Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
RFC 4510
Document | Type | RFC - Proposed Standard (June 2006; No errata) | |
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Author | Kurt Zeilenga | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Stream | Internent Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
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IESG | IESG state | RFC 4510 (Proposed Standard) | |
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Responsible AD | Ted Hardie | ||
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Network Working Group K. Zeilenga, Ed. Request for Comments: 4510 OpenLDAP Foundation Obsoletes: 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, June 2006 2256, 2829, 2830, 3377, 3771 Category: Standards Track Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map Status of This Memo 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. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). Abstract The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an Internet protocol for accessing distributed directory services that act in accordance with X.500 data and service models. This document provides a road map of the LDAP Technical Specification. 1. The LDAP Technical Specification The technical specification detailing version 3 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an Internet Protocol, consists of this document and the following documents: LDAP: The Protocol [RFC4511] LDAP: Directory Information Models [RFC4512] LDAP: Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms [RFC4513] LDAP: String Representation of Distinguished Names [RFC4514] LDAP: String Representation of Search Filters [RFC4515] LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator [RFC4516] LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules [RFC4517] LDAP: Internationalized String Preparation [RFC4518] LDAP: Schema for User Applications [RFC4519] Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 1] RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006 The terms "LDAP" and "LDAPv3" are commonly used to refer informally to the protocol specified by this technical specification. The LDAP suite, as defined here, should be formally identified in other documents by a normative reference to this document. LDAP is an extensible protocol. Extensions to LDAP may be specified in other documents. Nomenclature denoting such combinations of LDAP-plus-extensions is not defined by this document but may be defined in some future document(s). Extensions are expected to be truly optional. Considerations for the LDAP extensions described in BCP 118, RFC 4521 [RFC4521] fully apply to this revision of the LDAP Technical Specification. IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) considerations for LDAP described in BCP 64, RFC 4520 [RFC4520] apply fully to this revision of the LDAP technical specification. 1.1. Conventions The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119]. 2. Relationship to X.500 This technical specification defines LDAP in terms of [X.500] as an X.500 access mechanism. An LDAP server MUST act in accordance with the X.500 (1993) series of International Telecommunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T) Recommendations when providing the service. However, it is not required that an LDAP server make use of any X.500 protocols in providing this service. For example, LDAP can be mapped onto any other directory system so long as the X.500 data and service models [X.501][X.511], as used in LDAP, are not violated in the LDAP interface. This technical specification explicitly incorporates portions of X.500(93). Later revisions of X.500 do not automatically apply to this technical specification. 3. Relationship to Obsolete Specifications This technical specification, as defined in Section 1, obsoletes entirely the previously defined LDAP technical specification defined in RFC 3377 (and consisting of RFCs 2251-2256, 2829, 2830, 3771, and 3377 itself). The technical specification was significantly reorganized. Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 2] RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006 This document replaces RFC 3377 as well as Section 3.3 of RFC 2251. [RFC4512] replaces portions of RFC 2251, RFC 2252, and RFC 2256. [RFC4511] replaces the majority RFC 2251, portions of RFC 2252, and all of RFC 3771. [RFC4513] replaces RFC 2829, RFC 2830, and portions of RFC 2251. [RFC4517] replaces the majority of RFC 2252 and portions of RFC 2256. [RFC4519] replaces the majority of RFC 2256. [RFC4514] replaces RFC 2253. [RFC4515] replaces RFC 2254. [RFC4516] replaces RFC 2255. [RFC4518] is new to this revision of the LDAP technical specification.Show full document text