From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-07-27T14:16:05+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Net::LDAP 0.0.3 released, adds TLS encryption

We're pleased to announce version 0.0.3 of Net::LDAP, the first
pure-Ruby LDAP library. Net::LDAP intends to be a feature-complete
LDAP client which can access as much as possible of the functionality
of the most-used LDAP server implementations. This library does
not wrap any existing native-code LDAP libraries, creates no
Ruby extensions, and has no dependencies external to Ruby.

Version 0.0.3 adds support for encrypted communications to LDAP servers.
There is a new optional parameter for Net::LDAP#new and Net::LDAP#open
that allows you to specify encryption characteristics. Here's a quick
example:

require 'net/ldap'
ldap = Net::LDAP.new(
:host => "an_ip_address",
:port => 636,
:auth => {:method => :simple, :username => "mickey", :password => "mouse" },
:encryption => {:method => :simple_tls}
)
ldap.bind or raise "bind failed"
ldap.search( ... )
# etc, etc.

This release supports simple TLS encryption with no client or server
validation. Future versions will add support for the STARTTLS control,
and for certificate validation. Additional parameters will appear to
support these options.

Net::LDAP encryption requires Ruby's openssl library. We're not
quite sure what happens when this library is present but the underlying
OpenSSL libraries are missing or not configured appropriately,
especially on back versions of Ruby. If anyone encounters problems
using encryption in Net::LDAP, please let us know and give us the
details of your platform and Ruby build info.

Thanks to Garett Shulman for helping to test the new code.

If anyone wants to contribute suggestions, insights or (especially)
code, please email me at garbagecat10 .. .. gmail.com.