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Re: anonymous binds

To: mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)
Subject: Re: anonymous binds
From: "Kurt D. Zeilenga" <Kurt@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:21:38 -0800
Cc: Jim Sermersheim <JIMSE@novell.com>, Richard Ellis <RELLIS@novell.com>, ietf-ldapbis@OpenLDAP.org

I must have hit a "send" key by mistake... please replace
my previous response with this one.

At 03:45 PM 11/15/00 -0500, Mark C Smith wrote:
>I am not convinced that there is any real difference between an "unauthenticated bind" and an "anonymous bind."  Certainly in terms of access control and so on, they are likely equivalent.
>
>Can someone provide a useful definition?

You basically did in your previous message.

You stated that it was a long standing practice to allow
clients to specify a DN without password for informational
purposes.  Such a bind would be "unauthenticated" and given
anonymous access.

Kurt

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