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!!Introduction In this Article, I'll try to tell you All what you may need when you program an application to talk with LDAP #LDAP defintion *LDAP stands for __L__ight weight __D__irectory __A__ccess __P__rotocol.%%% The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, better known as LDAP, is based on the X.500 standard, but significantly simpler and more readily adapted to meet custom needs. #LDAP featues ;Security and access control:LDAP provides for a complex level of access control instances, or ACIs. Because the access can be controlled on the server side, it's much more secure than security methods that work by securing data through client software. *Performance *Cross platform *Standard #Advantages of LDAP which make it better than others. #LDAP Servers ##[OpenLDAP|http://www.openldap.org/] ###[OpenLDAP Quick Start |http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin23/quickstart.html] ##Sun Directory Sever ##Netscape Directory Server ##[Novel Directory Server|http://www.novell.com/products/edirectory/] ##[Microsoft Active Directory|http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/directory/activedirectory/default.mspx] ##[IBM Tivoli Directory Server|http://www-306.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/directory-server/] #LDAP Tools ##[JExplorer LDAP browser|http://jxplorer.org/] #LDAP API's **[JNDI APIS|http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/] **[JNDI Tutorial|http://java.sun.com/products/jndi/tutorial/] #LDAP Sample !!References *[An Introduction to LDAP |http://ldapman.org/articles/intro_to_ldap.html] Originaly by Ahmed Hashim