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2. TLS: a basic service for LDAP
TLS ([3], [44]) is a network security protocol that offers authentication and confidentiality features.
The successor to the SSL protocol [4], TLS is compatible with it. For linguistic reasons, the term SSL is often used instead of TLS.
The TLS protocol is widely used in LDAP directories. In fact, TLS uses both asymmetric cryptography (and, consequently, certificates (see § 2.1 )) to ensure the authentication phase (§ ...
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Appendix: configuration files
The configuration files presented here can be used to build a variety of simple certificates, enabling you to quickly set up a TLS connection as part of an LDAP server. These files are provided as examples only.
For more information on the structure of OpenSSL configuration files, see .
1 - root-ca-cert.cnf
This configuration file...
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