Dawson, Michael wrote: > Hmmm. I checked our Active Directory schema and these java-related > attributes do exist and are active in the schema. However, I have never > used them, nor do I ever see a need to use them. That's what I'm thinking too..
> Not knowing the underlying system, I have no clue why they are being > added to your attribute list other than it is just a java requirement. exactly, however, I'm wondering if their is some kind of advanced logging in cf that will show me something. I will take a look at the logs again.. > Is it not good enough for you to ask your admin to grant the required > access and you just give your word, sign a contract or swear that you > will never retrieve these attributes? That's a difficult bargain because this server contains all the student information for the whole school. Therefore, it could potentially be dangerous so he has to be extremely cautious. > Even so, when you look at these attribute names, what kind of hurtful > information could actually be gleaned from them anyway? That's what he doesn't know and he doesn't want to take that risk. I see his point, I just need to provide information that will guarantee that it's not going to cause problems... I just emailed the writers of the RFC so hopefully they'll have some insight otherwise I have no idea what I'm going to do.. Thanks for your help! Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Soultanian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:39 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Hoping *someone* can help me with my LDAP question > > You know, the attributes exist in his directory (it's a directory of all > the students on campus - not AD) and they are all empty. However, he > does not want to allow access to them because he doesn't know if they'll > be filled with information down the road. > > I guess what I really need to know is why those attributes are being > requested so that I can convince him that the are harmless and only used > for software interfacing and nothing more. I just don't know if it's > coldfusion that's asking for them, or the java subsystem. And if it's > the java subsystem, would macromedia even have any information? > > Thanks, > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:210401 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
