We are planning to implement the LDAP security through Oracle. The Oracle Internet Directory which is a component of the Oracle 8i release 3 version is an LDAP-compliant directory. We need an Oracle server and a client running. We are already trying to configure an Oracle server. The oracle server would soon be configured and later the client as well. Once the oracle server is started , the next step would be to start the Oracle Internet daemon. This starts the LDAP server. The client can then communicate to the database through the LDAP server using Net 8 assistant connections. This would mean greater security as the client has to logon to the database not through just his username and password but through the LDAP server too. The authentication can be simple, anonymous or SASL based on the client's choice. The LDAP directory then checks for the correct access controls as well as the user name and password and gives access to the database. We are also planning to implement non-oracle clients if time permits.The idea is to access the database in Oracle through LDAP securely even from non-oracle clients. This would include writing some Java methods. The idea would be to further strengthen the assumption that LDAP offers more security than just the username-password. The level of security LDAP offers can be checked once everything is perfectly configured and the code written correctly.