ITS#5476

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

diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
index 547b84ae02a602ab91ef54a99ee99507142fb559..cd2d9b8f6ce5c997546c69a39b050567d7c95d67 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
+++ b/doc/guide/admin/security.sdf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2006 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
+# $OpenLDAP$
+# Copyright 1999-2008 The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved.
 # COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT.
 
 H1: Security Considerations
@@ -142,16 +143,17 @@ this mechanism should generally remain disabled.
 A successful user/password authenticated bind results in a user
 authorization identity, the provided name, being associated with
 the session.  User/password authenticated bind is enabled by default.
-However, as this mechanism itself offers no evesdropping protection
+However, as this mechanism itself offers no eavesdropping protection
 (e.g., the password is set in the clear), it is recommended that
 it be used only in tightly controlled systems or when the LDAP
-session is protected by other means (e.g., TLS, {{TERM:IPSEC}}).
+session 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
+is done using the {{EX:security}} directive's {{EX:simple_bind}}
+option, which provides fine grain control over the level of confidential
 protection to require for {{simple}} user/password authentication.
+E.g., using {{EX:security simple_bind=56}} would require {{simple}}
+binds to use encryption of DES equivalent or better.
 
 The user/password authenticated bind mechanism can be completely
 disabled by setting "{{EX:disallow bind_simple}}".