[ZendTo] News — Microsoft enforcing LDAPS for AD servers

[Jules Field]

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> On 10 Feb 2020, at 2:48 pm, Glenn Noel <glenn.noel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Jules,
> 
> I'm just trying the changes now.  The instructions state to add the following to preferences.php:
> 
> 'authLDAPServers1' => array('ldaps://your-AD-server-here.example.com'),
> 'authLDAPUseSSL1' => false,
> 'authLDAPUseTLS1' => false,
> 
> When I try this, the two forward slashes in the  'ldaps://your-AD-server-here.example.com' comment out the your-AD-server-hear.example.com
> 
> I've tried different iterations, but so far no luck.  
> 
> Any advice, as always is much appreciated.
> 
> Glenn
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Feb 8, 2020 at 12:29 PM Jules via ZendTo <zendto at zend.to> wrote:
>> Microsoft are about to enforce the use of LDAPS (removing unencrypted LDAP) when checking user credentials against an AD server.
>> 
>> This needs a couple of minor changes to your ZendTo server.
>> 
>> I have written up some simple instructions here
>>     https://zend.to/activedirectory.php
>> which certainly appear to work for me.
>> 
>> I strongly advise you make the changes and test the resulting service before Microsoft release the patch that enforces the need for this. It should cause no harm except to improve the security of communications between ZendTo and your AD server.
>> 
>> Any comments / problems / questions, please do let me know straightaway!
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jules
>> 
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