diff --git a/src/fedfsd/svc.c b/src/fedfsd/svc.c
index e26da13..93b110b 100644
--- a/src/fedfsd/svc.c
+++ b/src/fedfsd/svc.c
@@ -1078,7 +1078,6 @@ static void
 fedfsd_svc_get_limited_nsdb_params_1(SVCXPRT *xprt)
 {
 	FedFsGetLimitedNsdbParamsRes result;
-	struct fedfs_secdata secdata;
 	char *hostname = NULL;
 	unsigned short port;
 	FedFsNsdbName args;
@@ -1097,10 +1096,22 @@ fedfsd_svc_get_limited_nsdb_params_1(SVCXPRT *xprt)
 	if (result.status != FEDFS_OK)
 		goto out;
 
-	result.status = nsdb_lookup_nsdb(hostname, port, &host, &secdata);
-	if (result.status == FEDFS_OK)
-		result.FedFsGetLimitedNsdbParamsRes_u.secType =
-				(FedFsConnectionSec)secdata.type;
+	result.status = nsdb_lookup_nsdb(hostname, port, &host, NULL);
+	if (result.status != FEDFS_OK)
+		goto out;
+
+	switch (nsdb_sectype(host)) {
+	case FEDFS_SEC_NONE:
+	case FEDFS_SEC_TLS:
+		result.status = FEDFS_OK;
+		result.FedFsGetLimitedNsdbParamsRes_u.secType = nsdb_sectype(host);
+		break;
+	default:
+		result.status = FEDFS_ERR_SVRFAULT;
+		xlog(L_WARNING, "Unrecognized NSDB connection security "
+			"type for %s:%u", hostname, port);
+	}
+
 	nsdb_free_nsdb(host);
 	free(hostname);
 
diff --git a/src/include/nsdb.h b/src/include/nsdb.h
index 46f87ee..2612263 100644
--- a/src/include/nsdb.h
+++ b/src/include/nsdb.h
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ void		 nsdb_free_nsdb(nsdb_t host);
 const char	*nsdb_hostname(const nsdb_t host);
 size_t		 nsdb_hostname_len(const nsdb_t host);
 unsigned short	 nsdb_port(const nsdb_t host);
+FedFsConnectionSec
+		 nsdb_sectype(const nsdb_t host);
 const char	*nsdb_certfile(const nsdb_t host);
 const char	*nsdb_default_binddn(const nsdb_t host);
 const char	*nsdb_default_nce(const nsdb_t host);
diff --git a/src/libnsdb/nsdb.c b/src/libnsdb/nsdb.c
index dcea59e..c854995 100644
--- a/src/libnsdb/nsdb.c
+++ b/src/libnsdb/nsdb.c
@@ -292,6 +292,17 @@ unsigned short nsdb_port(const nsdb_t host)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Return nsdb_t's NSDB connection security type
+ *
+ * @param host pointer to initialized nsdb_t struct
+ * @return NSDB's port number
+ */
+FedFsConnectionSec nsdb_sectype(const nsdb_t host)
+{
+	return (FedFsConnectionSec)host->fn_sectype;
+}
+
+/**
  * Return filename containing nsdb_t's certificate
  *
  * @param host pointer to initialized nsdb_t
@@ -1568,7 +1579,7 @@ nsdb_open_nsdb(nsdb_t host, const char *binddn, const char *passwd,
 	if (retval != FEDFS_OK)
 		return retval;
 
-	switch (host->fn_sectype) {
+	switch (nsdb_sectype(host)) {
 	case FEDFS_SEC_NONE:
 		break;
 	case FEDFS_SEC_TLS:
diff --git a/src/nsdbparams/show.c b/src/nsdbparams/show.c
index d95f61c..ee70cdc 100644
--- a/src/nsdbparams/show.c
+++ b/src/nsdbparams/show.c
@@ -78,6 +78,38 @@ nsdbparams_show_usage(const char *progname)
 }
 
 /**
+ * Display NSDB connection parameters for "host"
+ *
+ * @param host initialized nsdb_t
+ */
+static void
+nsdbparams_show_display(nsdb_t host)
+{
+	char *c;
+
+	printf("%s:%u:\n", nsdb_hostname(host), nsdb_port(host));
+	switch (nsdb_sectype(host)) {
+	case FEDFS_SEC_NONE:
+		printf("\tconnection security: NONE\n");
+		break;
+	case FEDFS_SEC_TLS:
+		printf("\tconnection security: TLS\n");
+		printf("\tcertificate file: %s\n", nsdb_certfile(host));
+		break;
+	default:
+		printf("\tconnection security: unrecognized\n");
+	}
+	printf("\tfollow referrals: %s\n",
+		nsdb_follow_referrals(host) ? "yes" : "no");
+	c = (char *)nsdb_default_binddn(host);
+	if (c != NULL)
+		printf("\tdefault bind DN: %s\n", c);
+	c = (char *)nsdb_default_nce(host);
+	if (c != NULL)
+		printf("\tdefault NCE: %s\n", c);
+}
+
+/**
  * Show one NSDB entry in our NSDB connection parameter database
  *
  * @param progname NUL-terminated UTF-8 string containing name of this program
@@ -89,10 +121,7 @@ int
 nsdbparams_show(const char *progname, int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	unsigned short nsdbport = LDAP_PORT;
-	struct fedfs_secdata secdata = {
-		.type		= 0,
-	};
-	char *c, *nsdbname, *endptr;
+	char *nsdbname, *endptr;
 	FedFsStatus status;
 	unsigned long tmp;
 	struct passwd *pw;
@@ -207,23 +236,11 @@ nsdbparams_show(const char *progname, int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	status = nsdb_lookup_nsdb(nsdbname, nsdbport, &host, &secdata);
+	status = nsdb_lookup_nsdb(nsdbname, nsdbport, &host, NULL);
 	switch (status) {
 	case FEDFS_OK:
-		printf("%s:%u:\n", nsdbname, nsdbport);
-		printf("\tconnection security: %s\n",
-			nsdb_display_fedfsconnectionsec(secdata.type));
-		printf("\tfollow referrals: %s\n",
-			nsdb_follow_referrals(host) ? "yes" : "no");
-		c = (char *)nsdb_default_binddn(host);
-		if (c != NULL)
-			printf("\tdefault bind DN: %s\n", c);
-		c = (char *)nsdb_default_nce(host);
-		if (c != NULL)
-			printf("\tdefault NCE: %s\n", c);
+		nsdbparams_show_display(host);
 		nsdb_free_nsdb(host);
-		if (secdata.type != FEDFS_SEC_NONE)
-			printf("secdata:\n%s\n", secdata.data);
 		break;
 	case FEDFS_ERR_NSDB_PARAMS:
 		xlog(L_ERROR, "No record for %s was found", nsdbname);
