LDAP

Network directory standard

LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, a standard for accessing and managing directory information over a network.

Directories in this sense are databases optimized for reading—storing user accounts, passwords, email addresses, and organizational hierarchies.

LDAP is fundamental to corporate IT: The company uses LDAP for single sign-on authentication.

Most enterprise systems authenticate against an LDAP directory.

authentication

bind

Fasten or obligate

identity · access · multifactor · authorize · privileges · verification · account · user · policy · security

protocol

DAP

Seller-to-destination shipping agreement

  • RFCInternet standards document
  • bindFasten or obligate
  • unbindTo release from bonds

search · compare · modify · add · delete · abandon · query · client-server · request · response

directory

entry

Access or submission

base · subtree · scope · filter · record · container · leaf · branch · root · replication

implementation

server

One who attends tables

integration · provisioning · migration

Opposites
directory protocol vs alternatives

LDAPrelational database

Data organized in interconnected tables

flat file · MySQL · SQL · peer-to-peer · NoSQL

centralized vs decentralized identity

LDAPOAuth

Token-based authorization standard

protocol complexity/weight

LDAPHTTP

Web data transmission standard

FTP

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G