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'''LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)''' is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate intranet. LDAP is a "lightweight" (smaller amount of code) version of Directory Access Protocol ([[DAP]]), which is part of [[X.500]], a standard for directory services in a network. LDAP is lighter because in its initial version it did not include security features.<ref>[http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/LDAP About LDAP]</ref>
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'''LDAP''' ('''Lightweight Directory Access Protocol''') is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network, whether on the public Internet or on a corporate intranet. LDAP is a "lightweight" (smaller amount of code) version of Directory Access Protocol ([[DAP]]), which is part of [[X.500]], a standard for directory services in a network. LDAP is lighter because in its initial version it did not include security features.<ref>[http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/definition/LDAP About LDAP]</ref>
    
The current version of the LDAP is version 3(v3) published as RFC 4510.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt ietf.org]</ref>
 
The current version of the LDAP is version 3(v3) published as RFC 4510.<ref>[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2251.txt ietf.org]</ref>
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