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Bug 544344 - Contact Manager binds to LDAP with simple binding rather than SASL
Contact Manager binds to LDAP with simple binding rather than SASL
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: evolution-data-server
Classification: Platform
Component: Contacts
2.22.x (obsolete)
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: evolution-addressbook-maintainers
Evolution QA team
evolution[ldap]
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-07-23 13:30 UTC by Brian J. Murrell
Modified: 2021-05-19 11:03 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.21/2.22


Description Brian J. Murrell 2008-07-23 13:30:28 UTC 
The Contact Manager should use SASL to bind to the LDAP server if any SASL methods are available.  Simple binding is just that, simple, requires a password, even if one has a Kerberos credential, and sends that password over the wire in the clear.  Very very bad.

Other information:
Comment 1 Roman Rybalko 2008-09-14 19:21:12 UTC 
Well, me +1
Comment 2 Yves-Alexis Perez 2012-11-27 14:25:47 UTC 
Well, it seems that, right now, Evolution won't bind at all to the ldap server in anonymous mode. Servers usually want a simple bind for that, so it won't work.
Comment 3 André Klapper 2021-05-19 11:03:46 UTC 
GNOME is going to shut down bugzilla.gnome.org in favor of gitlab.gnome.org. 
As part of that, we are mass-closing older open tickets in bugzilla.gnome.org which have not seen updates for a longer time (resources are unfortunately quite limited so not every ticket can get handled).

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