The introduction of ldap
People and businesses are increasingly relying on networked computer
systems to support distributed applications. These distributed applications
might interact with computers on the same local area network (LAN), within a
corporate intranet, or anywhere on the worldwide Internet. To improve
functionality, ease of use and to enable cost-effective administration of
distributed applications information about the services, resources, users, and
other objects accessible from the applications needs to be organized in a
clear and consistent manner. Much of this information can be shared among
many applications, but it must also be protected to prevent unauthorized
modification or the disclosure of private information.
Information describing the various users, applications, files, printers, and
other resources accessible from a network is often collected into a special
database, sometimes called a directory. As the number of different networks
and applications has grown, the number of specialized directories of
information has also grown, resulting in islands of information that cannot be
shared and are difficult to maintain. If all of this information could be
maintained and accessed in a consistent and controlled manner, it would
provide a focal point for integrating a distributed environment into a consistent and seamless system.
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open industry
standard that has evolved to meet these needs. LDAP defines a standard
method for accessing and updating information in a directory. LDAP is gaining
wide acceptance as the directory access method of the Internet and is
therefore also becoming strategic within corporate intranets. It is being
supported by a growing number of software vendors and is being
incorporated into a growing number of applications.
--------------------------come from redbooks of ibm---------------------------
People and businesses are increasingly relying on networked computer
systems to support distributed applications. These distributed applications
might interact with computers on the same local area network (LAN), within a
corporate intranet, or anywhere on the worldwide Internet. To improve
functionality, ease of use and to enable cost-effective administration of
distributed applications information about the services, resources, users, and
other objects accessible from the applications needs to be organized in a
clear and consistent manner. Much of this information can be shared among
many applications, but it must also be protected to prevent unauthorized
modification or the disclosure of private information.
Information describing the various users, applications, files, printers, and
other resources accessible from a network is often collected into a special
database, sometimes called a directory. As the number of different networks
and applications has grown, the number of specialized directories of
information has also grown, resulting in islands of information that cannot be
shared and are difficult to maintain. If all of this information could be
maintained and accessed in a consistent and controlled manner, it would
provide a focal point for integrating a distributed environment into a consistent and seamless system.
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open industry
standard that has evolved to meet these needs. LDAP defines a standard
method for accessing and updating information in a directory. LDAP is gaining
wide acceptance as the directory access method of the Internet and is
therefore also becoming strategic within corporate intranets. It is being
supported by a growing number of software vendors and is being
incorporated into a growing number of applications.
--------------------------come from redbooks of ibm---------------------------