6. Using LDAP as a security tool
LDAP is a directory. Very often, entries contain not only user IDs, but also passwords. So it quickly became apparent that using a directory to set up a security system to control access to a wide range of applications would be an interesting option.
There are many, many uses in this field. We are therefore presenting only a limited number of them.
6.1 Key distribution server (Kerberos)
A Kerberos server [37] [38] needs to be able to access a database containing the identifiers and keys of the various users ("principals" in Kerberos terminology). This database can be based on an LDAP directory, which will then contain, for each user in the Kerberos domain, the data required for ticket distribution.
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