LDAP and Apache Basic Auth – how it works and how it doesn’t work
Let’s imagine you work on an organization which uses Active Directory (just kidding, is there anyone who doesn’t …?) and on which people are forced to comply with draconian security policies, such as changing you strong password every N days (replace N for any number less than 30… why don’t people understand that it is harder for people to memorize a new strong password, than machines to brake them). Anyways, having a central location for all authentication purposes is, from any point of view, a good idea, even if coming from Microsoft :). If your organization already has in place …