The "Students" Project at the University of Verona is based on OpenLDAP (it's an open-source implementation of LDAP) for managing the centralized authentication of both Windows and Linux laboratories, ...

Microsoft updated an August security advisory this week to urge organizations using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) in supported Windows systems to implement some configuration ...

LDAPNightmare: If December Patch Tuesday server updates have not yet been installed, it’s time to do so to avoid DoS or RCE attacks on Active Directory domain controllers as shown by PoC exploit.

Reports of the demise of Windows Active Directory are greatly exaggerated – here’s how Microsoft is supporting AD in its latest server platform. We’ve often heard that on-premises solutions are on ...

The next version of Windows Server is coming soon, and in this article I'll look at some of the improvements and new features. Recently Microsoft held a Windows Server summit, full of (pre-recorded ...

Microsoft has announced that Windows Server 2025, the latest version of its server operating system, is generally available starting Friday, November 1st. In January 2024, the company released the ...

Many readers have used our December 2002 article, “OpenLDAP Everywhere”, to achieve unified login company-wide. Since then, OpenLDAP and Linux have progressed. Here, we demonstrate the use of OpenLDAP ...

I'm attempting to set up LDAP auth for our Linux servers (yes, I could use kerberos, but LDAP appears to be sufficient for the moment) against our Active Directory server. I'm able to authenticate the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...