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@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
<p>References:</p>
<list type="bulleted">
<item> <p>RFC 4510 - RFC 4519</p> </item>
+ <item> <p>RFC 2830</p> </item>
</list>
<p>The above publications can be found at <url href="http://www.ietf.org">IETF</url>.
</p>
@@ -87,6 +88,34 @@ filter() See present/1, substrings/2,
</desc>
</func>
<func>
+ <name>start_tls(Handle, Options) -> ok | {error,Error}</name>
+ <fsummary>Shutdown the connection.</fsummary>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Same as start_tls(Handle, Options, infinity)</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>start_tls(Handle, Options, Timeout) -> ok | {error,Error}</name>
+ <fsummary>Shutdown the connection.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Handle = handle()</v>
+ <v>Options = ssl:ssl_options()</v>
+ <v>Timeout = inifinity | positive_integer()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Upgrade the connection associated with <c>Handle</c> to a tls connection if possible.</p>
+ <p>Among the Error responses we find:</p>
+ <taglist>
+ <tag><c>tls_already_started</c></tag>
+ <item>The connection is already encrypted. The connection is not affected.</item>
+ <tag><c>{response,ResponseFromServer}</c></tag>
+ <item>The upgrade was refused by the LDAP server. The <c>ResponseFromServer</c> is an atom delivered byt the LDAP server explained in section 2.3 of rfc 2830. The connection is not affected, so it is still un-encrypted.</item>
+ <tag><c>Error</c></tag>
+ <item>Any error responded from ssl:connect/3</item>
+ </taglist>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
<name>simple_bind(Handle, Dn, Password) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>Authenticate the connection.</fsummary>
<type>