Category Archives: LDAP

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is a small, fast TCP/IP protocol used for exchanging data with a Directory Server.

LDAP: Hardening Server Security (so administrators can sleep at night)

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Terry Gardner

Client Connections Limit the total number of concurrent sessions to the server and limit the number of concurrent sessions per client Set size-limit, lookthrough-limit, and time-limit per client appropriate to client requirements (be aware of the server’s default settings, often … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Client Connection Policies

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Terry Gardner

Introduction A Client Connection Policy controls the portions of the DIT a client can access and resource limits on what clients can do with data stored on the server. Clients are subject to one Client Connection Policy at a given … Continue reading →

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LDAP: Administrative users

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Terry Gardner

Introduction In an UnboundID LDAP directory server, the “Root DN” (root user) accounts have an extensive set of privileges in the default distribution of the server products; therefore the root DN account(s) should not be used in normal operation except … Continue reading →

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LDAP: The MultiUpdateExtendedRequest

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Terry Gardner

The UnboundID Directory Server supports an extended request called the MultiUpdateExtendedRequest. This extended request packages multiple updates in a single request and provides control over the behavior of the server when errors arise during the processing of the extended request. … Continue reading →

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ldapmodify: be careful with attribute options

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Terry Gardner

Clients must include the attribute options when using an attribute name following a mod-spec. Consider the following LDIF: # wrong dn: cn=test,c=us changetype: modify replace: your-attribute-name your-attribute-name;binary: binary-stuff your-attribute-name must contain the option (binary in this case). Here is the … Continue reading →

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