Hi All,
I'm currently looking into LDAP enabling our
product. The product's architecture has Java applets on the client, which can
be used from outside a Firewall and C++ servers inside the Firewall. The LDAP
server where I intend to store user preferences etc. will be inside the
Firewall. Ideally, I'd like to use JNDI to talk to the LDAP server from the
Java Applets, however, I'm unsure of the security restrictions imposed by
Firewalls on LDAP. I'm aware that there are LDAP proxies available in the
market that make it possible for internet clients to talk to LDAP servers
inside the firewall, but I'm not sure how widespread the use of these proxies
is. Also I'm not sure if its common practice to access LDAP servers from
outside the Firewall. I think companies might be a little reluctant to allow
complete access to LDAP servers from the Internet, in which case the LDAP
integration should be done inside the firewall.
Any insights on this will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tejas.