Looking for a consultant who knows how to authenticate against an iPlanet LDAP directory whose passwords are stored in binary format. This directory is currently being used by a Nortel Contivity 1010 and is also using Nortel's schema (attributes begin with 'newOak').
My client wants to use the iPlanet directory for other authentication purposes, but we are finding it difficult to authenticate against the directory.
You're probably out of look because the Nortel product seems to use a proprietary password mechanism instead checking the password with a BindRequest against standard attribute 'userPassword'.
Provided that you find out how the passwords are generated you have several options:
- Implement an (web) application which sets both password attributes at a time.
- Implement a password plugin.
Ciao, Michael.
