Microsoft updated an August security advisory this week to urge organizations using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) in supported Windows systems to implement some configuration ...

LDAP signing is an authentication method in Windows Server that can improve the security of a directory server. Once enabled, it will reject any request that doesn’t ask for signing or if the request ...

I'm attempting to set up LDAP auth for our Linux servers (yes, I could use kerberos, but LDAP appears to be sufficient for the moment) against our Active Directory server. I'm able to authenticate the ...

Distinguished Names (DNs) are one of the least-understood LDAP server components. Get an introduction to them, and see how a virtual directory can help with DN management. Windows Server System (WSS) ...

Tech Tip: Set a search base for a successful LDAP query Your email has been sent Outlook 2000 and 2002 provide support for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP ...

This article is loosely based on prototyping a number of J2EE applications constructs, such as servlets, EJB, MDB (Message-driven Beans) and JSP implemented using LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access ...

Suppose you have an Internet Mail Access Protocol (IMAP) server and a bunch of users, but you don't want to give each user a shell account on the server. You'd rather use some sort of central ...

As systems get larger and the number of users they support increases, it becomes more difficult to manage systems using only the old-fashioned UNIX /etc/passwd file. A common solution to this problem ...

Microsoft has just released its most recent Windows Server platform. Check out the improved hybrid cloud features, beefed up security and improved support for large on-premises applications. Image: ...