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 ...

Initially known as a subset of X.500, LDAP has been adopted by the industry as its chosen native protocol for directory access, with vast global prospects. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ...

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 ...