LDAP

[Former Member]

hi all,

can any 1 xplain me the use of LDAP??

[Former Member]

Hi,

LDAP, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an Internet protocol that email and other programs use to look up information from a server.

In big organizations LDAP plays a very important role in maintaining employee information, as it proivides fast lookups and also less frequent updates are the norm.

LDAP is not limited to contact information of people. LDAP is used to look up encryption certificates, pointers to printers and other services on a network, and provide "single signon" where one password for a user is shared between many services.

this is the basic of LDAP and the detail depends on what context u r going to use LDAP.

regards

Sasha.