Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

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Microsoft Active Directory

An industry-standard protocol established by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that allows users to query and update information in a directory service. LDAP is the primary access protocol for Active Directory; Active Directory supports both LDAP version 2 and LDAP version 3.

GuardianEdge Technologies — Active Directory Glossary

The primary access protocol for Active Directory. LDAP version 3 is defined by a set of Proposed Standard documents in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) RFC 2251.

Illinois State University — ILSTU Active Directory Glossary of Terms

Technology

Storage

A client-server protocol for accessing a directory service. NetCache can be configured to point to an LDAP server for authentication of user requests; later versions of Data ONTAP can use Microsofts Active Directory, which uses LDAP.

NetApp — Network Appliance Corporate Glossary