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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Index Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. [1]

74 relations: Abstract Syntax Notation One, Addison-Wesley, Ambiguous name resolution, Application layer, Authentication, Binary protocol, CCSO Nameserver, Class (computer programming), Client certificate, Colin Robbins (software engineer), Computer network, Directory Access Protocol, Directory Assistance Service, Directory service, Directory Services Markup Language, Directory System Agent, DIXIE, Domain Name System, Email, Eventual consistency, Federated Naming Service, Fully qualified domain name, Hesiod (name service), Hierarchical database model, Information technology, International Telecommunication Union, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Engineering Task Force, Internet Protocol, Internet protocol suite, Intranet, Kerberos (protocol), Key server (cryptographic), LDAP Application Program Interface, LDAP Data Interchange Format, List of LDAP software, Logical data model, Manning Publications, Name Service Switch, Nexor, O'Reilly Media, Object identifier, Object-oriented programming, Open Systems Interconnection, OSI protocols, Path (computing), Percent-encoding, Plaintext, Pluggable authentication module, Port (computer networking), ..., PSINet, Request for Comments, Service Location Protocol, Service Provisioning Markup Language, Set (abstract data type), Simple Authentication and Security Layer, SQL, SRV record, Steve Kille, Telephone directory, Tim Howes, Transmission Control Protocol, Transport Layer Security, Tunneling protocol, Uniform Resource Identifier, Universally unique identifier, University of Michigan, User Datagram Protocol, Wengyik Yeong, White pages schema, X.500, X.509, X.690, XML Enabled Directory. Expand index (24 more) »

Abstract Syntax Notation One

Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) is an interface description language for defining data structures that can be serialized and deserialized in a standard, cross-platform way.

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Addison-Wesley

Addison-Wesley is a publisher of textbooks and computer literature.

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Ambiguous name resolution

Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) is a feature available in Microsoft's Active Directory which allows resolution of multiple objects on a computer network based on limited input.

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Application layer

An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communications protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network.

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Authentication

Authentication (from authentikos, "real, genuine", from αὐθέντης authentes, "author") is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a single piece of data claimed true by an entity.

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Binary protocol

A binary protocol is a protocol which is intended to be read by a machine rather than a human being, as opposed to a plain text protocol such as IRC, SMTP, or HTTP.

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CCSO Nameserver

A CCSO name-server or Ph protocol was an early form of database search on the Internet.

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Class (computer programming)

In object-oriented programming, a class is an extensible program-code-template for creating objects, providing initial values for state (member variables) and implementations of behavior (member functions or methods).

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Client certificate

In cryptography, a client certificate is a type of digital certificate that is used by client systems to make authenticated requests to a remote server.

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Colin Robbins (software engineer)

Colin Robbins (born 1964) is a network protocol and software engineer credited for research work in distributed directory systems and a co-inventor of LDAP.

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Computer network

A computer network, or data network, is a digital telecommunications network which allows nodes to share resources.

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Directory Access Protocol

Directory Access Protocol (DAP) is a computer networking standard promulgated by ITU-T and ISO in 1988 for accessing an X.500 directory service.

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Directory Assistance Service

The Directory Assistance Service (DAS) is an obsolete protocol and service for accessing X.500 directory services.

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Directory service

In computing, directory service or name service maps the names of network resources to their respective network addresses.

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Directory Services Markup Language

Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) is a representation of directory service information in an XML syntax.

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Directory System Agent

A Directory System Agent (DSA) is the element of a X.500 directory service that provides User Agents with access to a portion of the directory (usually the portion associated with a single Organizational Unit).

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DIXIE

DIXIE is an obsolete protocol for accessing X.500 directory services.

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Domain Name System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the Internet or a private network.

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Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of exchanging messages ("mail") between people using electronic devices.

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Eventual consistency

Eventual consistency is a consistency model used in distributed computing to achieve high availability that informally guarantees that, if no new updates are made to a given data item, eventually all accesses to that item will return the last updated value.

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Federated Naming Service

In computing, the Federated Naming Service (FNS) or XFN (X/Open Federated Naming) is a system for uniting various name services under a single interface for the basic naming operations.

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Fully qualified domain name

A fully qualified domain name (FQDN), sometimes also referred to as an absolute domain name,RFC 1035, Domain names: implementation and specification is a domain name that specifies its exact location in the tree hierarchy of the Domain Name System (DNS).

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Hesiod (name service)

In computing, the Hesiod name service originated in Project Athena (1983–1991).

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Hierarchical database model

A hierarchical database model is a data model in which the data is organized into a tree-like structure.

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Information technology

Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information, often in the context of a business or other enterprise.

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International Telecommunication Union

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU; Union Internationale des Télécommunications (UIT)), originally the International Telegraph Union (Union Télégraphique Internationale), is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that is responsible for issues that concern information and communication technologies.

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Internet Assigned Numbers Authority

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is a function of ICANN, a nonprofit private American corporation that oversees global IP address allocation, autonomous system number allocation, root zone management in the Domain Name System (DNS), media types, and other Internet Protocol-related symbols and Internet numbers.

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Internet Engineering Task Force

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) develops and promotes voluntary Internet standards, in particular the standards that comprise the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP).

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Internet Protocol

The Internet Protocol (IP) is the principal communications protocol in the Internet protocol suite for relaying datagrams across network boundaries.

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Internet protocol suite

The Internet protocol suite is the conceptual model and set of communications protocols used on the Internet and similar computer networks.

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Intranet

An intranet is a private network accessible only to an organization's staff.

