> failure. But if I use SSL and bypass the load balancer and point > directly to a LDAP directry everything works fine again.
We use OpenLDAP with a layer 4 switch with both StartTLS and ldaps connections. As such, I'm inclined to say you either have a load balancer misconfiguration or your load balancer is not capable of being configured appropriately. I suggest you discuss this on a list specific to your load balancer.
