Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Technical Specification

Abstract

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Cancel Operation

“…The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) [RFC3377] provides an Abandon operation [RFC2251] which clients may use to cancel other operations. The Abandon operation does not have a response and requires no response from the abandoned operation.…”

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 2 (LDAPv2) to Historic Status

“…Since its publication, a number of inadequacies in the specification have been discovered. LDAPv3 [RFC3377] 2) RFC 1777 requires use of the textual string associated with AttributeType in the X.500 Directory standards. However, existing implementations use the NAME associated with the AttributeType in the LDAPv3 schema [RFC2252].…”

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Binary Encoding Option

“…The LDAP technical specification [RFC4510] has obsoleted the previously defined LDAP technical specification [RFC3377], which included RFC 2251. The binary option was not included in the revised LDAP technical specification for a variety of reasons including implementation inconsistencies.…”