tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152965542011-10-20T09:51:21.738+11:00Your information source for all of the latest news on the ViewDS Discovery Server.Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.comBlogger321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-89586465444704114312011-10-04T15:54:00.001+11:002011-10-04T15:54:51.025+11:00

The third patch release for ViewDS 7.1 is now available. Patch 3 fixes a number of issues that have been discovered within Access Presence and the ViewDS server. The issues that have been fixed will improve the usability, security and functionality of the ViewDS software.  It is recommended that customers consider upgrading to this latest patch. Existing customers should contact their ViewDS

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The second patch release for ViewDS 7.1 is now available.Patch 2 fixes a number of issues that have been discovered within the ViewDS Management Agent, Access Presence and the ViewDS server.The issues that have been fixed will improve the performance, reliability and usability of the ViewDS software. It is recommended that customers consider upgrading to this latest patch.Existing customers

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-34318612965958948762011-07-26T08:25:00.003+10:002011-07-26T08:38:40.884+10:00

Lieberman Software have announced the release of Enterprise Random Password Manager (ERPM) version 4.83.2 and Random Password Manager (RPM) version 4.83.2.Within this release, Enterprise Random Password Manager (ERPM) provides native support for the ViewDS Directory Server.Enterprise Random Password Manager (ERPM) integrates with ViewDS in two waysERPM discovers, secures and manages ViewDS

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-54001563373432777572011-01-19T11:13:00.004+11:002011-01-19T11:21:55.329+11:00

Leading US Identity & Access Management specialist adds eNitiatives.com’s ViewDS technologies to its offeringsFramingham Massachusetts; USA, and Melbourne Australia, 17th January 2011:Coreblox Inc, a leading US headquartered Identity & Access Management professional services specialist, and eNitiatives.com of Australia, developer of innovative Identity and Entitlement Management technologies,

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Telos Corporation to include eNitiatives.com’s ViewDS technology as a component of its Web-based secure organizational messaging system.Ashburn, Virginia, USA, and Melbourne Australia, 10th January 2011:Telos Corporation, a US-headquartered supplier of secure, advanced technology solutions to the U.S federal government, and eNitiatives Pty Ltd of Australia, an innovative developer of Defence and

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-9032151276509540322010-12-08T14:23:00.003+11:002010-12-08T15:00:20.749+11:00

The first patch release for ViewDS 7.1 is now available.The patch release introduces some enhancements, including the improved handling of XACML policies by the ViewDS Access Sentinel PDP. Access Presence has been enhanced to offer native support for paged search results delivered through the web interface. Patch 1 also fixes a number of issues within the ViewDS Management Agent, Access Presence

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-15350751040928227922010-09-21T08:50:00.005+10:002010-09-21T10:18:34.983+10:00

eNitiatives are happy to announce the release of ViewDS 7.1. This release incorporates a number of enhancements to the ViewDS server and the user interface. Access Presence (Web DUA)In ViewDS 7.1, the WebDUA (ViewDS's web based user interface) has been renamed to Access Presence. Alternative Hierarchies obtained through the relationships between entries within the ViewDS data can be displayed and

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-8270726306591076242010-07-13T07:54:00.005+10:002010-07-13T08:53:36.027+10:00

eB2Bcom has developed a new searchable Contacts & Services Directory web site facility for the Victorian Government’s Victoria online website, that went live on 1 July 2010. This state-of-the-art facility uses world-leading searching and matching technology to ensure the highest possible chance of matching a user’s query to the required information. It encompasses techniques such as phonetic,

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-38961789034250752312010-06-01T09:15:00.002+10:002010-06-01T10:14:23.729+10:00

Knowing that XML oriented technologies would become increasingly important and popular, ViewDS began embracing XML in as many ways possible quite a long time ago. Due to the importance of interoperability, ViewDS's Chief Architect (Dr. Steven Legg) lead a standardization effort to define the XML Enabled Directory (XED) framework. More information about XED can be found in this earlier post. XED

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-43110906809610335162010-05-11T08:26:00.003+10:002010-05-11T10:59:26.166+10:00

Since the release of ViewDS 7.0 in November last year, the ViewDS development team have been working feverishly to pack more features into the product for our next release later on this year. Some of the major ViewDS server features that we've implemented so far include:GSSAPI (Kerberos)Support for GSSAP SASL Authentication mechanism for LDAP will allow ViewDS to be accessed within Kerberos based

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-35595338996574593742009-12-14T11:29:00.002+11:002009-12-14T12:00:29.037+11:00

ViewDS 7.0 Patch 1 has been released and its usage is encouraged for any ViewDS 7.0 users. This patch release addresses problems identified with the ViewDS Management Agent, the WebDUA and the DSA Server. Please visit the ViewDS Website to learn more about ViewDS or to request information about this release.

