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Sophos XGS Setting up LDAPS for authentication (Port 636) with Two DCs

Hey all,

I have a question that seems to not be addressed in any other related community forum I could find.

I have two DCs, one of them being the Primary DC and the other being the Backup DC. Both DCs are replicating changes to each other. In the current environment, they are both setup to use LDAP for authentication in the Sophos XGS firewall, not LDAPS.

I am wondering if the AD CS server feature which is required for the Sophos XGS firewall to use LDAPS for authentication would have to be installed on ONLY the Primary DC and not both. 

Any guidance for this would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!



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[edited by: Erick Jan at 2:41 PM (GMT -7) on 3 Jul 2024]
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  • Thank you for the guidance.

    I'm just going to share what happened when I implemented this because it seems to have worked.

    I installed the AD CS role on just the Primary DC, configured it, and then rebooted it to enable LDAPS. I tested LDAPS using ldp and it was working.

    I checked the Backup DC to see if the AD CS role was on it but it was not. However, running ldp to verify if LDAPS was enabled showed that it was.

    I configured both DCs in the Sophos firewall to use SSL/TLS with port 636 and it seems to be working when I tested connectivity for each DC from the Sophos firewall.

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