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Kerberos and OAuth are examples of authentication protocols. LDAP is not principally designed for authentication, it is a protocol for reading and modifying an
by sk5t 10y ago
Kerberos and OAuth are examples of authentication protocols. LDAP is not principally designed for authentication, it is a protocol for reading and modifying an hierarchical directory service (think phone book, DNS, etc.), but the "LDAP bind" operation has often been pressed into service for authn.
- golangman 10y agoIt's probably just a typo, but OAuth(2) is exactly NOT an authentication protocol: https://oauth.net/articles/authentication/ https://oauth.net/articles/authentication/