[Fedora-directory-users] Net::LDAP or Mozilla::LDAP::Conn/Entry for FDS

[Nick Johnson]

Richard,
Many thanks for your concise summary. Perhaps this could be added to the 
Wiki FAQ sometime?
Regards
Nick

Richard Megginson wrote:
> Nick Johnson wrote:
>> What are the disadvantages of sticking with Net::LDAP and not using 
>> Mozilla::LDAP::Conn/Entry as the Perl module interface for Fedora DS 
>> v.1.0.2?
> Net::LDAP allows you to use all of the LDAPv3 controls and extended 
> operations by providing an ASN.1 parser.  I personally like the OO 
> interface of Net::LDAP.
>
> Mozilla::LDAP is a wrapper around the C libraries, so it is as much as 
> a factor of 10 faster.  So if you need as much performance as you can 
> get, use it instead of Net::LDAP which is native perl.  Also, if you 
> want to use Mozilla NSS for crypto, you must use Mozilla::LDAP - 
> Net::LDAP uses Net::SSLeay which is a wrapper around openssl.
>> Thanks
>> Nick
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