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Kerberos (protocol)

Kerberos is a computer network authentication protocol that works on the basis of tickets to allow nodes communicating over a non-secure network to prove their identity to one another in a secure manner.

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Key server (cryptographic)

In computer security, a key server is a computer that receives and then serves existing cryptographic keys to users or other programs.

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LDAP Application Program Interface

The LDAP Application Program Interface, described by RFC 1823, is an Informational RFC that specifies an application programming interface in the C programming language for version 2 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.

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LDAP Data Interchange Format

The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is a standard plain text data interchange format for representing LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory content and update requests.

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List of LDAP software

The following is a list of software programs that can communicate with and/or host directory services via the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

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Logical data model

A logical data model or logical schema is a data model of a specific problem domain expressed independently of a particular database management product or storage technology (physical data model) but in terms of data structures such as relational tables and columns, object-oriented classes, or XML tags.

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Manning Publications

Manning Publications is an American publisher established by Lee Fitzpatrick and Marjan Bace that publishes books on computer technology topics, with a particular focus on web development.

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Name Service Switch

The Name Service Switch (NSS) is a facility in Unix-like operating systems that provides a variety of sources for common configuration databases and name resolution mechanisms.

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Nexor

Nexor Limited is a privately held company based in Nottingham, providing product and services to safeguard government, defence and critical national infrastructure computer systems.

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O'Reilly Media

O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) is an American media company established by Tim O'Reilly that publishes books and Web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics.

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Object identifier

In computing, object identifiers or OIDs are an identifier mechanism standardized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and ISO/IEC for naming any object, concept, or "thing" with a globally unambiguous persistent name.

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Object-oriented programming

Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of "objects", which may contain data, in the form of fields, often known as attributes; and code, in the form of procedures, often known as methods. A feature of objects is that an object's procedures can access and often modify the data fields of the object with which they are associated (objects have a notion of "this" or "self").

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Open Systems Interconnection

The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that characterizes and standardizes the communication functions of a telecommunication or computing system without regard to its underlying internal structure and technology.

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OSI protocols

The Open Systems Interconnection protocols are a family of information exchange standards developed jointly by the ISO and the ITU-T. The standardization process began in 1977.

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Path (computing)

A path, the general form of the name of a file or directory, specifies a unique location in a file system.

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Percent-encoding

Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding, is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) under certain circumstances.

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Plaintext

In cryptography, plaintext or cleartext is unencrypted information, as opposed to information encrypted for storage or transmission.

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Pluggable authentication module

A pluggable authentication module (PAM) is a mechanism to integrate multiple low-level authentication schemes into a high-level application programming interface (API).

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Port (computer networking)

In computer networking, a port is an endpoint of communication in an operating system, which identifies a specific process or a type of network service running on that system.

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PSINet

PSINet, based in Northern Virginia, was one of the first commercial Internet service providers (ISPs) and was involved in the commercialization of the Internet until the company's bankruptcy in 2001 during the dot-com bubble and acquisition by Cogent Communications in 2002.

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Request for Comments

In information and communications technology, a Request for Comments (RFC) is a type of publication from the technology community.

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Service Location Protocol

The Service Location Protocol (SLP, srvloc) is a service discovery protocol that allows computers and other devices to find services in a local area network without prior configuration.

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Service Provisioning Markup Language

Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) is an XML-based framework, being developed by OASIS, for exchanging user, resource and service provisioning information between cooperating organizations.

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Set (abstract data type)

In computer science, a set is an abstract data type that can store unique values, without any particular order.

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Simple Authentication and Security Layer

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) is a framework for authentication and data security in Internet protocols.

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SQL

SQL (S-Q-L, "sequel"; Structured Query Language) is a domain-specific language used in programming and designed for managing data held in a relational database management system (RDBMS), or for stream processing in a relational data stream management system (RDSMS).

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SRV record

A Service record (SRV record) is a specification of data in the Domain Name System defining the location, i.e. the hostname and port number, of servers for specified services.

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Steve Kille

Steve Kille is an English software engineer.

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Telephone directory

A telephone directory, also known as a telephone book, telephone address book, phone book, or the white/yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory.

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Tim Howes

Tim Howes (born September 21, 1963) is a computer scientist, entrepreneur and author.

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Transmission Control Protocol

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite.

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Transport Layer Security

Transport Layer Security (TLS) – and its predecessor, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which is now deprecated by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – are cryptographic protocols that provide communications security over a computer network.

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Tunneling protocol

In computer networks, a tunneling protocol is a communications protocol that allows for the secure movement of data from one network to another.

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Uniform Resource Identifier

A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) is a string of characters designed for unambiguous identification of resources and extensibility via the URI scheme.

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Universally unique identifier

A universally unique identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems.

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University of Michigan

The University of Michigan (UM, U-M, U of M, or UMich), often simply referred to as Michigan, is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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User Datagram Protocol

In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet protocol suite.

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Wengyik Yeong

Wengyik 'Weng' Yeong (1966–2007) was an American computer scientist.

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White pages schema

A white pages schema is a data model, specifically a logical schema, for organizing the data contained in entries in a directory service, database, or application, such as an address book.

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X.500

X.500 is a series of computer networking standards covering electronic directory services.

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X.509

In cryptography, X.509 is a standard that defines the format of public key certificates.

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X.690

X.690 is an ITU-T standard specifying several ASN.1 encoding formats.

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XML Enabled Directory

XML Enabled Directory (XED) is a framework for managing objects represented using the Extensible Markup Language (XML).

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Distinguished Name, Eldap, LDAP, LDAPS, Ldap, ObjectClass, Relative Distinguished Name.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol

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