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-60913207040082397262009-11-19T13:13:00.009+11:002009-11-19T13:58:36.441+11:00

ViewDS 7.0 has now been released as the successor of View500 6.0. ViewDS 7.0 offers a variety of long awaited features including:The ViewDS Management AgentThe ViewDS Management Agent is a Windows-based application that runs on a different computer to the one hosting the DSA. It allows you to manage the status of one or more DSAs remotely and access their configuration parameters, log files,

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As of the 1st of July 2009, the name of the View500 technology has been changed to ViewDS.It is currently anticipated that ViewDS 7.0 (View500 6.0's successor) will be released in October. Enhancements include a new administrative interface and extensions to the authorization model to support attribute based dynamic roles for user inclusion.Throughout the name change transition we will be

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-49032220889552144652009-07-23T19:02:00.002+10:002009-07-23T19:10:39.434+10:00

eB2Bcom (Australian provider of Identity & Access Management solutions) and COMSOFT (German leading supplier of forefront Aeronautical Message Handling System - AMHS) solutions have announced a strategic partnership as of July 20st, 2009.eB2Bcom will concentrate on the further technical development and enhancement of the ViewDS ATN directory solution for the aviation sector. The outstanding

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-36349444975365203132009-07-22T09:35:00.003+10:002009-07-22T10:12:59.903+10:00

eB2Bcom (the supplier of View500) has partnered with Prime Genetics, an innovative developer of molecular encryption technologies to launch a world-leading brand protection and anti-counterfeiting systems that securely authenticate documents and products. Tampering with, and counterfeiting of documents, banknotes, certifications, identity information, branded goods, etc., costs industry and

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-40234208817424151352009-04-16T10:07:00.002+10:002009-04-16T11:07:20.534+10:00

I noticed an interesting write up by David Kearns today in Network World titled Pimp my Directory. Some of the most recent development efforts within View500 endeavor to provide services that leverage the core underlying directory services and XML capabilities. For example, the next major release of View500 will contain support for ebXML Registry Services. By leveraging existing search and XML

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-36999142018049818702009-03-30T11:59:00.009+11:002009-03-30T12:49:25.458+11:00

A new patch for the most current release of View500 (version 6) has been made available. This patch release includes some significant enhancements and bug fixes. SDUA Content SynchronizationIn Patch 5, the SDUA program was enhanced to allow View500 specific content synchronization to occur. This allowed a View500 server's content to be kept synchronized with the content of an SDUA formatted data

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-34063949974397639232009-02-20T13:18:00.005+11:002009-02-20T17:55:00.527+11:00

Recent additions to the View500 website have included a number of whitepapers that can be obtained by registered users. The available whitepapers include: The Highs and Lows of Integrating LDAP with XML View500 Approximate Matching Whitepaper View500 PKI View500 Proxy Authorization View500: A Scalable and Distributed Solution View500: Why and When to Consider View500: The XML Enabled Directory

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1150245249817912042006-06-14T09:56:00.000+10:002006-06-14T10:34:10.156+10:00

In the past 5 to 6 years there has been an effort within the IETF to revise the LDAP Version 3 specifications. This revision was conducted with the IETF work group called LDAPbis. As of now, this working group has concluded and have produced a new set of LDAPv3 RFCs. Collectively, these RFCs have made the following RFCs obsolete; RFC 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, 2256, 2829, 2830, 3377 and 3771.

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1149296695141837862006-06-03T11:00:00.000+10:002006-06-03T11:04:57.386+10:00

DSE Lite is a multi-functional, one-to-one data synchronization tool that enables organizations to easily manage data integration requirements, allowing them to securely move data between any two repositories or applications — regardless of platform, protocol, type or location. DSE Lite, a fully licensed enterprise class product, is available via free download from the MaXware Web site (

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1144281341559241772006-04-06T09:20:00.000+10:002006-04-06T09:55:41.926+10:00

It was reported in The Sydney Morning Herald (5th of April 2006) that: "A NSW Police blunder has led to a database of email passwords - including those of the anti-terrorism commander and hundreds of journalists - published on the internet."The names, email addresses and passwords of potentially 800 people, who were subscribed to media releases, was made available on the Internet.At first, I was

