<quote who="Pierangelo Masarati"> > Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > >> "Fast Bind" to me refers to an extended operation supported by Active >> Directory. >> >> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Aa367028.aspx >> "Concurrent bind, also known as fast bind, enables an application to >> determine if multiple users have valid IDs and passwords and if their >> accounts are enabled. By using concurrent binding, the application can >> request multiple bind operations by way of a single LDAP connection. >> >> Unlike a normal LDAP bind, a concurrent bind does not determine a user >> group association or build a security token; it only determines if the >> user has a valid ID and password. This enables the concurrent bind to >> complete in a fraction of the time of a normal bind." > > Yes: yet another limitation of AD sold as an exiting feature, but > nothing more than the old simple bind. So let's keep using the right > name. >
Good. I'll forget I ever heard/read it. ;-) Gavin.
