What is LDAP

• Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• Based on X.500
• Directory service (RFC1777)
• Stores attribute based data
• Data generallly read more than written to
  • No transactions
  • No rollback
• Hierarchical data structure
• Client-server model
• Consistant view of data
  • Answers request
  • Refer to server with answer
• Based on entries
  • Collection of attributes
  • Has a distinguished name (DN)