Bug 768086

Summary: [RFE] minssf should not apply to rootdse
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Nathan Kinder <nkinder>
Component: 389-ds-baseAssignee: Rich Megginson <rmeggins>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: IDM QE LIST <seceng-idm-qe-list>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.2CC: edewata, erinn.looneytriggs, jgalipea, jr.aquino, nhosoi, nkinder, rmeggins
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: FutureFeature, screened
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: 389-ds-base-1.2.10.0-1.el6 Doc Type: Enhancement
Doc Text:
Cause: LDAP clients wanting to query the root DSE to get some basic information about the directory server without having to use TLS/SSL. Consequence: If the directory server were configured to require TLS/SSL connections, clients were prohibited from querying the root DSE without using SSL/TLS. Change: Introduced a on/off type config attribute to cn=config: nsslapd-minssf-exclude-rootdse by default, the value is off. when it is off, the server's behavior remains intact. when it is on, the server allows to access rootdse even if the ssf value is less than nsslapd-minssf value. Result: LDAP clients can read the root DSE without using TLS/SSL even if the rest of the server requires TLS/SSL.
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Clone Of: 746758 Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-06-20 07:11:42 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 746758    
Bug Blocks: 690319, 803836    

Comment 2 Rich Megginson 2012-01-09 19:47:16 UTC
Upstream ticket:
https://fedorahosted.org/389/ticket/168

Comment 4 Jenny Severance 2012-04-09 14:26:02 UTC
QE automation complete for this feature

Comment 5 Rich Megginson 2012-05-24 22:21:46 UTC
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    New Contents:
Cause: LDAP clients wanting to query the root DSE to get some basic information about the directory server without having to use TLS/SSL.
Consequence: If the directory server were configured to require TLS/SSL connections, clients were prohibited from querying the root DSE without using SSL/TLS.
Change: Introduced a on/off type config attribute to cn=config:
    nsslapd-minssf-exclude-rootdse
by default, the value is off.
when it is off, the server's behavior remains intact.
when it is on, the server allows to access rootdse even if
    the ssf value is less than nsslapd-minssf value.
Result: LDAP clients can read the root DSE without using TLS/SSL even if the rest of the server requires TLS/SSL.

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 07:11:42 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0813.html