On 15/5/06 11:55, Si Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am using Perl-ldap ( and excellent it is too ) to connect > to an Active Directory. I am using an SSL connection since > I do not want to pass the password in the clear. > > When reading a large sub-tree, in a number of pages, I get this > error ( LDAP_DECODING_ERROR:C<Net::LDAP> ). If I change the page > size it occurs after a different number of entries. > > e.g Page size 250 - after 20250 entries > 50 - after 5400 entries > > If I make the connection without SSL there is no problem and > all the records can be read without sign of the decoding error. > > Any clues anyone.
What sort of control are you using to get these results? We might have got something wrong in there, like getting confused about byte/utf8. You could try calling debug(15) to get hex dumps of all the result packets to see what's different about the failing one. Alternatively (worst case scenario) I wonder if something's happening at the SSL level which we're (or IO::Socket::SSL or Net::SSLeay are) not dealing with properly. If you don't get any insights from the debug output above, can you attach a network sniffer like Ethereal and see anything interesting happening around the times both connections go bad? Cheers, Chris
