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We have just released version 7.0.4 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes for this release (and all previous versions) at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes: We added Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 10.3.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Summary of Deprecated Functionality and Potential Compatibility Impacts Removed support for Java 11. The server must now be run using Java 17 or Java 21. Summary of New Features Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server 10.3.0.0
We have just released version 10.2.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Summary of Deprecated Functionality and Potential Compatibility Impacts Java 11 support has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. If you’re currently running on Java 11, Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server…
We have just released version 7.0.2 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes for this release (and all previous versions) at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes: We added Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 7.0.1 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes for this release (and all previous versions) at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes: We added Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 7.0.0 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes for this release (and all previous versions) at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes: The LDAP Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 10.0.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Important Notices As of the 10.0 release, the Directory Server only supports Java versions 11 and 17. Support for Java 8 has been removed, as a critical component (the Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server 10.0.0.0
We have just released version 6.0.11 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. Note that this is the last release of the LDAP SDK that will offer support for Java 7. As of the next release (which Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 6.0.11
We have just released version 6.0.10 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes for the 6.0.10 release (and all previous versions) at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes: We Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released several new versions of the Ping Identity Directory Server to address a security issue that we discovered. The issue is in a component of the server that is only enabled when setting up the Delegated Admin product, and customers who are using that product are strongly advised to upgrade. Customers who Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server 9.3.0.1 (and others)…
Directory servers are often used to store and interact with sensitive and/or personally identifiable information, so data security and privacy are critical. Encryption both for data as it goes over the wire and for data at rest. TLS (also known by the more outdated term SSL) is the best way to secure data in transit, Continue reading All About Data Encryption in the Ping Identity Directory Server
We have just released version 9.3.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Summary of New Features and Enhancements Added support for data encryption restrictions [more information] Added the ability to freeze the encryption settings database [more information] Added the ability to Continue reading Ping Identity…
We have just released version 6.0.9 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. As announced in the previous release, the LDAP SDK source code is now maintained only at GitHub. The SourceForge repository is still available for Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 6.0.9
We have just released version 6.0.8 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. Note that this is the last release for which the LDAP SDK source code will be maintained in both the GitHub and SourceForge repositories. Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 6.0.8
We have just released version 9.2.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Potential Backward Compatibility Issues Removed support for incremental backups [more information] Updated the Groovy language version from 2.x to 3.x [more information] Summary of New Features and Enhancements for Continue reading Ping…
We have just released version 6.0.7 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: We fixed a bug in Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java…
We have just released version 6.0.6 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: General Updates We fixed an Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 9.1.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server and related products, including Directory Proxy Server, Synchronization Server, and Metrics Engine. See the release notes for a complete overview of changes, but here’s my summary: Known Issues When updating an 8.3 or 9.0 server to the 9.1 release, the Bouncy Castle library Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server…
We have just released version 6.0.5 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: General Updates: We fixed an Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 6.0.4 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: General Updates: We fixed an Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 9.0.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s included, but here’s my summary. Ping Identity Directory Server Products Do Not Use log4j Recently, a very serious security issue (CVE-2021-44228) was identified in the Apache log4j library, which is used by many Continue reading Ping Identity Directory…
We have just released version 6.0.3 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: General Updates: We fixed an Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK…
We have just released version 6.0.2 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: We fixed an issue in Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java…
We have just released version 6.0.1 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. You can find the release notes at https://docs.ldap.com/ldap-sdk/docs/release-notes.html, but here’s a summary of the changes included in this version: We added a new ldap-diff Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for…
We have just released version 8.3.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s included, but here’s my summary followed by more detailed explanations for many of the changes. Summary of Deprecated Functionality Deprecate support for TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 [more information] Deprecate support for TLS cipher suites Continue reading Ping…
We have just released version 6.0.0 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. One of the biggest changes that we’ve made in this release is that we’ve deprecated support for the TLSv1 and TLSv1.1 protocol versions in Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 6.0.0
We have just released version 8.2.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server, with several big new features, as well as a number of other enhancements and fixes. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of the changes, but I’ll summarize the changes here. I’ll first provide a TL;DR version of the changes, followed by Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server 8.2.0.0
We have just released version 5.1.3 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. The biggest change in this release addresses an issue in the LDAP listener framework (including the in-memory directory server). The listener did not adequately Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 5.1.3
We have just released version 5.1.2 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s changed since the 5.1.1 release, but here’s a summary: Server-Agnostic Updates We added a Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 5.1.2
