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Light weight directory access protocol security mechanism using transport layer security.

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Muhammed Sulleman Memon Institute of Information Technology, Mehran University Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Muhammad Akram Sheikh Department of Computer Systems, Software Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Abdul Sattar Ansari Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Abstract
This paper describes the development and design of the LDAP (Light Weight Directory Access Protocol), which provides a framework for protecting the information in the directory from unauthorized access, which is implemented for the security purpose with the help of TLS (Transport Layer Security). The evolution of LDAP came as a result of improvements in the OSI and TCP. The OSI/TCP standard first released in 1988 serves as the basis for most directory technologies. The TCP standards defines a client Directory Access Protocol, or DAP. Open LDAP clients and servers are capable of using the TLS (Transport Layer Security) framework to provide integrity and confidentiality protections and to support LDAP authentication using the SASL (Simple authentication Security Layer) mechanism. In the LDAP models we have a set of directory entries, which are arranged into a hierarchy, and a set of protocol operations that allow us to authenticate, search, and update the directory. The basic threats to LDAP directory service is unauthorized data fetching, modification of data and configuration. This paper proposes the solution of these problems by using TLS. Here Specific formats for implementation are designed which provide the complete information for implementation.
Publication Details
Page(s) 61-70
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Published Journal: Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Year: 2004

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