>> Both are not client authentication mechs if you don't use client certificates. In most deployments the SSL/TLS protocol provides server authentication and an encrypted data communication channel. >> I'd simply support both. LDAPS has the advantage that you can really mandate that the client must successfully establish an encrypted channel *before* sending any LDAP PDU with possibly confidential information. Thanks for your info. I probably will support both LDAPS and startTLS in my deployment. >> start tls is an extended operation. Your ldap server may not support it. With start TLS part of the conversion happens unencrypted. Yup, fortunely Fedora DS supports startTLS. :-) - David On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Edward Capriolo <edlinuxguru at gmail.com> wrote: > start tls is an extended operation. Your ldap server may not support > it. With start TLS part of the conversion happens unencrypted. > > On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Michael Str?der <michael at stroeder.com> > wrote: > > Chun Tat David Chu wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm currently looking into LDAP authentication and would like to know > > about what is the preferred authentication mechanism. If I want to use > TLS > > for authentication, should I use LDAPS or startTLS? > > > > > > > Both are not client authentication mechs if you don't use client > > certificates. In most deployments the SSL/TLS protocol provides server > > authentication and an encrypted data communication channel. > > > > > > > > > I surfed on the Internet, and it appears that startTLS should be > > deprecating LDAPS but a lot of people are still using LDAPS today. > > > > > > > I'd simply support both. LDAPS has the advantage that you can really > > mandate that the client must successfully establish an encrypted channel > > *before* sending any LDAP PDU with possibly confidential information. > > > > Ciao, Michael. > > > > > > > > -- > > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > > > > -- > Fedora-directory-users mailing list > Fedora-directory-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-directory-users > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/389-users/attachments/20080410/1d487615/attachment.html
