#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use Net::LDAP::Filter; use MIME::Base64 qw(encode_base64 decode_base64); my $goodFilter = '(objectGUID = '.decode_base64('XrfAr5bivU61wz1WCgsxWA==').')'; my $badFilter = '(objectGUID = '.decode_base64('6CncwjzJ/Umi4iIdB88efw==').')'; print "Good filter:\n"; my $f1 = Net::LDAP::Filter->new($goodFilter); $f1->print; print "Bad filter:\n"; my $f2 = Net::LDAP::Filter->new($badFilter); $f2->print;