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The ties that bind....
The processes of establishing a connection to an LDAP server is
referred to as binding. The LDAP protocol level (two or three)
and the authentication method used combine to form a bind type.
Depending upon the bind type various features of LDAP may or
may not be available. For example: plain binds cannot
automatically chase referrals, where as binds made by certain
SASL methods (GSSAPI) may be able to.
The process of binding also determines the level of access based
upon access control lists defined on the LDAP server.
A connection that specifies no authentication is referred to as an
anonymous bind.