TLS/STARTTLS Localconfig Values

TLS/STARTTLS LocalConfig Values

   KB 5766        Last updated on 2016-02-5  




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The following are security-related localconfig values. They following commands are run as the user zimbra. Restarting ZCS is required for the localconfig changes to go into effect.

zimbra_require_interprocess_security

zimbra_require_interprocess_security - LC key, defaults to 1 (True).

This setting determines if ZCS requires SSL/TLS for inter-process communications, such as LDAP and SMTP. As of ZCS8, it is recommended that this is always left enabled.

zmlocalconfig -e zimbra_require_interprocess_security=1

Note: Versions prior to ZCS8 sometimes set this to 0 to work around limitation in the mechanisms that were used to talk to LDAP over TLS which could limit performance and connection fail-over. Those issues were fixed in ZCS8. If necessary, disable it with:

zmlocalconfig -e zimbra_require_interprocess_security=0

See also: Zimbra Performance Tuning

ldap_starttls_supported

ldap_starttls_supported - LC key, defaults to 1 (True).

Enables/disables if the LDAP server supports STARTTLS, and whether the LDAP client in the mailbox server, Postfix, and Amavis servers use TLS to communicate with the LDAP server. It is recommended to leave this enabled:

zmlocalconfig -e ldap_starttls_supported=1

ldap_starttls_required

ldap_starttls_required - LC key, defaults to "true".

Determines if starttls is required for java LDAP clients when connecting to the Zimbra LDAP server. As of ZCS8, it is recommended that this is always left enabled.

zmlocalconfig -e ldap_starttls_required=true

Note: Similar to zimbra_require_interprocess_security above, if TLS is causing performance issues on older ZCS installations (before ZCS8), disable it with:

zmlocalconfig -e ldap_starttls_required=false

ldap_common_require_tls

ldap_common_require_tls - LC key, defaults to "0".

Controls OpenLDAP's required Security Strength Factors (SSF) level, which is an indication of relative strength of protection. A SSF greater than one (>1) roughly correlates to the effective encryption key length. The value sets the minimum security strength to require for connections. In general, this will be 128, but it depends on the strength of your generated cert/keys. You can view your ldap log level at 256 level to see what current strength incoming connections are using.

To disable it (if not still at the default):

zmlocalconfig -e ldap_common_require_tls=0

History

The following bugs may be useful when looking back at how various SSL/TLS related settings have evolved in the product:

Verified Against: Zimbra Collaboration 8.0, 7.0, 6.0 Date Created: 04/16/2014
Article ID: https://wiki.zimbra.com/index.php?title=TLS/STARTTLS_Localconfig_Values Date Modified: 2016-02-05



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