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Re: problem with syncrepl and STARTTLS



r0m5 wrote:
> Le 2017-08-09 14:13, Michael Ströder a écrit :
>> Many problems like this are caused by not getting the PKI to issue correct
>> public-key certs. Especially you should put all DNS names a LDAP client might use to
>> connect to your LDAP server in subjectAltName extension.
>>
>> E.g. ITS#8427 says:
>> "Provide the servers with TLS certificates that are correct but do not include
>> an address used in syncrepl provider setting."
>> What the heck does that mean?!?
> 
> I guess the guy uses in order to reproduce a provider certificate which is signed by a
> CA his consumer trusts, but the consumer connects to the provider using a DNS name
> different from the certificate CN and not included in subjectAltName.

Yes, therefore I'd see ITS#8427 resolved as do-not-use-broken-certs.

> Regarding my applications randomly failing STARTTLS to my consumers, it's not related
> to the use of a DNS name different from the certificate CN and not included in 
> subjectAltName. Considering an application using always the same DNS name
> [..]
> I will dig more into it. So far it appears than only PHP applications fail this way, it
> seems like there are no probrems with STARTTLS from freeradius or Apache Basic AuthType
> with AuthBasicProvider ldap.

Then this sounds like PHP-LDAP being broken.

Ciao, Michael.

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