Am Freitag, 13. Januar 2006 21:37 schrieb ext Jose Gonzalez Gomez:

> BIG WARNING: Don't do this unless you're using simple bind over SSL
> protected connections unless you want your passwords to travel (almost?)
> as clear text through the network.

And because of this, I'd recommend separating authentication from 
authorization, i.e. use LDAP to store user data WITHOUT passwords, and use 
Kerberos for password storage. There is only one situation where 
(encrypted) passwords travel over the network when using kerberos: password 
change.

Bye...

        Dirk
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