LDAP Series Part III - The Historical Secrets (Linux Journal)

[Posted October 30, 2006 by ris]

Linux Journal looks at the origins of LDAP. "The origins of LDAP begin with the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) based in Geneva. ITU began setting email standards which required a directory of names (and other information) that could be accessed across networks in a hierarchical fashion not dissimilar to DNS. The result of their work resulted in the X.500 series of standards which defined DAP (Directory Access Protocol), the protocol for accessing a networked directory service."

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