Ondrej is looking at a few different issues related to replication w/ syncrepl, including cn=config. Additionally, the fix applied for ITS#8427 has broken back-ldap with ldaps.
For the last item, one option would be to revert ITS#8427, although I'd prefer to see a fix rather than a revert.
--Quanah
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Quanah Gibson-Mount Product Architect Symas Corporation Packaged, certified, and supported LDAP solutions powered by OpenLDAP: http://www.symas.com