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1. Foundations
The security of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directories ([1], [43]) is fundamental. A technical document [2] is devoted entirely to this subject.
Two main ideas will cover the field of security and directories:
protect the directory itself;
use the directory to protect yourself.
Using a directory to implement a security policy implies securing the directory in the first place. Consequently, the dossier will develop these two ideas, but will focus on the means used to protect the tool.
1.1 Directory security
Data in a directory often needs to be protected from...
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TLS: a basic service for LDAP
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Appendix: configuration files
The configuration files presented here can be used to build a variety of simple certificates, enabling you to quickly set up a TLS connection as part of an LDAP server. These files are provided as examples only.
For more information on the structure of OpenSSL configuration files, see .
1 - root-ca-cert.cnf
This configuration file...
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