Hi! Resurrecting the old thread about integrating Kerberos with LDAP ( http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.directory.devel/24181 ), I'd like to share my recent progress in pursuing this idea.
As I wrote in my blog ( http://olo.org.pl/dr/krbldap_thesis ), as a subject of my master's thesis, I've made a proof of concept implementation that demonstrates the idea in a working form. I've also given a nice short name to the resulting combined protocol - KrbLDAP. The thesis (available at https://olo.org.pl/files/masters_thesis/Praca_Magisterska-Aleksander_Adamowski-A_new_secure_authentication_concept.pdf ) presents the rationale behind my proposal and describes a proof of concept implementation (whose code I've made available on Github: https://github.com/aadamowski ). More information in my aforementioned blog post. During work on this, as a side effect, I've discovered several interoperability issues between MIT libkrb5 client and Apache DS's KDC implementation. While several issues still remain, some of them have already been addressed in the process (without it I wouldn't even be able to progress beyond initial message in the Kerberos exchange), e.g.: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.incubator.directory.devel/35632/focus=35687 I suppose that once the interoperability between MIT krb5 and Apache DS gets better, my proof of concept test will result in successful Kerberos ticket obtainment over KrbLDAP without any needed modifications in its code. Waiting anxiously for your feedback and constructive criticism, -- Best Regards, Aleksander Adamowski http://olo.org.pl
