Introduction to the LDAP Naming Service

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Chapter 1

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is the secure network protocol used to access directory servers for distributed naming and other directory services. This standard based protocol supports a hierarchal database structure. The same protocol can be used to provide naming services in both UNIX and multi-platform environments.

Note - LDAP has become a term that refers more to the naming service rather than the protocol itself. Throughout this book, the term LDAP is used to refer to the service rather than the protocol.

For background reading, refer to the following sources:

Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Deployment Guide
Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition Administration Guide
Installation guide for the version of Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition that you are using

This chapter provides an overview of the LDAP service.