[SGVLUG] A question for the security gurus

[Emerson, Tom (*IC)]

The key word here is PROGRAMMATICALLY -- I want to incorporate this into
a program such that I don't have to require configuration on the part of
end users or network administrators (and, believe it or not, "all that,
just to get the user's real name...")

Running nmap, every time a user runs the program, would be a little
disruptive in an organization the size of time/warner...

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> Well I would run an NMAP scan for the default LDAP port 
> number and get the hostname based on that. :)
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> Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> > How does one go about determining the name of an LDAP server on an 
> > arbitrary network?  (programmatically, that is...)
> > 
> > So far, all the examples I've found on the 'net make use of a 
> > hard-coded entry, along with the obligatory comment "replace 
> > 'LDAP://192.168.1.1/...' with the address of your actual 
> LDAP server"
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