RFC - 4513

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4513.txt
Authors:	R. Harrison [Novell, Inc.]
Date:	June 2006
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-2830	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Extension for Transport Layer Security (Obsoleted by RFC-4513prop, RFC-4510prop, RFC-4511prop) (Updated by RFC-3377)
RFC-2829	Authentication Methods for LDAP (Obsoleted by RFC-4513prop, RFC-4510prop) (Updated by RFC-3377)
RFC-2251prop	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3) (Obsoleted by RFC-4512prop, RFC-4513prop, RFC-4510prop, RFC-4511prop) (Updated by RFC-3771, RFC-3377)

Referred by:	15 RFC
Refers to:	24 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).

Abstract

This document describes authentication methods and security mechanisms of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This document details establishment of Transport Layer Security (TLS) using the StartTLS operation.

This document details the simple Bind authentication method including anonymous, unauthenticated, and name/password mechanisms and the Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) Bind authentication method including the EXTERNAL mechanism.

This document discusses various authentication and authorization states through which a session to an LDAP server may pass and the actions that trigger these state changes.

This document, together with other documents in the LDAP Technical Specification (see Section 1 of the specification's road map), obsoletes RFC 2251, RFC 2829, and RFC 2830.

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