Commit 857dcd6c authored by Michael Kozono's avatar Michael Kozono

Change encryption description

parent e0fe3477
......@@ -278,6 +278,19 @@ In other words, if an existing GitLab user wants to enable LDAP sign-in for
themselves, they should check that their GitLab email address matches their
LDAP email address, and then sign into GitLab via their LDAP credentials.
## Encryption
### TLS Server Authentication
There are two encryption methods, `simple_tls` and `start_tls`.
For either encryption method, if setting `validate_certificates: false`, TLS
encryption is established with the LDAP server before any LDAP-protocol data is
exchanged but no validation of the LDAP server's SSL certificate is performed.
>**Note**: Before GitLab 9.5, `validate_certificates: false` is the default if
unspecified.
## Limitations
### TLS Client Authentication
......@@ -287,14 +300,6 @@ You should disable anonymous LDAP authentication and enable simple or SASL
authentication. The TLS client authentication setting in your LDAP server cannot
be mandatory and clients cannot be authenticated with the TLS protocol.
### TLS Server Authentication
Not supported by GitLab's configuration options.
When setting `method: ssl`, the underlying authentication method used by
`omniauth-ldap` is `simple_tls`. This method establishes TLS encryption with
the LDAP server before any LDAP-protocol data is exchanged but no validation of
the LDAP server's SSL certificate is performed.
## Troubleshooting
### Debug LDAP user filter with ldapsearch
......@@ -334,9 +339,9 @@ tree and traverse it.
### Connection Refused
If you are getting 'Connection Refused' errors when trying to connect to the
LDAP server please double-check the LDAP `port` and `method` settings used by
GitLab. Common combinations are `method: 'plain'` and `port: 389`, OR
`method: 'ssl'` and `port: 636`.
LDAP server please double-check the LDAP `port` and `encryption` settings used by
GitLab. Common combinations are `encryption: 'plain'` and `port: 389`, OR
`encryption: 'simple_tls'` and `port: 636`.
### Troubleshooting
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