[CentOS] LDAP authentication on a remote server (via ldaps://) [SOLVED]
Miguel Medalha
miguelmedalha at sapo.pt
Thu Oct 7 09:43:06 UTC 2010
> The reason why I (think I) need both is that many third party apps on
> the server (PHP applications typically) do not easily manage StartTLS.
> Meanwhile, having two different ports make it easier to manage via iptables.
>
You can also use StartTLS over the network and LDAPI (connection over
Unix sockets, which are inherently secure) for apps running on the
server. I use it, both with OpenLDAP and 389 Directory Server (a.k.a.
Fedora DS, Red Hat DS).
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