I've logged and worked bug 51012 for CFMX's CFLDAP tag and MS SiteServer 3. The problem was that a CFLDAP connection to SiteServer would hang. A network trace of the events showed that CFMX sent an appropriate bind request, but SiteServer failed to respond. I reproduced the problem outside of CFMX using just Java and the JNDI/LDAP libraries.
I then closed the issue as not a bug and had my customer open a bug report with Microsoft. Here is what I concluded based on my tests: ----------------- An LDAP connection from CFMX Standalone using Sun JVM 1.3.1 or a Java app using Sun 1.3.1, where the Sun JNDI 1.2.1 and LDAP 1.2.4 libraries are used for both test cases, shows a Bind Request, as seen above, was sent to the Microsoft SiteServer 3.0 SP4 LDAP Server. The actual Bind Request meets the Bind Operation requirements from Secion 4.2 of RFC 2251 (all values are optional or acceptable as null values). Microsoft SiteServer fails to return a Bind Result as evidenced in the Ethereal network trace of the connection. Sections 3.1, 4.1.1, and 4.1.10 of RFC 2251 can be paraphrased as the following: The server is required to return a Bind Result with a result code to the client. If the Bind Request is not correct, not valid, not the right length, or has any other improper quality, then the server is required to send a Bind Result with the appropriate result code. Possible results codes are in section 4.1.10. Microsoft SiteServer 3.0 SP4 does not return the required Bind Result and result code to the Bind Request made from ColdFusion MX or Sun 1.3.1 test cases. Therefore Microsoft SiteServer does not follow the LDAP v3 RFC guidelines. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
