3)Low power. Peak power ~12Watt for SSD version.

4)Low cost. We provide a very competitive price.

5)High quality. This product is designed and produced by Quanta Computer, the top notebook OEM factory.

6)Rich expandablity: optional HDD/wifi/camera, internal USB connector for expansion of GPS/Bluetooth etc.


Not a bad price at 310 Euros.

Suretec®
]]> Wed, 27 May 2009 09:55:01 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/192-guid.html Linux Open Source Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/192-The-worlds-first-laptop-which-contains-completely-free-software.html Realtime Integration Of Asterisk 1.4 With Kamailio/OpenSIPS 1.5.x http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/luJZEh_gKY4/190-Realtime-Integration-Of-Asterisk-1.4-With-KamailioOpenSIPS-1.5.x.html Asterisk Jabber/XMPP Open Source OpenLDAP OpenSIPS SIP Suretec VoIP http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/190-Realtime-Integration-Of-Asterisk-1.4-With-KamailioOpenSIPS-1.5.x.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=190 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=190 nospam@example.com (Suretec) voip-info.org via our Google Alerts and will answer
a lot of questions that appear on the Kamailio and OpenSIPS mailing lists:

http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Realtime+Integration+Of+Asterisk+1.4+With+Kamailio+1.5.x

All that is left is to switch to LDAP[?] authentication using the OpenSIPS LDAP module and res_config_ldap Asterisk plugin ;-)

Cheers.
]]> Tue, 19 May 2009 10:33:48 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/190-guid.html Asterisk Jabber Jabber/XMPP Kamailio Linux Open Source OpenLDAP OpenSIPS OpenSIPs SIP Suretec Symas Symas OpenLDAP VoIP XMPP ldap http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/190-Realtime-Integration-Of-Asterisk-1.4-With-KamailioOpenSIPS-1.5.x.html Nagios Fork - response from the father of Nagios http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/NSnru_oH2dM/189-Nagios-Fork-response-from-the-father-of-Nagios.html Open Source http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/189-Nagios-Fork-response-from-the-father-of-Nagios.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=189 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=189 nospam@example.com (Suretec)
As many of you know, a recent fork of Nagios has been announced, accompanied with a flurry of activity in both the community and press. An email thread titled “Nagios is dead! Long live Icinga!” began last week on the nagios-devel mailing list to kick this off.

What are my thoughts on this announcement? I think its one of the best things to ever happen to Nagios.

Why? The announcement of the fork, along with the community’s reaction to it has brought to light several things:

- Community interest in furthering Nagios is at an all-time high
- Community developers want to get more directly involved in the future project direction
- Nagios development has been slowed by some bottlenecks
- When the community perceives a problem, the community reacts
- Communication within the community needs to be improved

This entire event has seen some ugly misconceptions and half-truths lobbed in the direction of Nagios Enterprises, the Nagios Project, the Nagios Community, and myself as an individual. That’s unfortunate.


We think it's a good thing as it highlights problems which can clearly be solved if everyone agrees to work things out. If not, it's Open Source software so won't die. That's the beauty!

Suretec®
]]> Tue, 12 May 2009 09:51:30 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/189-guid.html Linux Open Source http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/189-Nagios-Fork-response-from-the-father-of-Nagios.html Testing your VoIP SIP security - sipvicious http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/suretec/~3/59nSkSgFlkc/188-Testing-your-VoIP-SIP-security-sipvicious.html Open Source Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/188-Testing-your-VoIP-SIP-security-sipvicious.html#comments http://blog.suretecsystems.com/wfwcomment.php?cid=188 0 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=188 nospam@example.com (Gavin Henry)
What is SIPVicious tool suite?

SIPVicious suite is a set of tools that can be used to audit SIP based VoIP systems. It currently consists of four tools:

- svmap - this is a sip scanner. Lists SIP devices found on an IP range
- svwar - identifies active extensions on a PBX
- svcrack - an online password cracker for SIP PBX
- svreport - manages sessions and exports reports to various formats




Of course, you'll already know this stuff.

Gavin.
]]> Fri, 08 May 2009 16:42:42 +0100 http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/188-guid.html Asterisk Linux Open Source Suretec http://blog.suretecsystems.com/archives/188-Testing-your-VoIP-SIP-security-sipvicious.html