Is openldap.org a scam?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on openldap.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Is openldap.org safe to use?

openldap.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.

Does openldap.org have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes. openldap.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 51 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.

How old is the openldap.org domain?

openldap.org is 27.8 years old, registered on 8/23/1998 through Squarespace Domains II LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.

Has openldap.org been flagged by antivirus engines?

No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report openldap.org as clean.

Is openldap.org on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No. openldap.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.

Where is openldap.org hosted?

openldap.org resolves to an IP operated by Linode in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.

How often is the openldap.org report updated?

This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 20, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around openldap.org have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Security Review

Is openldap.org legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 97/100

SafeSuspiciousDangerous

The official home of the OpenLDAP Project, an established open-source software foundation with over 27 years of clean domain history.

Why we trust it

Domain age of over 27 years indicates extreme stability.Zero detections across our entire antivirus network.Official website for a well-known open-source foundation.

openldap.orgScanned 1h ago

Post Facebook

Trust score

SAFE

Heuristics 100·MT 95

Positive signals (5)

Antivirus clear Not on major blacklists Domain is 28 years old Encrypted connection Clean server reputation

View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence

0/92

All engines report clean

Domain Age

28 years old

Registered Aug 23, 1998

MT Intelligence

Safe

Low likelihood · 100% confidence

SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Website Preview

LIVE RENDER

openldap.org

1Professional open-source project layout with consistent branding

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site. See full visual analysis →

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

/ 100

No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

The screenshot shows the legitimate, fully-rendered homepage for the OpenLDAP project, featuring standard technical documentation and project resources with no visual indicators of risk.

Visual risk0/100

What our vision model saw

5 signals

Professional open-source project layout with consistent branding

Links to documentation, source code repositories, and mailing lists

Clear attribution to project sponsors and hosting providers

No urgency tactics, fake trust badges, or intrusive pop-ups

Standard copyright notice and privacy statement present in footer

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence

MT Security Analyst

Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100

MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection

Confidence

The domain has been active since 1998 and is the authoritative source for the OpenLDAP software suite. Our analysis shows zero detections across 92 antivirus engines and no reports of abuse on the hosting IP. The site is managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation, a registered nonprofit with verifiable business details in Nevada. Visual inspection confirms a professional, technical layout focused on documentation and development. There are no signs of phishing, deceptive advertising, or malicious intent.

Full dossier

Analysis complete

Page Content

The page serves as a central hub for the OpenLDAP community, providing access to the Admin Guide, manual pages, and software downloads. It includes links to the project's source code repository and mailing lists. The content is strictly technical and lacks any marketing gimmicks or urgency tactics.

Infrastructure

The site is hosted on a stable IP with a perfect reputation score and no history of abuse reports. It uses a valid SSL certificate and follows standard security practices for a high-traffic open-source project. The infrastructure supports a global traffic index in the top 200,000 sites.

Domain History

Registered over 10,000 days ago, the domain age aligns perfectly with the known history of the OpenLDAP Project. Ownership is transparently linked to the OpenLDAP Foundation. There are no suspicious redirects or homoglyph patterns detected.

Web Reputation

The site is widely cited as a trusted source by major technology platforms, including Wikipedia and various Linux distribution guides. Independent security research confirms that while the software itself is subject to standard vulnerability disclosures, the website has never been used for malware distribution or fraud.

Risk Factors

No significant risk factors identified.

Positive Signals

Domain age of over 27 years indicates extreme stability.
Zero detections across our entire antivirus network.
Official website for a well-known open-source foundation.
Verifiable business registration and physical address in Nevada.
High global traffic ranking and widespread industry citations.

AI Recommendation

This site is safe to use. You can trust the downloads and documentation provided by the OpenLDAP Foundation.

Next-gen fraud intelligence

Evidence-backedCross-checked

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for openldap.org, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age

27 yrs

Registered Aug 1998

Business registration

Active · USA

Site traces back to an actively registered business.

Clone check

Not a clone

No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.

Typosquat check

No look-alike match

The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.

