diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/auth2-pubkey.c openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/auth2-pubkey.c
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/auth2-pubkey.c	Thu Jun  6 22:27:56 2002
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/auth2-pubkey.c	Thu Apr 17 11:53:03 2003
@@ -174,12 +174,46 @@
 	struct stat st;
 	Key *found;
 	char *fp;
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	lh host;
+#endif
 
 	if (pw == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Temporarily use the user's uid. */
 	temporarily_use_uid(pw);
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	found_key = 0;
+	/* allocate a new key type */
+	found = key_new(key->type);
+
+	/* first check if the options is enabled, then try.. */
+	debug("trying LDAP first uid=%s",pw->pw_name);
+	
+	/* lets add it */
+	host.url = options.myldap_opt.ldap_server;
+	host.binddn = options.myldap_opt.binddn;
+	host.bindpw = options.myldap_opt.bindpw;
+	host.mgroup = options.myldap_opt.mgroup;
+
+	if(options.myldap_opt.pubkey_from_ldap
+		&&(key_ldap_read(found,pw->pw_name,&host) != 1)) {
+	    debug2("LDAP pubkey failed!!!");
+	    debug2("URL: %s !!",options.myldap_opt.ldap_server);
+	}
+
+	if (key_equal(found,key)) {
+	    found_key = 1;
+	    debug("matching key found on LDAP, line %lu",linenum);
+	    fp = key_fingerprint(found,SSH_FP_MD5, SSH_FP_HEX);
+	    verbose("Found matching %s key: %s",key_type(found),fp);
+	    xfree(fp);
+	    restore_uid();
+	    key_free(found);
+	    return found_key;
+	}
+#endif
 
 	debug("trying public key file %s", file);
 
@@ -189,6 +223,7 @@
 		restore_uid();
 		return 0;
 	}
+
 	/* Open the file containing the authorized keys. */
 	f = fopen(file, "r");
 	if (!f) {
@@ -196,6 +231,7 @@
 		restore_uid();
 		return 0;
 	}
+
 	if (options.strict_modes &&
 	    secure_filename(f, file, pw, line, sizeof(line)) != 0) {
 		fclose(f);
@@ -204,8 +240,11 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
 	found_key = 0;
 	found = key_new(key->type);
+	old place of found_key = 0;
+	*/
 
 	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), f)) {
 		char *cp, *options = NULL;
diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/key.c openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/key.c
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/key.c	Mon Feb 24 02:01:41 2003
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/key.c	Thu Apr 17 11:48:00 2003
@@ -36,6 +36,25 @@
 
