Hi, I my own opinion, pen-testing an ldap directory is mostly similar to audit a file-system. You have objects (classes) containing attributes and you have some objects you want to protect and others you will allow everyone to access. ldap security will be secure, if you set proper access permissions. If you just install ldap in it's default configuration, you might have some troubles. A major difference between the file-system issue and ldap is the distributed topic. You have replications and distributed responsibilities. But at the end, you need to do an administrative "BIND" by "cn=Manager" in order to change the ldap behaviour as you would need "Domain Admin Rights" to change the Windows file permissions. Potential threats are: - LDAP without SSL (for administration) - Anonymous BIND contains write permissions - Hacker tries to replicate by setting up his own LDAP server which he controls - Access to confidential data by an anonymous bind - Access to confidential data by an authenticated bind but bad file permissions - Access to the "MANAGER" locally (without LDAP) by console application I played around with "LDAPMiner", which does some basic LDAP tests for you. But at the end, I am using simple tools like "GQ" or openldap utilities "ldapsearch, ldapadd, etc" to do this tests. Regards Ivan -----Original Message----- From: Peter Raven [mailto:peterravenat_private] Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 3:02 PM To: pen-testat_private Subject: LDAP directory Hi there, does anyone have good starting points for pen-testing an LDAP directory server? I'm looking for a threat analyses, security checklists, tools and personal experiences especially on the LDAP service; not on the operating system. Thanks and greetings Peter Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service. For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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