Teradata recommends Transport Layer Security (TLS) protection for systems that use simple binding, including service binds. LDAP protection configured in the LDAP mechanism applies to all external authentication mechanisms.
Review Using TLS with a Directory Server before configuring TLS.
| Protection Feature | Mechanism Property |
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| Enable TLS protection |
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| Verify the certificate chain |
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| Configure protection for mutual authentication | |
| TLS utility properties | |
| Allow use of unsafe versions of directory software that do not conform to IETF RFC 5746 |