 #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+#include <ldap.h>
+#include <lber.h>
+
+#define PORT LDAP_PORT
+#define LINEMAX 1024
+/*
+ * defined in core.schema, this is a temporary objectclass which can be
+ * used since i m waiting for pkix schema and pubKey attribute (binary as well
+ * so minor changes for this patch), there will be an update about this ;)
+ * the following defs were for test purposes only
+ * i'm still keeping objectclass=strongAuthenticationuser because of the purpose
+ * this patch, and wrongly using cn for each user to store group includes
+ * refere to the README for a better understanding of this.
+ */
+#define OBJCLASS "objectclass=strongAuthenticationUser"
+#define BASE_REQ "ou=users,dc=foobar,dc=net"
+#endif
+
 #include "xmalloc.h"
 #include "key.h"
 #include "rsa.h"
@@ -372,6 +391,217 @@
 	OPENSSL_free(buf);
 	return 1;
 }
+
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+/* returns 1 ok, -1 error */
+int
+/* key_ldap_read(Key *ret, char *uid, char *url, char *binddn, char *bindpw) */
+key_ldap_read(Key *ret, char *uid, lh *host)
+{
+    Key *k;
+    LDAP *ld;
+    LDAPMessage *res,*e;
+    LDAPURLDesc *urlstruct;
+    char *a,*urlssl,objbuf[LINEMAX];
+    struct berval **vals;
+    BerElement *ptr;
+    int version, rc, j, i, success = -1, ssl_size = 0;
+
+    /* version to 3 */
+    version = LDAP_VERSION3;
+
+    /* url based ldap://hostport/dn[?attrs[?scope[?filter[?exts]]]] */
+    rc = ldap_is_ldap_url(host->url);
+    if (rc < 0) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: ldap_is_ldap_url() -> ldap is not an url");
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+    
+    rc = ldap_url_parse(host->url,&urlstruct);
+    if (rc) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: ldap_url_parse() -> ldap couldn't be parsed");
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+
+    ssl_size = strlen(urlstruct->lud_scheme)+strlen(urlstruct->lud_host)+10;
+
+    urlssl = (char *) malloc( ssl_size * sizeof(char) );
+    if (!urlssl) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: malloc()");
+
+	/* free what has been allocated */
+	ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+    memset(urlssl,0,ssl_size);
+    snprintf(urlssl,ssl_size,"%s://%s:%d",urlstruct->lud_scheme,urlstruct->lud_host,urlstruct->lud_port);
+
+    /* open ldap connection */
+    ld = ldap_init(urlstruct->lud_host,urlstruct->lud_port);
+    if(!ld) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: ldap_init()");
+
+	/* free what has been allocated */
+	free(urlssl);
+	ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+
+    /* setting V3 proto otherwise TLS impossible */
+    if (ldap_set_option(ld,LDAP_OPT_PROTOCOL_VERSION,&version) != LDAP_OPT_SUCCESS) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: ldap couldn't set version for TLS/SSL");
+
+	/* free what has been allocated */
+	free(urlssl);
+	ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+    /* HERE CHOOSE SSL/TLS use the scheme and look for the magic 's' ;) */
+    if (urlstruct->lud_scheme[strlen(urlstruct->lud_scheme)-1] == 's') {
+	if (ldap_initialize(&ld, urlssl) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+	    error("key_ldap_read: ldap_initialize()");
+
+	    /* free what has been allocated */
+	    free(urlssl);
+	    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+	    success = -1;
+	    return success;
+	}
+    } else {
+	if ( (ldap_start_tls_s( ld, NULL, NULL ) != LDAP_SUCCESS)) {
+	    ldap_perror( ld, "key_ldap_read: (TLS) ldap_start_tls" );
+	    /* recover to normal connection */
+	    ld = ldap_init(urlstruct->lud_host,urlstruct->lud_port);
+	    if(!ld) {
+		error("key_ldap_read: ldap_init()");
+		
+		/* free what has been allocated */
+		free(urlssl);
+		ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+		success = -1;
+		return success;
+	    }
+	    /* 	use_ssl=1; */
+	}
+    }
+
+    /* anonymous bind pubkey can be retrieved by anybody */
+    if (ldap_simple_bind_s(ld,host->binddn,host->bindpw) != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
+	error("key_ldap_read: ldap_simple_bind_s()");
+	
+	/* free what has been allocated */
+	free(urlssl);
+	ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+
+	success = -1;
+	return success;
+    }
+    
+    /* start ldap search */
+    if (!uid)
+	return success;
+
+    /* 
+     *
+     * The user need to have posixAccount & strongAuthenticationuser attributes 
+     * to accept the challenge.
+     * posixAccount & strongAuthenticationuser + uid is member of configured group.
+     * ldap user entries MUST respect our standard description.
+     * objectclass still hardcoded, hope to change this soon .
+     *
+     */
+    if (host->mgroup)
+	snprintf(objbuf,LINEMAX,"(&(objectclass=posixAccount)(objectclass=strongAuthenticationUser)(&(cn=*%s*)(uid=%s)))",host->mgroup,uid);
+    else
+	snprintf(objbuf,LINEMAX,"(&(objectclass=posixAccount)(objectclass=strongAuthenticationUser)(uid=%s))",uid);
+
+    /* New filter group inclusive depend on the configuration */
+    /* (&(objectclass=posixAccount)(objectclass=strongAuthenticationUser)(&(cn=*groupname*)(uid=eau))) */
+
+    ldap_search_s(ld,urlstruct->lud_dn,LDAP_SCOPE_SUBTREE,objbuf,NULL,0,&res);
+    i = ldap_count_entries(ld,res);
+
+    for(e=ldap_first_entry(ld,res); e != NULL; e=ldap_next_entry(ld,e)) {
+	ldap_get_dn(ld,e);
+	for(a=ldap_first_attribute(ld,e,&ptr);a!=NULL;a=ldap_next_attribute(ld,e,ptr))
+	    {
+		if(strncmp(a,"userCertificate",15) == 0) {
+		    vals=ldap_get_values_len(ld,e,a);
+		    for(j = 0; vals[j] != NULL; j++) {
+			/* value is here :) vals[j] */
+			k = key_from_blob((unsigned char *)vals[j]->bv_val,(int)vals[j]->bv_len);
+
+			if (!k) {
+			    error("key_read: key_from_blob LDAP failed");
+
+			    ldap_value_free_len(vals);
+			    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+			    free(urlssl);
+
+			    return (-1);
+			}
+
+			/* i dont have type ?!?!?! */
+			if (k->type != KEY_DSA) {
+			    error("key_read: type mismatch: encoding error");
+
+			    ldap_value_free_len(vals);
+			    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+			    free(urlssl);
+			    key_free(k);
+
+			    return (-1);
+			}
+
+			if (ret->type == KEY_RSA) {
+			    error("LDAP doesnt handle RSA keys yet");
+
+			    /* freeing everything */
+			    ldap_value_free_len(vals);
+			    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+			    free(urlssl);
+			    key_free(k);
+
+			    return (-1);
+			} else {
+			    if (ret->dsa != NULL)
+				DSA_free(ret->dsa);
+			    ret->dsa = k->dsa;
+			    k->dsa = NULL;
+			    DSA_print_fp(stderr,ret->dsa,8);
+
+			    /* freeing everything */
+			    ldap_value_free_len(vals);
+			    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+			    free(urlssl);
+			    key_free(k);
+
+			    success = 1;
+			    return success;
+			}
+		    }
+		    ldap_value_free_len(vals);
+		    key_free(k);
+		}
+	    }
+    }
+    ldap_free_urldesc(urlstruct);
+    free(urlssl);
+    return success;
+}
+#endif
 
