qazmlp wrote:
> We have a setup where there are application servers have permanent
> connection with LDAP server. What I mean as permanent connection here is
> that, there are no sessions maintained for each data access, request
> execution between the LDAP client and the server.
> To make the communication secured, we have decided to configure both LDAP
> client and the server using IPSec configuration. I would like to get more
> suggestions in this aspect especially about whether this is sufficient or
> it is necessary to have TLS/SASL based security checks.

Personally I'd prefer LDAP over SSL/TLS or StartTLS extended operation
over deploying IPsec. SSL/TLS is just a matter of server (and client)
configuration. It will secure your LDAP connection independent from the
underlying network configuration.

Think of (the lack of) secure change management in a bigger organization
where one unit is responsible for the directory services and another one
changes IP routing for the IPsec tunnels without telling the directory
people...

Ciao, Michael.

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