LDAP authentication

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Mon Jan 17 16:04:48 UTC 2011


On Mon, 2011-01-17 at 09:51 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> One change from older versions of Fedora is that, with SSSD, you
> cannot use authentication against LDAP without encryption. This is
> because the simple bind password would otherwise be sent in the clear
> over the wire. Older versions of Fedora allowed using unencrypted
> auth, but no longer (for your protection).

Just of curiosity:  Does that actually stop the client sending a
password out in the clear?

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