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And the L in LDAP means "Lightweight"! Maybe its just in there for comedic effect.
by stretchwithme 17y ago
And the L in LDAP means "Lightweight"! Maybe its just in there for comedic effect.
- arethuza 17y agoProbably from the same people who put the "S" in SOAP
- hapless 17y agoLDAP was derived from X.500. By comparison, it is lightweight. LDAP contained just the barest minimum structure to express X.500 data. It was originally a protocol meant for clients that were too limited to speak X.500 protocols. Look at it this way: LDAP is to X.500 as SNTP is to NTP. SNTP is simple, because NTP is pretty simple. LDAP is a little bit hairy because X.500 was really, really, really hairy.
- nailer 17y agoIt's a lightweight implementation of X500 DAP. Compared to a full implementation, it is indeed cut down.