LDAP

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LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an open, standards-based protocol used to access and manage distributed directory information services over an IP network.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf application-layer protocol
directory access protocol
network protocol
abbreviation LDAP self-link
commonlyImplementedBy Netscape Directory Server
surface form: 389 Directory Server

Apache Directory Server
Active Directory
surface form: Microsoft Active Directory

OpenLDAP
Oracle Internet Directory
currentStandardVersion LDAP self-linksurface differs
surface form: LDAPv3
dataModelBasedOn attributes
distinguished names
entries
defaultPort 389
defaultSecurePort 636
definedInRFC RFC 4510
RFC 4511
RFC 4512
RFC 4513
RFC 4514
RFC 4515
RFC 4516
RFC 4517
RFC 4518
RFC 4519
fullName LDAP self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
hasVersion LDAP self-linksurface differs
surface form: LDAPv2

LDAP self-linksurface differs
surface form: LDAPv3
isOpenStandard true
layerInOSIModel application layer
operatesOver IP network
relatedStandard X.500
standardizedBy Internet Engineering Task Force
surface form: IETF
supersededProtocol DAP
supportsAccessControl true
supportsEncoding BER
supportsOperation abandon
add
bind
compare
controls
delete
extended operation
modify
modify DN
search
unbind
supportsReferral true
supportsSchema true
supportsSecurityMechanism SASL
StartTLS
TLS
typicalUseCase email address directories
enterprise identity management
organizational address books
usedFor authentication
authorization
centralized configuration storage
directory services
group management
single sign-on
user management
usesDataFormat ASN.1
usesStructure directory information tree
usesTransportProtocol Transmission Control Protocol
surface form: TCP

UDP

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NDS usesProtocol LDAP
subject surface form: Netscape Directory Server