[Fedora-directory-users] Setting up a Debian client for ssl

[Richard Megginson]

Steven Jones wrote:
> I checked DNS and it was indeed broken, but I am connecting to the IP,
>
> Fixing DNS still sees the same error on Debian.
>   
Try -d 1 or -v arguments to ldapsearch
> regards
>
> Steven Jones
> Senior  Linux/Unix/San/Vmware System Administrator
> APG -Technology Integration Team
> Victoria University of Wellington
> Phone: +64 4 463 6272
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-directory-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Richard
> Megginson
> Sent: Friday, 14 September 2007 1:35 p.m.
> To: General discussion list for the Fedora Directory server project.
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-directory-users] Setting up a Debian client for ssl
>
> Steven Jones wrote:
>   
>> Is this correct/expected?
>>
>> vuwunicvdebian1:/etc/ldap# ldapsearch -x -ZZ '(uid=jonesst1)'
>> ldap_start_tls: Connect error (-11)
>>         additional info: Start TLS request accepted.Server willing to
>> negotiate SSL.
>> vuwunicvdebian1:/etc/ldap#
>>
>> On the server I check check the access log for "startTLS" and see it,
>>
>> [14/Sep/2007:13:08:08 +1200] conn=39 fd=67 slot=67 connection from
>> 130.195.87.235 to 130.195.87.249
>> [14/Sep/2007:13:08:08 +1200] conn=39 op=0 EXT
>> oid="1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.20037" name="startTLS"
>> [14/Sep/2007:13:08:08 +1200] conn=39 op=0 RESULT err=0 tag=120
>> nentries=0 etime=0
>> [14/Sep/2007:13:08:08 +1200] conn=39 op=-1 fd=67 closed - Encountered
>> end of file.
>>
>> But the "Connect error (-11)" concerns me.
>>   
>>     
> I think this can happen if the server cert does not have a subject DN 
> that starts with cn=foo.example.com, where foo.example.com is the FQDN 
> of the directory server machine.  Or, the server cert has a subject DN 
> like this:
> cn=foo.example.com,....
> and the client either cannot resolve (via DNS or /etc/hosts or whatever 
> it says in the /etc/nsswitch.conf file) foo.example.com, or the reverse 
> DNS lookup on the server's IP address does not resolve to
> foo.example.com
>   
>> Regards
>>
>> Steven 
>>
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