D-Link DWC-1000 [222/368] Configure ldap server

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Section 6 - Securing Your Network

Congure lDAP server

Path:Security>Authentication>ExternalAuthServer>LDAPServer

TheLDAPauthenticationmethodusesLDAPtoexchangeauthenticationcredentialsbetweenthecontrollerand

externalserver.TheLDAPservermaintainsalargedatabaseofusersinadirectorystructure,souserswiththe

sameusernamebutbelongingtodierentgroupscanbeauthenticatedsincetheuserinformationisstoredin

ahierarchalmanner.AlsoofnoteisthatconguringaLDAPserveronWindowsorLinuxserversisconsiderably

less complex than setting up NT Domain or Active Directory servers for user authentication.