Technical Background of Solicomm

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Technical Background of Solicomm
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Basic services

• Email (web, pop3, smtp)
• News group
• Mailing list
• File library

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Software components

• Server Operating System GNU/Linux SuSe version
  9.0
• Web Server Apache 1.3.28
• Online Conferencing Virtual U.
• Newsgroup server Dnews
• Registration/Library Zope 2.7.0
• Offline Conferencing SoliComm Offline
• Email server qmail version 1.0.4
• Web email front-end Horde version 2.2.4
• Database engine MySQL version 4.0.15
• Directory (Usernames) OpenLDAP version 2.1.22
• Backup Bacula 1.34.5
• Mailing list Mailman 2.1.4
• Antivirus Clamav 0.80

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Cluster High availability
Email Mailing list News groups
Zope, ldap

• low cost cluster (no external storage) realized
  with
• drbd for the data synchronization
• heartbeat for the monitoring and the failover

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Privacy - Password

• dolphin ldapsearch -D "cnmanager,dcsolicomm,
  dcnet" b
• "dcsolicomm,dcnet" -LLL -x -W '(uidmasonia2)'
  cn sn userPassword
• Enter LDAP Password
• dn uidmasonia2,ousolicomm.net,ouUsers,oilo,dc
  solicomm,dcnet
• cn masonia
• userPassword YWN0cmF2MTIz
• sn balgos

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Evolution

• Single sign on email web interface in zope
• Online conferencing (VU) use of ldap
  authentication
• Online conferencing in zope?
• SSL encryption for the http connection