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Re: Must a simple bind with DN and no pwd be treated as anonymous?

>>> Mark Smith <mcs@netscape.com> 8/26/99 8:48:33 AM >>>
>The text in 2251 section 4.2.2 says:

>   If no authentication is to be performed, then the simple
>   authentication option MUST be chosen, and the password be of zero
>   length.  (This is often done by LDAPv2 clients.)  Typically the DN is
>   also of zero length.

So, if I were going to implement the Authentication Response Control, and the server gets a bind with a valid DN and an empty password, what does it send back as the authDN in the response control (empty or original DN)? Or does it not send a response control at all, since no 'authentication' happened?

Jim