[OpenAFS] OpenAFS and LDAP

gug.ml gug.ml@laposte.net
Thu, 11 Mar 2004 10:18:54 +0100


>Yes it can be done without Kerberos and use X509 certificates
>and TLS.=
 GSI implements a GSSAPI mechanism that uses X509 
>certificates and TLS=
 to authenticate. The gssklog program on the 
>client uses the gssapi to=
 authenticate to the gssklogd
running on 
>the AFS database servers. Th=
e gssklogd returns an AFS token
to the >client. 

>gssklog can be used=
 with any GSSAPI SO if you have so other
>implementation it should work.=
 It also works with Kerberos GSSAPI
>implementations such as MIT, Heimda=
l, SEAM and Microsoft SSPI.
>And it runs on Windows. 

>So with AFS yo=
u don't need a kaserver, but still need the PTS
>or some replacement for=
 it. The AFS token is still Kerberos,
but the
>user never sees this, on=
ly the gssklog program which passes
it off
>to the kernel. 

>In effe=
ct the gssklogd is issuing AFS tokens which are in
effect >Kerberos
>ti=
ckets used internally by AFS only. 


Thank you,
i will see ...
Have=
 you see an implementation to use with ldap ...
because at ftp://achille=
s.ctd.anl.gov/pub/DEE/README.GSSKLOG ,
we can use kerberos but not ldap =
...

thx in advance
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