[Catalyst] persistent ldap connections for auth?

[Seth Daniel]

Is there a way to have persistent connections to the ldap server for
authentication?  I'm using the most recent
Catalyst::Authentication::Store::LDAP and using Catalyst 5.80033
(haven't had time to update to the latest just yet).  

Alternatively, beyond persistent connections, are there any recommended
ways to optimize how catalyst and/or a catalyst app uses ldap?  Maybe
caching of some sort?  For my purposes LDAP is used entirely for
authentication.

I ask because I'm seeing that my ldap queries are sometimes taking a
very long time to return.  I don't have control over the LDAP server.

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seth /\ sethdaniel.org