remember, kids, the 'l' in ldap stands for 'lightweight', not 'lolzors'

[rone]

jdev: ... and of course LDAP will solve any problem you might possibly have.
allbery: No, no, LDAP just provides a framework in which ways to talk about the solutions of all the problems you might possibly have can be meaningfully discussed.

Comments

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Also, please note that the 's' in SNMP stands for 'simple,' not 'st0ned'...

[blarglefiend.livejournal.com]

Could've fooled me.

[eagle]

Both SNMP and LDAP appear to be based on the same basic theory, namely that if we assign a number with a lot of periods in it to every possible piece of data, somehow the world will magically become a better place.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

If only the I in IMAP stood for 'intuitive', we could have a real party.

[dr-strych9.livejournal.com]

Just you wait until you encounter the shambling chimerae of ASN.1, hierarchical URI and XML that was built in measureless aeons behind history by the vast, loathsome shapes that seeped down from the dark stars... oops, sorry about that.

Damned Lovecraft implant is acting up again.

[eagle]

I write Kerberos software for a living, and alas am therefore all too familiar with ASN.1. Although thankfully have yet to have to actually write an encoder or decoder.

I loathe XML, but it is at least better than ASN.1.

[vatine]

ASN.1 is, like, crack for telco system implementors (I believe that's where it originally came from). It's also both under- and over-specified, in curious ways. Every single time I've started looking at it, I have immediately had to apply the mental equivalent of bleach and a high-speed rotating brush.

[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

The implementation Nortel and Lucent used was ASN1.1 for their CDPD boxes.

If you think the spec is insane, try dealing with the politics surrounding implementation of these boxes in a billing system. After dealing with that for a half hour, you're more than happy to deal with something FAR MORE SANE.

[xlerb.livejournal.com]

And then you can assign DOIs to all the Lovecraft stories.

[waider.livejournal.com]

"Both SNMP and LDAP appear to be based on the same basic theory, namely that if we assign a number with a lot of periods in it to every possible piece of data, somehow the world will magically become a better place." everyone will stop bothering us BOFHs and we can get back to playing netrek

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Is it just me, or is LDAP like Jesus to its followers?

It's not the answer to everything, really.

I promise.

Some problems cannot be solved with LDAP.

Really.

Now go away.

IANMTU

[vardissakheli.livejournal.com]

I maintain, uh, maintained, client code for an interface whose name stands for "Standalone LDAP HTTP API": SLAPHAPI.