Title | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol |
Acronym | LDAP |
Version | 1995 |
Document Number | RFC1777 |
Release Date | March 1995 |
Reference | https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1777 |
The protocol described in this document is designed to provide access to the X.500 Directory while not incurring the resource requirements of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP). This protocol is specifically targeted at simple management applications and browser applications that provide simple read/write interactive access to the X.500 Directory, and is intended to be a complement to the DAP itself.
Key aspects of LDAP are: