Implementing Secured Communication to RACF LDAP Server

Secured communication to RACF LDAP Server must be implemented using one of the following methods:

  • LDAP TLS – Communication must be implemented on a port defined to LDAP as secured (LDAPS).

    For more information, refer to the Setting up for SSL/TLS chapter of the z/OS IBM Tivoli Directory Server Administration and Use for z/OS IBM manual.

    Note
    The RACF LDAP server must be granted permission to access the key ring containing the RACF LDAP server certificate and the CA certificate.

  • AT-TLS policy – Communication must be implemented on a port defined to LDAP as non-secured (LDAP). The TLS processing is done by TCPIP and is transparent to RACF LDAP Server.

    For more information, refer to this AT-TLS Policy Sample File.

The secured communication is implemented using server authentication.