LDAP Directory Technology Review

The testing processes involved during the testing stage of the Waterfall Method could not be applied to the deliverables produced during the implementation stage because these sub-systems do not have a complex functionality and it can only be tested by trial and error.

A testing script was developed which simply retrieves all the data stored in the OpenLDAP server and was used to determine if the

The most important aspect of all sub-systems which needs testing is each form of the system, which is being tested during the implementation. This type of testing involves trying to circumvent the input validation mechanisms and by checking if all the records that need to be updated.

Additionally, during implementation all the variables used in the scripts produced where checked to ensure that the right values were inserted during the last query. An “echo” statement was inserted immediately after a query or a manipulated variable was introduced in the code.