Re: [Exim] Forcing TLS in LDAP lookups

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Author: Sheldon Hearn
Date:  
To: Tony Earnshaw
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Forcing TLS in LDAP lookups
On (2003/10/07 14:35), Tony Earnshaw wrote:

> Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
>
> >>Does anyone know how to force StartTLS for Exim LDAP lookups, ie.
> >>encryption over port 389. ldaps appears to talk SSL over port 636.
> >
> >http://www.billy.demon.nl/Eximldap.html
>
> But this does not describe TLS on port 389 for ldap. As Dave surmises,
> Exim (as opposed to recent Postfix snapshot versions, for example) can't
> use TLS for LDAP lookups, only for SMTP AUTH.


So what does it describe then? The ldaps:// URI means "LDAP over an
encrypted TLS connection".

Ciao,
Sheldon.