Feedback on OpenLDAP Password Policy usage in 2026 and possible evolutions
- Conférence : LDAPCon
- Date : 08 octobre 2026
- Lieu : Tübingen (Allemagne)
- Conférencier : David COUTADEUR
The password policy has been used in OpenLDAP for more than 25 years. It has evolved a lot, in order to adapt to new usage, good practice, security issues, and performance needs.
The presentation presents multiple topics:
- summarize the current specification,
- describe the OpenLDAP password policy implementation
- show a concrete state of the art use case of Password Policy, as deployed in a customer environment
- describe the last password policy features in 2.5, 2.6, 2.7
- introduce the ppm extension
