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1.8. LDAP Standards

Several standards in the form of IETF RFCs exist for LDAP. The following is a brief list of RFCs that apply for LDAP Version 2 and Version 3:

LDAP Version 2:

RFC 1777: Defines the LDAP protocol
RFC 1778: The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntax
RFC 1779: A String Representation of Distinguished Names
RFC 1959: An LDAP URL Format
RFC 1960: A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters

LDAP Version 3:

RFC 2251: LDAP protocol - V3
RFC 2252: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Attribute Syntax Definitions
RFC 2253: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names
RFC 2254: The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
RFC 2255: The LDAP URL Format
RFC 2256: A Summary ...

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