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LDAP URL?

I opened up my firewall for a company to send LDAP requests, but need to setup my LDAP URL. Since the LDAP URL is setup on their side, I am guessing that I need to do something like the following:

LDAP://ldapserver.domain.com/DC=domain,DC=com

OR

LDAP://x.x.x.x/DC=domain,DC=com

where x.x.x.x is the IP address is assigned form my external IP pool assigned to the LDAP server, since again, this is setup on a company's server needing access across the internet, through my firewall and to my AD server.

My LDAP server is Active Directory. I set this up both ways, but neither is working. Is there an easy way to determine my LDAP URL?

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Tony Massa

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Greg27

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I don't have access to their side. I have a web interface where I am just supposed to enter the value. I can then test it to see if it is working. Since they are off-site, I am guessing the IP address would be the external IP address of the LDAP server and not the internal IP address for it?

Tony Massa

Correct, you would then have a static NAT. If they are using secure LDAP (or LDAPS), then you have to also allow the 636 TCP port, instead of 389

Greg27

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How do you setup LDAPS? Would I need to purchase an SSL cert? Where do you set it up?

Tony Massa

If you have a Windows Certificate server, or you can purchase one.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321051

Greg27

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I found out what the URL needs to be. It is actually what I originally put in, but for some reason i must have tried it with an invalid user account, but the URL should be:

http://x.x.x.x/DC=domain,DC=com

Thanks for the help.