trickster is workstation, alpha is (ldap) server

trickster:~> ldapadd -f test.ldif -h alpha
SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started
Please enter your password: 
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (81)
trickster:~> ssh alpha /sbin/service slapd status
slapd is dead, but stale PID file exists

this is simply remote DoS requiring no additional resources but access to the
port slapd listens to :-(

before I hit <Enter> for the password request (don't know it), slapd is alive;
just then it dies.

manipulating LDAP data with gq or phpldapadmin just goes fine.

openldap-servers-2.1.25-alt1