1. Use of SSL
The data which is transfered between you and LAM is very sensitive.
Please always use SSL encrypted connections between LAM and your browser to
protect yourself against network sniffers.
2. LDAP+SSL and TLS
LAM should start TLS automatically if possible. LDAP+SSL will be used if you use
ldaps://servername in your configuration profile.
3. Chrooted servers
If your server is chrooted and you have no access to /dev/random or /dev/urandom
this can be a security risk. LAM stores your LDAP password encrypted in the session.
LAM uses rand() to generate the key if /dev/random and /dev/urandom are not accessible.
Therefore the key can be easily guessed.
An attaker needs read access to the session file (e.g. by another Apache instance) to
exploit this.
4. LDAP password protection
Your LDAP password is stored encrypted in the session file. The key and IV to decrypt
it are stored in two cookies. We use MCrypt/AES or Blowfish to encrypt the password.
5. Protection of new user passwords
These passwords are, if stored in the session file, encrypted with the same key and IV
as your LDAP password.
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