 /* returns 1 ok, -1 error */
 int
diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/key.h openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/key.h
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/key.h	Mon Feb 24 02:01:41 2003
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/key.h	Thu Apr 17 11:48:05 2003
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@
 char	*key_type(Key *);
 int	 key_write(Key *, FILE *);
 int	 key_read(Key *, char **);
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+/* next step is to handle fallback on ldap servers */
+typedef struct ldaphost {
+    char *url;		   /* LDAP infos in URL format */
+    char *binddn;	   /* bind DN */
+    char *bindpw;	   /* obvious :> */
+    char *mgroup;	   /* server group name */
+    struct ldaphost *next;
+} lh;
+
+int	 key_ldap_read(Key *, char *, lh *);
+#endif
 u_int	 key_size(Key *);
 
 Key	*key_generate(int, u_int);
diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/servconf.c openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/servconf.c
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/servconf.c	Mon Feb 24 02:04:34 2003
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/servconf.c	Thu Apr 17 12:04:42 2003
@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@
 	options->client_alive_count_max = -1;
 	options->authorized_keys_file = NULL;
 	options->authorized_keys_file2 = NULL;
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	options->myldap_opt.pubkey_from_ldap = -1;
+	options->myldap_opt.ldap_server = NULL;
+	options->myldap_opt.binddn = NULL;
+	options->myldap_opt.bindpw = NULL;
+	options->myldap_opt.mgroup = NULL;
+#endif
 
 	/* Needs to be accessable in many places */
 	use_privsep = -1;
@@ -255,6 +262,18 @@
 	}
 	if (options->authorized_keys_file == NULL)
 		options->authorized_keys_file = _PATH_SSH_USER_PERMITTED_KEYS;
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	if (options->myldap_opt.pubkey_from_ldap == -1)
+	    options->myldap_opt.pubkey_from_ldap = 0;
+	if (options->myldap_opt.ldap_server == NULL)
+	    options->myldap_opt.ldap_server = _DEFAULT_LDAP_PUBKEY_SERVER;
+	if (options->myldap_opt.binddn == NULL)
+	    options->myldap_opt.binddn = _DEFAULT_BINDDN;
+	if (options->myldap_opt.bindpw == NULL)
+	    options->myldap_opt.bindpw = _DEFAULT_BINDPW;
+	if (options->myldap_opt.mgroup == NULL)
+	    options->myldap_opt.mgroup = _DEFAULT_MGROUP;
+#endif
 
 	/* Turn privilege separation on by default */
 	if (use_privsep == -1)
@@ -303,6 +322,9 @@
 	sClientAliveCountMax, sAuthorizedKeysFile, sAuthorizedKeysFile2,
 	sUsePrivilegeSeparation,
 	sDeprecated, sUnsupported
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	    ,sPubkey_from_ldap, sLdap_server, sBinddn, sBindpw, sMgroup
+#endif
 } ServerOpCodes;
 
