Chapter 3. LDAPv3 Extensions
How LDAPv3 Is Extended
The Root DSE and Extension Discovery
Selected LDAPv3 Extensions
Future Directions: Where Is LDAP Headed Next?
LDAP Extensions and Future Directions Checklists
Further Reading
Looking Ahead
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) has three well-defined mechanisms for extending the core protocol: controls, extended operations, and Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) mechanisms. In this chapter we describe each of these extension methods, as well as some of the extensions supported by Netscape Directory Server 6, and we tell you how you can use these extensions via command-line utilities and in your applications. We also describe where LDAP standards are headed in the future.
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