On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:09:50AM +0200, Lars Nood?n wrote: > > Assuming a positive aspect to that, either you're confused about the > meaning of word 'based' or unfamiliar with AD. >
Neither actually but you seem content. Never mind. > AD is *not* Kerberos nor is it LDAP. AD may well be inspired by LDAP and > Kerberos and DNS, but go back and read up on it. The > added/missing/changed parts prevent or, at best, hinder > interoperability. A tool that does not conform to the > specification is, guess what, not a standard. > Oddly this non-standard AD seems to interoperate with the Solaris ldap client, an openldap client and with MIT kerberos just fine. -- Brett Lymn "Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer."