Arup Biswas wrote: > I am wondering if there is any documentation that describes the role TLS > plays in LDAP security in Samba 3.x. I would like to understand what is the > relationship of TLS with other LDAP security mechanisms like Kerberos via > SASL and if TLS provides any added security. Is it like TLS provides an > encrypted channel for all LDAP communications (privacy) whereas Kerberos > just provides the authentication? > > I would appreciate any pointer, As far as the samba <-> LDAP communication is concerned, you can use start_tls = yes in smb.conf to encrypt the traffic. AFAIK you cannot use SASL mechs like GSSAPI for this (samba does only simple binds).
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