Chapter 12. X.500/LDAP
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is the primary access mechanism for the Active Directory. LDAP is a wire protocol that runs over TCP or UDP, and Windows 2000 supports both version 2 and version 3 of LDAP. LDAP provides the means that client applications use to query (search) a directory based on the X.500 model, such as the Active Directory. LDAP is also used to add, modify, or relocate entries in the directory database.
Many who are not familiar with the development of the X.500 standards, and later the LDAP, might wonder why this topic is so important when talking about Microsoft's ...
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