Security with LDAP

Andrew Findlay

February 2002

Abstract

It is possible to use LDAP as a Network Information Service as well as for the more traditional white-pages service. This requires support from operating systems and has new security implications. This paper examines how open-source implementations are rising to the challenge.

This paper was first presented at the UKUUG Winter Conference in February 2002. It is available in HTML and PDF formats:

• Security with LDAP paper (HTML)
• Security with LDAP paper (PDF)
• Security with LDAP presentation slides (PDF)