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Why Strong Authentication for Directory?

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Overview LDAP and the X.500 directory protocols can all use strong authentication based on X.509 PKI (Public Key Infrastructure). This paper looks at the benefits and issues in using strong authentication for directory. It considers security threats to directory and looks at how strong authentication can be used to address these threats. It also looks at administrative benefits and drawbacks. This paper argues that strong authentication should used wherever possible for server to server communication, and for administrator access.

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Publisher	Isode	File Format	HTML
Date Published	January 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	PKI, Directory Services

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