Service Description
The CNS Open Systems Group maintains the central LDAP directory servers for the University of Florida, and provides this service using OpenLDAP to provide a standards based LDAP v3 implementation . LDAP is a open-standard protocol for accessing directory information and serves as a lightweight alternative to X.500 directories.
Following are the RFCs with which this service complies:
LDAP version 3 related RFCs include:
| RFC3377: | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Technical Specification> |
| RFC2251: | Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)> |
| RFC2252: | LDAPv3: Attribute Syntax Definitions |
| RFC2253: | LDAPv3: UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names |
| RFC2254: | The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters |
| RFC2255: | The LDAP URL Format |
| RFC2256: | A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3 |
| RFC2829: | Authentication Methods for LDAP |
| RFC2830: | LDAPv3: Extension for Transport Layer Security |