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Implementing LDAP
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by Mark Wilcox
Sales Rank: 836616
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Paperback: 493 pages
Publisher: Peer Information; 1 edition March 1999
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1861002211
ISBN-13: 978-1861002211
Product Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
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
Book Description
There is growing interest in a standard way of providing access to personal information (e.g. "white pages" data) and simplifying the administration and management of this data. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is poised to be the solution to these problems. Since the IETF recently approved version 3 of the LDAP protocol, it is now rapidly growing in importance as major companies seek to make their proprietary networks available as LDAP servers. Implementing LDAP comes at a time when programmers everywhere consider LDAP as the answer to their developmental needs.
No prior knowledge of LDAP is assumed as an in depth discussion of the fundamentals of LDAP - its data structure, object hierarchy and syntax - is provided. Client applications are then presented, in a variety of languages, designed to connect efficiently and securely to an LDAP server, search and retrieve information, and modify the data on the server.
Customer Reviews & Comments
I like this book better than the other books I have seen on the subject. I liked that he uses multiple languages and gives several good implementation projects in the back. The only thing I would have liked is more alternative uses for LDAP besides the ubiqitous address book. I would like to hear of some really creative uses for this technology. Kind of like the SQL storage example, but more of these. I guess we'll have to invent some, and then version 2 of the book will be able to list more. :)
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