LDAP
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol , is an open industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network. In simple terms, what the protocol does is reading and editing directories over different Internet Protocol Networks and then runs directly over TCP/IP using simple string formats for data transfer. Actually the directory services are really important as they allow sharing of information, system networks, services and applications. So the LDAP, provides a common and specified place to store the usernames and passwords. And for doing this the user needs to connect to an Lightweight Directory Access Protocol network first. After that the user has to send an operational request to the server and in turn a server sends response in return to the user. And that is how the process goes on and the user does the work using LDAP. Features: Connecting with the LDAP, is all about increasing the s