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[Aumont <address@concealed>]

address@concealed wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Is it possible to use ldap users accounts with encrypted passwords
> with sympa? (For example I have iPlanet Directory, which configured to work
> with native Solaris 8 ldap client).

What is your need ? Is it related to the communication from the http
client to htpp sympa server or from Sympa server to the LDAP server ?
In the first case it's easy to use https, on the second the Sympa LDAP
client feature do not use LDAP aver SSL communication so the password is
sent in a uncrypted form. This is a limit of LDAP authentication
process. Even if you have configured you LDAP server to store password
in a encrypted form, this is only a internal protection of the LDAP
server, not a way to secure incomming authentication request.

If you install a server certificate into your iPlanet Directory server,
you can try to use LDAPS communication for exemple configuring Sympa to
use Stunnel (www.stunnel.org) transparent proxy.

Regards
Serge
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