CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) — Question 242

An administrator is installing an LDAP browser tool in order to view objects in the corporate LDAP directory. Secure connections to the LDAP server are required. When the browser connects to the server, certificate errors are being displayed, and then the connection is terminated. Which of the following is the most likely solution?

Answer options

• A. The administrator should allow SAN certificates in the browser configuration.
• B. The administrator needs to install the server certificate into the local truststore.
• C. The administrator should request that the secure LDAP port be opened to the server.
• D. The administrator needs to increase the TLS version on the organization's RA.

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is B because installing the server certificate into the local truststore allows the browser to trust the server's certificate, eliminating the errors. Option A is incorrect as allowing SAN certificates alone does not address the root cause of the certificate errors. Option C is unrelated to the certificate errors, and option D does not solve the immediate issue of trust with the server's certificate.