From a software point of view, this is exactly what the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) does. This technology is the key to creating better enterprise networks. It’s a simple protocol ...

Kevin: Our questioner this week has a network that is growing by leaps and bounds, and he is continuously adding services and mixed-platform servers. He’s been told to implement an LDAP (Lightweight ...

Business computer networks employ the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, to distribute lists of information organized into hierarchies. To access a network's LDAP services, your computer ...

As an organization adds applications and services, centralizing authentication and password services can increase security and decrease administrative and developer headaches. However, consolidating ...

Distinguished Names (DNs) are one of the least-understood LDAP server components. Get an introduction to them, and see how a virtual directory can help with DN management. Windows Server System (WSS) ...

The latest LDAP protocol version, LDAPv3, is described in RFC 2251 and related RFCs. Another excellent reference is a book sometimes called the "LDAP bible". The book is titled Understanding and ...

The "Students" Project at the University of Verona is based on OpenLDAP (it's an open-source implementation of LDAP) for managing the centralized authentication of both Windows and Linux laboratories, ...