Many organizations and enterprises today chose to use a virtual directory, especially for the purpose of securing LDAP directories and databases against all sorts of threats to security. When deployed as an LDAP firewall, a virtual directory can provide protection to your directories by detecting and preventing Denial of Service attacks. Such attacks can be very devastating when they occur because they can cause the data or user accounts stored in your LDAP directories and databases unavailable to the searching application. When data is needed but can’t be accessed, it can have an impact to the operations of the business.

1. How LDAP Firewall and Proxy Provides Added Security
Many organizations and enterprises today chose
to use a virtual directory, especially for the
purpose of securing LDAP directories and
databases against all sorts of threats to security.
When deployed as an LDAP firewall, a virtual
directory can provide protection to your
directories by detecting and preventing Denial of
Service attacks. Such attacks can be very
devastating when they occur because they can
cause the data or user accounts stored in your
LDAP directories and databases unavailable to
the searching application. When data is needed
but can’t be accessed, it can have an impact to
the operations of the business.
If this is something you want to prevent from
happening to your LDAP directories, you should
deploy a virtual directory. Aside from LDAP
firewall, another security feature of a virtual directory server is LDAP proxy. When combined
with LDAP firewall, they can create a huge shield for your directories, databases and other data
sources. With LDAP proxy, the searching application will only be provided with the data they
need. They won’t be given more than what they searched for. This gives data with enough
security.
A virtual directory server with LDAP proxy and firewall capabilities can be your ultimate
defense against any type of security threats that may hamper the normal and smooth operations
of your business. It is also used for the purpose of consolidating views of data which come from
different sources. Organizations use multiple data stores and sources for various purposes and
this makes data scattered all over the directory repositories making it difficult for the searching
application or user to get a merged view of data. Using a virtual directory server solves this. It
can show data searched by the user in a centralized view making it appear as if it comes from
one source.