Re: SOCKS5 + LDAP Auth

[ark@eltex.net]

>From my personal impression Dante code is damn ugly, even NEC is better.

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 01:53:16PM +0200, Ivan Dolezal wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>    I have been using Linux + PAM_LDAP + DANTE SOCKS5 with LDAP auth for
> some time.
> 
>    Now I am about to migrate to OpenBSD, but I am beginning to see quite a
> problem here: as I can understand, DANTE implementation of SOCKS5 relies
> strongly on PAM_LDAP hated by OpenBSD people.
> 
>   I can't give up on LDAP auth - not by a chance. It is impossible that
> after years of good quality service connected to LDAP I should now ask
> people to maintain some different password somewhere else, not to mention
> that it would be quite hard in an organization of 15,000+ people. (Also,
> my boss just LOVES LDAP.)
> 
>   I can't give up easily on DANTE implementation. It's been certified,
> proved and, what's more, this one is maintained by the manufacturer
> (unlike, say, NEC implementation).