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Role of a DNS Server
As Internet communications are carried out on the basis of IP addresses,
appropriate DNS server settings are required for mapping domain names
(host names) to corresponding IP addresses, or the Dominion PX may fail
to connect to the given host.
Therefore, DNS server settings are important for LDAP authentication.
With appropriate DNS settings, the Dominion PX can resolve the LDAP
server's name to an IP address for establishing a connection. If the
SSL
encryption
is enabled, the DNS server settings become critical since only
fully qualified domain name can be used for specifying the LDAP server.
For information on LDAP authentication, see
Setting Up LDAP
Authentication
(on page 114).