Re: Windows 2003 AD

Steven Van Ingelgem wrote:
> I have a question concerning the connection of the mozilla Directory
> SDK and Windows 2003 Active Directory.
> 
> I am able to bind in ldap-mode to it (authenticate), but I am not able
> to get it working in ldaps-mode.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to do it? I know I need to create a certificate
> on the server, but I'm failing to see how.
> Is there any guide out there which can tell me (or what terms do I
> need to search Google for as I didn't get any reasonable explanations
> with the ones I used before).

you need to find and read related AD/AM documentation on that stuff,
i have no idea here.

> Next is the compilation of OpenSSL and Mozilla Directory SDK, do I
> have to specify any special parameters or compilation parameters?

you cannot build it with OpenSSL. that would require quite alot of
code changes. you have to use NSS 
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/
our build process is described in details here
http://wiki.mozilla.org/LDAP_C_SDK#Checking_Out_the_Source_Code

> And last is the connection via the secure line. Do I need to change
> anything besides configuration files in my code?

i'm not sure i understand this question. you might wanna have a look
at http://docs.sun.com/source/817-6707/ssl.html tho.