Bug 5406

Summary: Allow Koha to authenticate using LDAPS as well as LDAP
Product: Koha Reporter: Chris Cormack <chris>
Component: AuthenticationAssignee: Galen Charlton <gmcharlt>
Status: CLOSED INVALID QA Contact: Bugs List <koha-bugs>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P5 - low CC: dpavlin, ohiocore
Version: 3.4   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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Description Chris Cormack 2010-11-14 21:05:18 UTC
When we are connecting across the internet to LDAP servers, we should be using LDAPS if at all possible.

I propose adding another variable to the LDAP config and changing C4::Auth_with_ldap to be able to do LDAP or LDAPS

Net::LDAPS is functionally equivalent to Net::LDAP so will require minimal code changes.
Comment 1 Dobrica Pavlinusic 2010-11-15 09:44:23 UTC
This doesn't require code changes at all. If LDAP server is specified as

<hostname>ldaps://ldap.example.com</hostname>

Net::LDAP will use SSL connection to it. I'm using similar configuration for a while.
Comment 2 MJ Ray (software.coop) 2011-01-06 10:17:56 UTC
This bug is mentioned in:
Bug 5406 Improve translation script http://lists.koha-community.org/pipermail/koha-patches/2010-December/013418.html
Comment 3 Joe Atzberger 2011-06-14 14:54:58 UTC
No code change necessary, marking invalid.