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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">My IDP working via the testshib page with Active Directory (Huzzah!). Now I just want to be sure I’m applying best practices for security. Is there any reason to not use LDAPS over LDAP as the connection protocol?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I’m also bit confused about what role the
<u>login.config</u> file plays vs. the DataConnector in <u>attribute-resolve.xml</u>. Both files contain connection information for my LDAP (Active Directory) server. So when does Shibboleth refer to each data set for connection information?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#1F497D">Login.config:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> edu.vt.middleware.ldap.jaas.LdapLoginModule required<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> host="DomainController.MyDomain.LOCAL"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> port="3268"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> base="DC=MyDomain,DC=local"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> tls="true"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> serviceCredential="62592fmu4tv"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> userRoleAttribute="sAMAccountName"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> serviceUser="shibboleth.user@MyDomain.local"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> subtreeSearch = "true"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> userField="samAccountName";<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:#1F497D">Attribute-Resolver.xml<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <resolver:DataConnector id="myLDAP" xsi:type="LDAPDirectory" xmlns="urn:mace:shibboleth:2.0:resolver:dc"
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> useStartTLS="true"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> ldapURL="ldap://DomainController.MyDomain.LOCAL:389" baseDN="DC=MyDomain,DC=local" principal="shibboleth.user@MyDomain.local"<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> principalCredential="62592fmu4tv"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <FilterTemplate><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> ]]><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <!-- We rely on the uniqueness of the objectSid. But it is binary so we *must* make it so --><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> <LDAPProperty name="java.naming.ldap.attributes.binary" value="objectSid"/><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> </resolver:DataConnector><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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