Re: [Exim] Concept of LDAP usage

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Author: Jan-Piet Mens
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To: Peter Bowyer
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Concept of LDAP usage
On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Peter Bowyer wrote:

> > That would of course be possible, but it would require clear-text
> > passwords in the directory, something that many don't like ;-)
>
> Not necessarily - you can use crypteq to compare crypted passwords, etc.
>
> http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.30/doc/html/spec_11.html#IX875


Correct. That does require knowledge on the schemes used by the directory
server, though. I personally prefer either plain-text on the server or
simple binding to the directory, letting the latter figure it out.

    -JP