Testimonial: We have used UMRA for major account creations in the last year. Not only has it helped us in the account creation, but also in the mass modifying of numerous accounts. Its seamless interaction with Active Directory and Exchange has been very helpful. Micah Hildreth SkyWest Airlines http://www.skywest.com/ read more...

Security

The LDAP protocol supports a large variety of features for security and authentication. With UMRA, 2 options are available:

• Not secure: All communication with the LDAP Server and the UMRA software is not encrypted. Authentication is accomplished using an account name and a password that is send as clear text. Although simple to implement, this option is not recommended because of security reasons. The option can be used for testing purposes.
• Secure with SSL: All communication between the LDAP client, e.g. the UMRA software and the LDAP Server is encrypted using the SSL standard. This option is recommended and secure. All data is encrypted.
  
  To implement this option, SSL certificates need to be installed on both the LDAP Client and Server. The methods how to do this, largely depends on the implementation of the operating system and directory service. For Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory and Linux OpenLDAP the exact implementations are described in this document. For other systems, a similar approach must be used.