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1141164712149966532006-03-01T08:53:00.000+11:002006-03-01T09:11:52.556+11:00

The Australian Technology Showcase program is a promotional and networking government program targeted at small and medium sized Australian business enterprises with innovative, cutting edge technologies.This year, eB2Bcom will be exhibiting the View500 Directory Server. A variety of eB2Bcom staff will be present to provide you with information and demonstrations. To find out more about how

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1138750300994315202006-02-01T09:08:00.001+11:002009-03-31T07:52:26.793+11:00

The third patch release for version 6.0 of View500 has now been made available on the View500 website.As detailed within the release notes, this patch fixes a number of bugs and supports more aspects of the XED specification. The latest releases for each version of View500 are:View500 6.0 patch 3 [e7] (20/01/2006)View500 5.3 patch 11 [e15] (10/01/2006)View500 5.2 patch 8 [a12] (21/05/2004)It is

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1135730633834327702005-12-28T11:27:00.000+11:002005-12-28T11:46:15.310+11:00

LDAP Guru is back!This website underwent an upgrade and was unavailable for a month or two. It now appears to be up and running again.I really like this website and would recommend it as a great LDAP resource. In retaining it vendor neutral approach, it offers the following LDAP related services:Support ForumTutorialsSample CodeJob listingsA Book storeBlogsDownloadsIndustry NewsFAQsAs a

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1132723740443985642005-11-23T16:23:00.001+11:002009-03-31T07:53:20.494+11:00

A new Patch release of View500 6.0 is now available. This patch release fixes a number of issues; all of which are listed within the View500 release notes. Register with the View500 website to obtain the release notes and the latest patch release.

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The View500 website has been recently updated, offering more information and functionality.If you visit the website www.view500.com and register your details, you will be able to obtain a free version of View500. The free version of View500 has had a number of features disabled, although all of the XED and LDAP functionality is still intact. View500 is available for the Microsoft Windows 2000/

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1130065187542911202005-10-23T20:08:00.000+10:002005-10-23T21:09:40.636+10:00

I recently came across a presentation that was given by Dick Hardt (CEO of Sxip Identity). The presentation was about "Identity 2.0", which, as the name implies, is the next generation of Internet Identity Management. At a high level, the presentation discusses a conceptually different way of managing identities on the internet. Dick states that in today's world a user will provide the required

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1128253170814046762005-10-02T17:54:00.000+10:002005-10-05T21:09:21.510+10:00

The XML Enabled Directory (XED) initiative began at Adacel Technologies in conjunction with Deakin University. The XED development was lead by the View500 architect, Dr. Steven Legg. XED is now being enhanced at eB2Bcom and is being made publicly available through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF).View500 is the only directory product that supports the XED framework, making it head and

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1125321895592314362005-08-29T22:07:00.000+10:002005-09-05T14:58:48.110+10:00

It would probably be best to talk a little bit about the history of directories before I jump into another PKI and Directory related discussion... Taking a Step BackOriginally the X.500 directory standards were created. This set of standards incorporated the X.509 standard, which tied digital certificates closely to the X.500 directory architecture.The X.509 directory attributes (E.g. Certificate

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1124704275217171052005-08-22T18:43:00.001+10:002005-08-24T22:42:30.366+10:00

PKIPKI is a security framework that, amongst other things, can be used for authentication, authorization and secure information exchange. The PKI framework is centered around the Certification Authority, which issues certificates to entities. Such entities may include people, organizations and devices. PKI enabled applications that utilize certificates will implicitly trust one or more

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1123757246601713742005-08-11T20:10:00.000+10:002005-11-07T11:52:12.813+11:00

My job, over the last 4 years, has involved developing the View500 Directory Server product. It has been a pleasure to work on this project with such a talented and dedicated team.Work on this product began in 1987, when its development started at the Telstra Research Laboratories. One of the founding developers was Dr. Steven Legg, who to this very day is still developing View500 as the Product

Andrew Sciberrashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15924149261810033787noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15296554.post-1123697404790224642005-08-11T03:57:00.000+10:002005-08-11T20:09:44.726+10:00

Welcome to the View500 Directory Blog. Being my first post, I think that its only appropriate to introduce myself and the intentions of this blog.I am Andrew Sciberras, an employee of eB2Bcom - An Australian company who develop, maintain and sell the View500 Directory. EB2Bcom are involved in many other fields including security and electronic messaging... Check out the website if your

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