OpenDJ
11 articles tagged "OpenDJ" from the Identity Fusion blog
Identity Fusion Responds to Directory Services (OpenDJ) Security Advisory #201703
ForgeRock released Security Advisory #201703 covering two medium security vulnerabilities for Directory Services (OpenDJ) impacting versions 2.6 on up to 3.5.1 as well as the embedded OpenDJ in OpenAM 12.X, 13.0.0, and 13.5.0. Vulnerability Issue #201703-01: Bind Request trace logging shows plaintext password The first vulnerability “Bind Request trace logging shows plaintext password”, is only Read more
OpenDJ and the Fine Art of Impersonation
Directory servers are often used in multi-tier applications to store user profiles, preferences, or other information useful to the application. Oftentimes the web application includes an administrative console to assist in the management of that data; allowing operations such as user creation or password reset. Multi-tier environments pose a challenge, however, as it is difficult Read more
OpenDJ Access Control Explained
An OpenDJ implementation will contain certain data that you would like to explicitly grant or deny access to. Personally identifiable information (PII) such as a user’s home telephone number, their address, birth date, or simply their email address might be required by certain team members or applications, but it might be a good idea to Read more
OpenDJ Attribute Uniqueness (and the Effects on OpenAM)
In real life we tend to value those traits that make us unique from others; but in an identity management deployment uniqueness is essential to the authentication process and should not be taken for granted. Case in point, attributes in OpenDJ may share values that you may or may not want (or need) to be unique. For Read more
Understanding OpenAM and OpenDJ Account Lockout Behaviors
The OpenAM Authentication Service can be configured to lock a user’s account after a defined number of log in attempts has failed. Account Lockout is disabled by default, but when configured properly, this feature can be useful in fending off brute force attacks against OpenAM login screens. If your OpenAM environment includes an LDAP server Read more
It’s OK to Get Stressed Out with OpenAM
In fact, it’s HIGHLY recommended…. Performance testing and stress testing are closely related and are essential tasks in any OpenAM deployment. When conducting performance testing, you are trying to determine how well your system performs when subjected to a particular load. A primary goal of performance testing is to determine whether the system that you Read more
OpenDJ Indexes Explained
Suppose that you have an OpenDJ directory server with 300,000 entries. And further suppose that the space consumed on your disk for said directory is 1.2 GB and made up of 114 database (*.jdb) files. Suppose that you didn’t plan correctly and you are now running out of space on your hard drive. What should Read more
The Case of the Mysteriously Creeping Database
While teaching a recent ForgeRock OpenDJ class, a student of mine observed an interesting behavior that at first seemed quite odd. While rebuilding his attribute indexes, the student found that the overall database size seemed to grow each time he performed a reindex operation. What seems obvious to me now sure made me scratch my head Read more
What do OpenDJ and McDonald’s Have in Common?
The OpenDJ directory server is highly scalable and can process all sorts of requests from different types of clients over various protocols. The following diagram provides an overview of how OpenDJ processes these requests. (See The OpenDJ Architecture for a more detailed description of each component.) Note: The following information has been taken from ForgeRock’s OpenDJ Administration, Read more
The OpenDJ Architecture
An understanding of the components that make up the OpenDJ Architecture is useful for administering, configuring, or troubleshooting the OpenDJ server. The following information has been taken from ForgeRock’s OpenDJ Administration, Maintenance and Tuning Class and has been used with the permission of ForgeRock. The OpenDJ server has been developed using a modular architecture in which most Read more
Unlocking the Mystery behind the OpenDJ User Database
One question that arises time and time again pertains to the manner in which OpenDJ stores it entry data and how this differs from the Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition (previously known as Sun Directory Server Enterprise Edition). The following information is from ForgeRock’s OpenDJ Administration, Maintenance and Tuning Class and has been used with the Read more