[tpop3d-discuss]tpop and ldap tls problem

Daniel Tiefnig tpop3d at inode.at
Thu, 15 Dec 2005 09:53:29 +0100


Adam wrote:
> 1. this config:
> 
> auth-ldap-use-tls:      true
> auth-ldap-url:          ldap://hostname/o=something,c=pl
> 
> works, but on port 389, tpop3d -d -v:
> .........
> auth_ldap_init: using DN o=something,c=pl on hostname:389

Yes, that's how it is intended. It's like POP3 on port 110 with STLS,
(or SMTP on port 25 with STARTTLS) first we open a plain connection to
the LDAP server on port 389, and then we send the STLS request object,
which starts encryption.


lg,
daniel