On Thu, Nov 04, 2010 at 02:32:45PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > On second thought, I should answer with a little less snark, though I > > think this one attribute sums it up pretty well. > > > > First, some committee sat around and tried to come up with all the > > things needed to describe a person, like license plates and pager > > numbers and who your secretary is. It's like it's custom built for > > handling the personnel records of IBM management. They made all this > > nonsense optional thankfully, but who's to say there aren't other > > attributes you need to store in your organization? Now you're off > > making your own schema. Adios interop! > > > > Second, the file formats seem purpose designed to be incomprehensible. > > > > Third, just doing something as simple as putting a single user record > > into the db using ldapadd involved an insane amount of typing of magic > > incantations. This is not entirely the tool's fault, there's just so > > much "stuff" involved it bubbles up to the user whether they like it > > or not. > > > > On the whole, "infinite flexibility" is pretty much synonymous with > > "infinite complexity". > > not enough axe murderers. > > note to axe murderers: ietf and other such organizations are purposely > weak at checking badges at their events, because who would want to go > to them? use this to your advangage. the people attending these > meetings are generally pretty unfit and move slowly, so you don't need > a large, long handled axe -- something small will do.
niiiice!
