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US 2008/0301768 A1Published application
Method for issuing attribute certificate from an ldap entry
AssigneeRed Hat, Inc.
InventorSteven W. Parkinson
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for issuing an attribute certificate for attributes of a Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entry stored in an LDAP repository. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request for an attribute of an LDAP entry. The method further includes, in response to the request, sending a reply that includes an attribute value of the requested attribute and a digital signature to authenticate the attribute value.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a query for an attribute of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entry stored in an LDAP repository;
- and
- sending a reply including an attribute value of the attribute and a digital signature to authenticate the attribute value in response to the query.
A system comprising:
- a repository to store Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entries;
- and
- an LDAP server coupled to the repository to receive a query for one or more attributes of an LDAP entry and to return a digital signature to authenticate the one or more attributes of the LDAP entry in response to the query.
An article of manufacture, comprising:
- a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising:
- receiving a query for an attribute of a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entry stored in an LDAP repository;
- and
- sending a reply including an attribute value of the attribute and a digital signature to authenticate the attribute value in response to the query.
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