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LDAPDNDProxy


The LDAP DND proxy is a piece of software that allows applications that authenticate through LDAP to use any valid DND username (rather than a full LDAP name).


The proxy sits inbetween an application and an LDAP server. When the proxy receives a "login" request, the proxy expands the username field using a DND lookup?, passing the rest of the LDAP query unchanged.


Current Status

Conceptual phase (JaredAlessandroni and RobinsonTryon).

But we actually have some good ideas of how to implement such a tool in Perl, and we're hoping to have something to test in a few days.


How does it work?

We're figuring it out right now... :-)


How secure is this?

I can answer that better after we write the thing, but I should note that we're planning to route all traffic over SSL. As well, our code will be relatively short, so you can easily check it for bugs yourself!



RobinsonTryon - 16 Mar 2003