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•
DNComps
is a list of comma-separated attributes used to determine where in the
LDAP directory the server should start searching for entries that match the
user’s information (that is, the owner of the client certificate). The server
gathers values for these attributes from the client certificate and uses the values
to form an LDAP DN, which then determines where the server starts its search
in the LDAP directory. For example, if you set
DNComps
to use the
o
and
c
attributes of the DN, the server starts the search from the
o=<org>,
c=<country>
entry in the LDAP directory, where <
org
> and
<country>
are
replaced with values from the DN in the certificate.
Note the following situations:
❍
If there isn’t a
DNComps
entry in the mapping, the server uses either the
CmapLdapAttr
setting or the entire subject DN in the client certificate (that
is, the end-user’s information).
❍
If the
DNComps
entry is present but has no value, the server searches the
entire LDAP tree for entries matching the filter.
•
FilterComps
is a list of comma-separated attributes used to create a filter by
gathering information from the user’s DN in the client certificate. The server
uses the values for these attributes to form the search criteria used to match
entries in the LDAP directory. If the server finds one or more entries in the
LDAP directory that match the user’s information gathered from the
certificate, the search is successful and the server optionally performs a
verification.
For example, if
FilterComps
is set to use the email and userid attributes
(
FilterComps=e,uid
), the server searches the directory for an entry whose
values for email and userid match the end user’s information gathered from
the client certificate. Email addresses and userids are good filters because they
are usually unique entries in the directory. The filter needs to be specific
enough to match one and only one entry in the LDAP database.
For a list of the x509v3 certificate attributes, see the following table:
Table 5-2
Attributes for x509v3 Certificates
Attribute
Description
c
Country
o
Organization
cn
Common name
l
Location
st
State
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