We have just released version 5.1.1 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s changed since the 5.1.0 release, but here’s a summary: Server-Agnostic Updates We had added Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 5.1.1
We have just released the Ping Identity Directory Server version 8.1.0.0. It’s a pretty big release with several new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. You can keep reading (or see the release notes) for a pretty comprehensive overview of what’s included, but here are the highlights: Composed attributes, which are like constructed virtual attributes, except Continue reading Ping Identity…
UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java version 5.1.0 has been released and is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, and it is available in the Maven Central Repository. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of the changes since the previous 5.0.1 release, but here’s a summary: We fixed an issue in which the Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 5.1.0
The UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java is a fast, powerful, user-friendly, and completely free Java library for communicating with LDAP directory servers and performing other LDAP-related processing. We have just released version 5.0.1 of the LDAP SDK, and it is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, as well as from the Maven Central Repository. Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java…
The Ping Identity Directory Server version 8.0.0.1 has been released. It doesn’t look like the release notes on the website have been updated yet, but the changes over the previous 8.0.0.0 release include: Fixed an issue that could cause the server to report an error when disabling an instance of the PingOne for Customers pass-through Continue reading Ping Identity Directory Server 8.0.0.1
The UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java is a fast, powerful, user-friendly, and completely free Java library for communicating with LDAP directory servers and performing other LDAP-related processing. We have just released version 5.0.0 of the LDAP SDK, and it is available for download from GitHub and SourceForge, as well as from the Maven Central Repository. Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java…
We have just released version 8.0.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server, along with new releases of the related Directory Proxy Server, Data Synchronization Server, Metrics Engine, and Delegated User Admin products. The release notes include a comprehensive list of features, enhancements, and fixes, but here are some of the most notable changes included in Continue reading Ping Identity…
We have just released version 4.0.14 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from the releases page of our GitHub repository (https://github.com/pingidentity/ldapsdk/releases), from the Files page of our SourceForge repository (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ldap-sdk/files/), and from the Maven Central Repository…
We have just released version 4.0.13 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from the releases page of our GitHub repository, from the Files page of our SourceForge repository, and from the Maven Central Repository. This is a minor update that is primarily intended to serve the upcoming 8.0.0.0 release Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 4.0.13
We have just released version 4.0.12 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from the releases page of our GitHub repository (https://github.com/pingidentity/ldapsdk/releases), from the Files page of our SourceForge repository (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ldap-sdk/files/), and from the Maven Central Repository…
When using an LDAP directory server to authenticate users, the vast majority of those authentications will make use of a password. Even though the Ping Identity Directory Server supports multiple options for two-factor authentication, you’re still likely to use a password as one of those factors. As such, ensuring that you have a good password Continue reading Password Policy Recommendations for…
The Ping Identity Directory Server offers a rich access control framework that can be used to help ensure that clients are only given the level of access that they need in the server. It’s a deny-by-default mechanism that means that a user doesn’t get access to something unless there’s a rule that grants it, and Continue reading Sensitive Attributes in the Ping Identity Directory Server
Ping Identity Directory Server version 7.3.0.1 has been released, and it’s available for download now, along with the companion Directory Proxy Server, Data Synchronization Server, Metrics Engine, and Server SDK products. It is a patch release that primarily addresses minor issues. Because of an unfortunate glitch in the way that we generated the documentation, the Continue reading Ping Identity…
We have just released version 7.3.0.0 of the Ping Identity Directory Server, and it’s available for download now, along with the companion Directory Proxy Server, Data Synchronization Server, Metrics Engine, and Server SDK products. The release notes contain a blow-by-blow listing of the new features, enhancements, and fixes that it contains, but here are some Continue reading Ping Identity…
The Ping Identity Directory Server offers a wealth of password policy functionality, and a lot of them require maintaining some kind of state information in the user’s entry. This includes things like: The password policy by which the user is governed The encoded passwords for the user Whether the user’s account has been administratively disabled Continue reading Managing Password Policy State in…
We have just released version 4.0.11 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from the releases page of our GitHub repository (https://github.com/pingidentity/ldapsdk/releases), from the Files page of our SourceForge repository (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ldap-sdk/files/), and from the Maven Central Repository…
Ping Identity Directory Server versions 7.2.1.1 and 7.0.1.3 have been released. These are security updates, and customers running 7.x versions are strongly encouraged to upgrade. The most important update included in these releases is a fix for a critical security issue introduced in the 7.0.0.0 version that could cause certain passwords to be recorded in Continue reading Ping Identity Directory…
Choosing an entry’s RDN is something that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Ideally, it should meet all of the following criteria: It needs to be unique so that it doesn’t conflict with the RDNs of any other entries beneath the same parent. It should be something that’s not likely to change so that clients don’t have Continue reading Naming Entries With entryUUID in the Ping Identity Directory Server
We have just released the Ping Identity Directory Server version 7.2.1.0, available for download at https://www.pingidentity.com/en/resources/downloads/pingdirectory-downloads.html. This is primarily a bugfix release, but it does offer a couple of significant new features. The release notes provide a pretty comprehensive overview of the changes, but the most significant updates are: Fixed an issue…
The year was 2002. I had recently jumped ship from Netscape to Sun Microsystems after AOL bought Netscape and decided they wanted out of their iPlanet alliance. I was working as a sustaining engineer on whatever Sun’s brilliant marketeers decided to call their LDAP directory server at the time. One day, my boss, Steve Shoaff, Continue reading So I guess SLAMD is a thing again…
We have just released version 4.0.10 of the UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java. It is available for download from the releases page of our GitHub repository, from the Files page of our SourceForge repository, and from the Maven Central Repository. By the way, this is the first release that has been built from the public Continue reading UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java 4.0.10