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Commit 09e64b6f authored by Kurt Zeilenga's avatar Kurt Zeilenga
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Add note regard StartTLS over 389.

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......@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ E.g.:
While the server can be configured to listen on a particular interface
address, this doesn't necessarily restrict access to the server to
only those networks accessible via that interface. To selective
restrict remote access, it is recommend that an IP Firewall be
used to restrict access.
restrict remote access, it is recommend that an {{SECT:IP Firewall}}
be used to restrict access.
See {{SECT:Command-line Options}} and {{slapd}}(8) for more
information.
......@@ -39,7 +39,10 @@ interface used to communicate with the client.
Generally, {{slapd}}(8) listens on port 389/tcp for LDAP over
{{TERM:TCP}} (e.g. {{F:ldap://}}) and port 636/tcp for LDAP over
{{TERM:SSL}} (e.g. {{F:ldaps://}}).
{{TERM:SSL}} (e.g. {{F:ldaps://}}). Note that LDAP over TCP
sessions can be protected by {{TERM:TLS}} through the use of
{{StartTLS}}. StartTLS is the Standard Track mechanism for protecting
LDAP sessions with TLS.
As specifics of how to configure IP firewall are dependent on the
particular kind of IP firewall used, no examples are provided here.
......@@ -57,6 +60,8 @@ For example, the {{host_options}}(5) rule:
allows only incoming connections from the private network {{F:10.0.0.0}}
and localhost ({{F:127.0.0.1}}) to access the directory service.
Note that IP addresses are used as {{slapd}}(8) is not normally
configured to perform reverse lookups.
It is noted that TCP wrappers require the connection to be accepted.
As significant processing is required just to deny a connection,
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