 /* Textual representation of the tokens. */
@@ -379,6 +401,13 @@
 	{ "clientalivecountmax", sClientAliveCountMax },
 	{ "authorizedkeysfile", sAuthorizedKeysFile },
 	{ "authorizedkeysfile2", sAuthorizedKeysFile2 },
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	{ "pubkeyfromldap", sPubkey_from_ldap },
+	{ "ldapserver", sLdap_server },
+	{ "binddn", sBinddn },
+	{ "bindpw", sBindpw },
+	{ "mygroup", sMgroup },
+#endif
 	{ "useprivilegeseparation", sUsePrivilegeSeparation},
 	{ NULL, sBadOption }
 };
@@ -915,6 +944,54 @@
 		while (arg)
 		    arg = strdelim(&cp);
 		break;
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	case sPubkey_from_ldap:
+		intptr = &options->myldap_opt.pubkey_from_ldap;
+		goto parse_flag;
+	case sLdap_server:
+		/* arg = strdelim(&cp); */
+		p = line;
+		while(*p++);
+		arg = p;
+		if (!arg || *arg == '\0')
+		    fatal("%s line %d: missing ldap server",filename,linenum);
+		arg[strlen(arg)-1] = '\0';
+		options->myldap_opt.ldap_server=xstrdup(arg);
+		memset(arg,0,strlen(arg));
+		break;
+	case sBinddn:
+		/* arg = strdelim(&cp); */
+		p = line;
+		while(*p++);
+		arg = p;
+		if (!arg || *arg == '\0')
+		    fatal("%s line %d: missing binddn",filename,linenum);
+		arg[strlen(arg)-1] = '\0';
+		options->myldap_opt.binddn = xstrdup(arg);
+		memset(arg,0,strlen(arg));
+		break;
+	case sBindpw:
+		/* arg = strdelim(&cp); */
+		p = line;
+		while(*p++);
+		arg = p;
+		if (!arg || *arg == '\0')
+		    fatal("%s line %d: missing bindpw",filename,linenum);
+		arg[strlen(arg)-1] = '\0';
+		options->myldap_opt.bindpw=xstrdup(arg);
+		memset(arg,0,strlen(arg));
+		break;
+	case sMgroup:
+		p = line;
+		while (*p++);
+		arg = p;
+		if (!arg || *arg == '\0')
+		    fatal("%s line %d: missing groupname",filename, linenum);
+		arg[strlen(arg) - 1] = '\0';
+		options->myldap_opt.mgroup = xstrdup(arg);
+		memset(arg,0,strlen(arg));
+		break;
+#endif
 
 	default:
 		fatal("%s line %d: Missing handler for opcode %s (%d)",
diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/servconf.h openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/servconf.h
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/servconf.h	Thu Aug  1 03:28:39 2002
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/servconf.h	Thu Apr 17 11:57:48 2003
@@ -32,6 +32,22 @@
 #define	PERMIT_NO_PASSWD	2
 #define	PERMIT_YES		3
 
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+#define _DEFAULT_LDAP_PUBKEY_SERVER "localhost"
+#define _DEFAULT_BASEDN "ou=People,dc=company,dc=net"
+#define _DEFAULT_BINDDN NULL
+#define _DEFAULT_BINDPW NULL
+#define _DEFAULT_MGROUP NULL
+
+typedef struct {
+    int pubkey_from_ldap;
+    char *ldap_server;	   /* ldap URL format where pubkeys are */
+    char *binddn;	   /* ldap base dn where users resides */
+    char *bindpw;	   /* ldap bind passwd */
+    char *mgroup;	   /* ldap server group name, NULL if deactivated */
+} ldap_opt;
+#endif
+
 
 typedef struct {
 	u_int num_ports;
@@ -132,6 +148,9 @@
 	char   *authorized_keys_file;	/* File containing public keys */
 	char   *authorized_keys_file2;
 	int	use_pam;		/* Enable auth via PAM */
+#ifdef WITH_LDAP_PUBKEY
+	ldap_opt myldap_opt;
+#endif
 }       ServerOptions;
 
 void	 initialize_server_options(ServerOptions *);
diff -ru openssh-3.6.1p1/sshd_config openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/sshd_config
--- openssh-3.6.1p1/sshd_config	Fri Sep 27 05:21:58 2002
+++ openssh-3.6.1p1-ldappubkey/sshd_config	Thu Apr 17 12:21:43 2003
@@ -89,5 +89,13 @@
 #Banner /some/path
 #VerifyReverseMapping no
 
+# here is the new patched ldap related tokens
+# entries in your LDAP must be posixAccount & strongAuthenticationUser
+pubkeyfromldap yes
+ldapserver ldap://localhost/ou=users,dc=cuckoos,dc=net
+binddn cn=Manager,dc=cuckoos,dc=net 
+bindpw secret
+mygroup unixmail
+
 # override default of no subsystems
 Subsystem	sftp	/usr/libexec/sftp-server