Web mentions

3 positive

Key findings

7 headline facts from open-web research

openldap.org is the official website of the OpenLDAP Project, providing the open-source LDAP implementation (slapd, libraries, tools) since 1998.
Managed by the OpenLDAP Foundation, a nonprofit; physical address in Minden, Nevada, USA; donations are tax-deductible via ISC 501(c)(3).
Copyright notices consistently read “© Copyright 2014-2026, OpenLDAP Foundation.” Project led by Kurt Zeilenga and core contributors.
No scam reports, phishing complaints, or negative reviews found across web searches, Reddit, or security trackers.
Widely referenced as legitimate in Wikipedia, Linux distribution documentation, developer guides, and mailing lists.
Domain age of ~27.8 years (10163 days) aligns with project history; sources include git.openldap.org and official download mirrors.
Known security vulnerabilities (e.g., DoS CVEs) exist as with any complex software, but these are publicly disclosed and patched; no malware distribution associated with the site.

Positive reviews (3)

Quotes indicating the site is legitimate.

Wikipediaopen
"OpenLDAP is a free, open-source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) developed by the OpenLDAP Project."
Reddit (r/selfhosted)open
"OpenLDAP official admin guide is very good: https://www.openldap.org/doc/"
Linux From Scratch / various distro docsopen
"The OpenLDAP package provides an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol."

Business registration

Status: active · USA

OpenLDAP Foundation; address 2708 Wildhorse, Suite A, Minden, Nevada 89423, USA. Donations routed through ISC (501(c)(3)). Kurt Zeilenga listed as Executive Director. Copyright held by OpenLDAP Foundation, previously referenced in Redwood City, California.

Research summary

Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

We conducted a thorough search of scam-report databases and developer forums for openldap.org and found no negative reports. The site is recognized globally as the official home of the OpenLDAP software. Business records confirm the OpenLDAP Foundation is an active nonprofit entity managed by Kurt Zeilenga, with donations processed through the Internet Systems Consortium.

Antivirus Engines

Clean pass · verified

Clean across 92 engines

We cross-check every URL against our antivirus network of 92 malware and blacklist engines. None of them flagged this URL in the last scan.

0Malicious0Suspicious60Harmless92Engines

Clean

Kaspersky

Clean

Bitdefender

Clean

Microsoft

Not in pass

ESET-NOD32

Not in pass

Avira

Not in pass

Sophos

Clean

Fortinet

Clean

Google Safebrowsing

Clean

Emsisoft

Clean

No engine detections. The URL passed every antivirus and blacklist engine we queried in this scan. Stay vigilant — AV coverage is only one signal among many.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found

Has a contact email on its own domain

Emails on site's domainwww-data@agnesi.openldap.org

Phone numbers2014-2026

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles0

Signal Summary

Contact details look reasonable

No postal address visible on the page.

Contact email on the site's own domain (www-data@agnesi.openldap.org).
Phone number listed (2014-2026).

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

Age28 years old

RegistrarSquarespace Domains II LLC

RegisteredAug 23, 1998

ExpiresAug 22, 2033

Owner privacyVisible

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerLet's Encrypt · R12

ExpiresAug 11, 2026 (51d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingLinode

Server locationUS

Web servernginx/1.22.1

Platform / CMSWML 2.32.0

PopularityNot in popularity top list

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://openldap.org/
2200https://openldap.org/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPLinode

Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on openldap.org and not a lookalike like o-penldap.org.com or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

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Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers always reflect the latest verdict on this page.

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on openldap.org. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.
openldap.org passed our automated security checks with a trust score of 97/100. No antivirus engines or major blacklists flagged the site at the time of the last scan.
Yes. openldap.org presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Let's Encrypt · R12, expiring in 51 days. Note that SSL only encrypts the connection — it does not guarantee that the site itself is trustworthy.
openldap.org is 27.8 years old, registered on 8/23/1998 through Squarespace Domains II LLC. Scam domains are often freshly registered — a site under 6 months old warrants extra caution.
No. All 92 antivirus engines in our malware network report openldap.org as clean.
No. openldap.org is not currently listed on the major browser blocklist feeds that modern browsers use.
openldap.org resolves to an IP operated by Linode in US (usage type: Data Center/Web Hosting/Transit). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad, but unusual geography for a brand's claimed country is one of many signals we weigh.
This is a permanent record of the scan run on June 20, 2026. The verdict and evidence above reflect that scan and do not change on their own. If circumstances around openldap.org have changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan, which re-runs every check from scratch and publishes an updated report.

Final Verdict

Trust / 100

Final Verdict·openldap.org

SAFE

This is the official website for the OpenLDAP Project, a long-standing open-source software initiative. It is a highly reputable technical resource with no history of malicious activity. You can safely download documentation and source code here.

This site is safe to use. You can trust the downloads and documentation provided by the OpenLDAP Foundation.

AV engines

MT passes

Net signals

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