Description:
Implementing LDAP provides a lot of information about Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) from the points of view of administrators and developers. The administration and configuration material emphasizes Netscape Directory Server 4, but it pays a fair amount of attention to OpenLDAP. (Microsoft Site Server 3 receives no mention.) In addition to product-specific coverage for administrators, there's quite a bit of general information about what LDAP is and how it works--the kind of information you'll need to decide whether LDAP implementation is worthwhile. Wilcox implemented LDAP at the University of North Texas in 1997, shortly after the protocol became standardized. For that reason, this book has its roots in practical considerations. Programmers will like this book more than other LDAP volumes because it devotes considerable space to how LDAP fits into various languages. Wilcox explores the LDAP issues in the C LDAP software development kit (SDK) from Netscape, the PerLDAP module for Perl, the Netscape Directory SDK for Java, Microsoft's Active Directory Service Interface (ADSI), and the Java Naming and Directory Interfaces (JNDI). There's also some coverage of lesser-known LDAP development tools, including PHP-LDAP and the Net::LDAP Perl module. --David Wall
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