ok so I've learned a little bit more about ldapsearch
on the server running TLS I can use the -ZZ directive and connect
then next thing I did was to try and connect from a different machine using -ZZ
with this command
ldapsearch -ZZ -x -h serveraddress -v -b 'uid=tester,ou=People,dc=test,dc=com'
this results in the following output
ldap_start_tls: Connect error (-11)
additional info: error:14090086:SSL
routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
ok fine, that is correct, it does not have the CA cert to use, I tried to copy
the CAcert from the Ldap server but I still get the same error
-----Original Message-----
From: Quanah Gibson-Mount [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 6/5/2007 4:51 PM
To: West, Jon (NIH/NIMH) [C]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: TLS bare minimum
--On June 5, 2007 3:08:17 PM -0400 "West, Jon (NIH/NIMH) [C]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I would like to set up TLS on our server. Looking through the
> Administration guide, I am unsure if I need both server AND client
> certificates. As I understand it I am supposed to first see if I can use
> the command line tools to establish the TLS connection then attempt to
> set up a client. So I have created a server certificate. I would like to
> do this with a test system. The test server is running 2.0.27-22 and our
> actual server runs 2.2.13-6.4E.. How can I be sure that I am getting an
> encrypted connection. I am also unsure of how to use LDAP search since
> whenever I do use it I get errors but when I verify the contents of our
> directory with other software I can see the things I'm looking for.
> Again this is a question about LDAPsearch, not the other software. I have
> a user called tester in my dc=test,dc=com test server (Is it a problem
> that I use test.com when the machine is not on that domain?) what would
> be the command to get the LDAP information about tester?
I think you need to seriously examine running modern, supported versions of
OpenLDAP (2.3.35 is the current release). But no, you don't need a client
cert to establish TLS. The client must have access to the CA that signed
the server cert, however. Have you read the man page on ldapsearch? Do
you have any example of how you are using ldapsearch?
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Principal Software Engineer
Zimbra, Inc
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