my $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( $host, version => 3 );

    if( !$ldap )
    {
        return new Core::ErrorValue("LDAPError", $@ );
    }

    my $mesg = $ldap->start_tls( verify => 'none',
                                 sslversion => 'sslv3',
                                 capath => '/etc/openldap/cacerts'
                                 );

   my $mesg = $ldap->bind( $bindstring, password => $password);