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CHAPTER 26
LDAP
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) has been referred to as many things, including “the best thing since sliced bread.” But it is actually a set of open protocols used to access and modify centrally stored information over a network. LDAP is based on the X.500 standard (X.500 is an Industry Standards Organization [ISO] standard that defines an overall model for distributed directory services) but is a more lightweight ...

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