Re: (ITS#5524) Additions to the Security section of the Admin Guide

[ghenry@OpenLDAP.org]

<quote who="Andrew Findlay">
> On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 01:07:22PM +0100, Gavin Henry wrote:
>
>> I've patched security.sdf and I'm abotu to clean up some typos and
>> formating.
>
> Thanks.
>
>> Should we also mention that CRYPT is platform specific?
>
> I put in a note about the glibc2 version, but I was not aware of any
> platform oddities on the traditional 13-character version. Are there
> other MD5 variants?

See http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?_highlightWords=crypt&file=344

>
> We could also mention the LANMAN scheme which I forgot to include as
> it is a compile-time option.

Sure, could do.

>
>> Lastly, should I also put:
>>
>> Portions Copyright 2008 Andrew Findlay <andrew.findlay@skills-1st.co.uk>
>>
>> into doc/guide/COPYRIGHT  ?
>
> Yes please.

Done. Check in HEAD

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Gavin Henry.
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