> On 1 Feb 2021, at 23:35, Eugen Lamers <eugen.lam...@br-automation.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi William,
> it's an old thread, but it's mine, so I will give an update to the situation 
> and a follow-up question.
> We changed from StartTLS on 389 to SSL on 636 some time ago. Trying to 
> reconsider the topic we found that there is no plaintext password sent via 
> network between the replicants, which was the case in the StartTLS on 389 
> scenario. This would reduce the problem with plaintext password for the 
> replication manager to the storage, mainly the dse.ldif, I think. 

To be sure, I'd need to see your configured replication agreement to understand 
how it's been configured to authenticate.

Provided you are using SSL (LDAPS) and simple bind, then the password *is* sent 
to the other server, but it's inside of TLS so it is secure. 

> We would be glad if you could confirm this thought. It would save us from 
> trying again the use of client auth for replication which hadn't been 
> successful yet.
> Kind regards,

—
Sincerely,

William Brown

Senior Software Engineer, 389 Directory Server
SUSE Labs, Australia
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