Supporting LDAP Servers with UTF-8 Records

By default, DLP supports LDAP users with English-language ASCII encoding only.

To support LDAP servers with UTF-8 user records:

1. Close all SmartConsole Check Point GUI application used to manage a Check Point environment - configure Security Policies, configure devices, monitor products and events, install updates, and so on. windows connected to the Management Server Check Point Single-Domain Security Management Server or a Multi-Domain Security Management Server..

2. Connect with Database Tool (GuiDBEdit Tool) (see sk13009) to Security Management Server Dedicated Check Point server that runs Check Point software to manage the objects and policies in a Check Point environment within a single management Domain. Synonym: Single-Domain Security Management Server..

3. On the left, select Managed Objects > Servers.

4. For each LDAP Account Unit named <ldap_au_name> that stores credentials in UTF-8, change the value of the SupportUnicode attribute to true.

5. Save the changes.

6. Close Database Tool (GuiDBEdit Tool).

7. In SmartConsole, install policy on the DLP Gateway.