Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (pronounced /¿¿ldæp/) is an application protocol for querying and modifying data of directory services implemented in Internet Protocol (IP) networks. A directory is a set of objects with attributes organized logically in a hierarchi ...Full description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (pronounced /¿¿ldæp/) is an application protocol for querying and modifying data of directory services implemented in Internet Protocol (IP) networks. A directory is a set of objects with attributes organized logically in a hierarchical manner. A simple example is the telephone directory, which consists of a list of names (of either persons or organizations) organized alphabetically, with each name having an address and phone number associated with it. A directory information tree often reflects various political, geographic, and/or organizational boundaries, depending on the model chosen. LDAP deployments today tend to use Domain Name System (DNS) names for structuring the topmost levels of the hierarchy. Deeper inside the directory might appear entries representing people, organizational units, printers, documents, groups of people or anything else that represents a given tree entry (or multiple entries).