LDAPS Authentication and Connection
The steps in the LDAPS authentication and connection sequence are:
- The directory client initiates LDAPS connection.
- The directory server sends the X.509 SSL server certificate that it has received from a certificate authority (CA).
- The client checks the certificate against its trust certificate store. If it matches, the certificate is trusted.
- The client proceeds with establishing the SSL connection.
- When the SSL connection is up, the client sends a bind DN and password to the server to establish the LDAP connection.
- The server authenticates the client and establishes the LDAP over SSL connection.
NOTE: The SRC software does not support certificate authentication for directory clients.