From: Reuben King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> For enterprise applications, LDAP kicks butt. It contains all username
> and password data, allows authentication, and can be bolted on to NT,
> 2000, Linux, .. just about everything. It's great for giving users a
> single username and password in one place and forgetting about it.
>
> There's no real value to using it if you're just writing an app that is
> standalone in the sense that users logging into it won't be logging into
> another network service -- a file server or email server, for instance.
LDAP provides value if you want to do access control of individual files
or pages.... Instead of having
lots of different password files around, you have one access control server
providing the info.
--
Larry W. Virden <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<URL: http://www.purl.org/NET/lvirden/>
Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should
be construed as representing my employer's opinions.
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