Is it possible to use LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) as an authentication provider inMOSS 2007? It sounds like to use other authentication types like form basedetc., or are there any restrictions to use it? I couldn't find satisfactory infoon that.
You can use LDAP as an authentication provider, but you do it by implementing anLDAP membership provider (Forms based authentication). The primary limitationis the one involved with all FBA. By default you don't get a Windows Identityso Client Integration features won't work.
Another major limitation (though not insurmountable) is the loss ofcrawl/search capability, unless you create an extended app with NTLMauthentication and set it up as the crawl source.
The Infrastructure update release this week includes the ability to crawlFBA Web apps, as well as use cookies, etc. for crawl rule authN.there is also a single patch -www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx\-E37D33F7EFDF&displaylang=en to crawl FBA directly.but, i would install the infrastructure update as it is chocked full ofstability fixes and new functionality.