Common authentication mechanism for LDAP and IMAP |
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EXPERT RESPONSE FROM: Stephen Mencik
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QUESTION POSED ON: 18 January 2002
Is there a common authentication mechanism for LDAP and IMAP?
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You are somewhat mixing apples and oranges. IMAP is the Internet
Messaging Application Protocol and is used for e-mail. As opposed
to POP3 (3rd version of the Post Office Protocol), IMAP leaves
the e-mail on the server rather than downloading to a client.
LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It is used
to access directories, which in some cases are used for
authentication.
There are IMAP implementations that use LDAP authentication.
Among these is Courier-IMAP.
And, I'm sure there are others.
For more information on this topic, visit these other searchSecurity resources:
Best Web Links: Authentication/Access Control
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