On 6/25/2004 6:43 AM, Stan Horwitz wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Jesus Sanz de las Heras wrote:
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>>Helo
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>>Is there any way to implement authentication in listserv using LDAP?
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> You  mean, in Listserv's web GUI? Not that I know of. That feature
> is something we here would love to have.

I think generic support for an external authentication mechanism might
be more useful, but it cannot be limited to the web interface, since
some commands and jobs submitted by email also require authentication.

I would like to see LDAP support added to LISTSERV, but it should not be
done in a manner that limits its use to authentication. It should be done
in a manner that makes it possible to eliminate the need for multiple owner,
editor, and moderator keywords, and multiple subscriptions, for sites where
individual users have multiple email aliases.

An LDAP-enabled mail server can be configured to perform LDAP lookups only
for addresses in specified domains. This enables it to validate local sender
addresses and determine the routing for local recipient addresses, but
prevents it from performing lookups on external addresses which are not
likely to be in the local LDAP directory. LDAP support in LISTSERV would
need to include a similar configuration option, since few sites are likely
to have LDAP directory entries for external owners, editors, moderators, and
subscribers.

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Paul Russell
Senior Systems Administrator
OIT Messaging Services Team
University of Notre Dame