> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt D. Zeilenga [mailto:kurt@boolean.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 4:02 PM
> To: Paul Leach (Exchange)
> Cc: ietf-ldapext@netscape.com
> Subject: RE: I-D ACTION:draft-zeilenga-ldap-authpasswd-00.txt
>
>
> At 02:50 PM 12/22/99 -0800, Paul Leach (Exchange) wrote:
> > I have a clarification question.
> > In section 3, "Background and Intended Use", it says:
> >
> > authPassword is intended to be used to store hashed
> password values
> > for authentication purposes. The attribute may be used by
> servers to
> > implement LDAP simple bind and SASL [RFC 2222] user/password
> > mechanisms such as DIGEST-MD5 [DIGEST-MD5].
> >
> > Which "servers" are you referring to? In particular, is it intended
> > to be used by the LDAP server storing it for authentication
> purposes,
> > or by other servers?
>
> To clarify:
> The attribute may be used by LDAP servers to implement
> simple bind and SASL user/password mechanisms such as
> DIGEST-MD5.
Sorru, my question wasn't quite precise enough. Is it intended for use by any other server, including other LDAP servers, than the one that stores the authPassword attribute for a given a user object?
Paul