Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Network protocol supporting distributed directory information services
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP ) is an Internet protocol for accessing directory information services that act in accordance with X.500 data and service models. A full description of the protocol can be found in the "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Technical Specification Road Map" RFC 4510 and its references. Directory services play an important role in developing intranet and Internet applications by allowing the sharing of information about users, systems, networks, services, and applications throughout the network. As examples, directory services may provide any organized set of records, often with a hierarchical structure, such as a corporate email directory. Similarly, a telephone directory is a list of subscribers with an address and a phone number. A common use of LDAP is to provide a central place to store usernames and passwords. This allows many different applications and services to connect to the LDAP server to validate users. LDAP is a simpler (lightweight...
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