Details
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New Feature
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Status: Closed
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Blocker
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Resolution: Fixed
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pre-1.0
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Description
Because the admin user is allowed to see everything, I suggest to store the attribute values for user password other than in clear. I nice solution would be to make this configurable (other server products allow comparable functionality):
- Configure a hash function to use for password storage (e.g. MD5, SSHA, ...)
- Allow clients to store the value as a hashed value on their own as well (calculated with a function other than the configured one, if they like)
- Enable simple bind with value in clear text (hash value calculated within the server and compared against the stored value)
- Still allow clear passwords, because some authentication mechanisms need this (e.g. DIGEST-MD5)
Hashed values does not add that much security, but at least is is harder for admin to catch a password and commit it to his/her memory.
Some products even allow to encrypt the password (two-way), but I think the features above should do for the first run.
Attachments
Issue Links
- relates to
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DIRSERVER-289 Configure an optional password message digest algorithm which is applied on userPassword attribute values at add and modify operations.
- Closed