How can ADAM be configured to support anonymous LDAP binds?
ADAM does not accept anonymous bind requests by default. To enable anonymous LDAP operations in ADAM, you must set the seventh character of the dsHeuristics value to 2. You can find the dsHeuristics attribute on the Directory Service object in the configuration directory partition (CN=Directory Service,CN=Windows NT,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,CN={GUID}). Modify the attribute to the following value: 0000002001000 In addition, assign permissions so that anonymous users have access to the appropriate objects in the directory. To grant the Read permission on all objects in a given directory partition to anonymous users, you can simply add the built-in security principal Anonymous (from the local computer) to the Readers group on that directory partition.
