2. LDAP directory

This section presents many of the theoretical aspects of an LDAP directory (see Box 1 for a brief history of the protocol). In order to present these different concepts, the document will follow a step-by-step progression, from the most general to the most detailed, and even the most complex. Thus, for example, the notion of input will be considered first. Next, the composition of an entry will be studied, and in particular the notion of attribute. As there is usually more than one entry in a directory, it is important to be able to identify them uniquely, which leads to the concept of naming. Next come the notions of object classes, which "describe" the...