clarify "by anonymous auth" semantics

[openldap] / doc / guide / admin / security.sdf

diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
index e4848a6a1def9acbe73108cff388c26764df8010..554a9f39d6d134f3d0801c8ccd97b43f9bb3e961 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
+++ b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2001, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 1999-2003, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
 # COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT.
 
 H1: Security Considerations
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@ is protected by other means (e.g., TLS, {{TERM:IPSEC}}).  Where the
 administrator relies on TLS to protect the password, it is recommended
 that unprotected authentication be disabled.  This is done by setting
 "{{EX:disallow bind_simple_unprotected}}" in {{slapd.conf}}(5).
+The {{EX:security}} directive's {{EX:simple_bind}} option provides
+fine grain control over the level of confidential protection to
+require for {{simple}} user/password authentication.
+
 The user/password authenticated bind mechanism can be completely
 disabled by setting "{{EX:disallow bind_simple}}".