Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

For those deploying LDAP servers in the enterprise or wanting to better understand the foundational technology used in the Active Directory, there are several excellent sources of information in both electronic and print formats.

Web Resources

The following URLs present the LDAP standards and the administration of one of the most popular production LDAP server products in use today:

Search the RFC Index for LDAP:

 http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html

Netscape Directory Server Documentation:

 http://devedge.netscape.com/docs/manuals/index.html?content=directory. html

University of Michigan LDAP Project:

 http://www.umich.edu/~dirsvcs/ldap/

Print Resources

The following print resources are often quoted as quintessential reading for those working with LDAP namespaces:

Howes, Timothy and Mark Smith. 1998 Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services . Indianapolis: Macmillan Technical Publishing. ISBN: 1578700701

Wilcox, Mark. 1999. Implementing LDAP . Birmingham, UK: Wrox Press Ltd. ISBN: 1861002211

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