7. References

On this section you will find additional documentation about LDAP: useful URLs, cool books and definition RFCs.

7.1 URLs

Here are the URLs that contain very useful information about LDAP. From these URLs, this HOWTO was made, so if after reading this document you need more specific information, you probably will find here:

• University of Michigan LDAP Page:

  http://www.umich.edu/~dirsvcs/ldap/index.html

• University of Michigan LDAP Documentation Page:

  http://www.umich.edu/~dirsvcs/ldap/doc/

• OpenLDAP Administrator's Guide:

  http://www.openldap.org/doc/admin

• Manually Implementing Roaming Access:

  http://help.netscape.com/products/client/communicator/manual_roaming2.html

• Customizing LDAP Settings for Communicator 4.5:

  http://developer.netscape.com/docs/manuals/communicator/ldap45.htm

• Introducing to Directory Service (X.500):

  http://www.nic.surfnet.nl/surfnet/projects/x500/introducing/

• Linux Directory Service:

  http://www.rage.net/ldap/

7.2 Books

These are the most popular and useful books about LDAP:

• Implementing LDAP by Mark Wilcox
• LDAP: Programming Directory-Enabled Applications with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol by Howes and Smith
• Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Servers by Howes, Smith, and Good

7.3 RFCs

The RFCs that support the LDAP development efforts:

• RFC 1558: A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
• RFC 1777: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• RFC 1778: The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes
• RFC 1779: A String Representation of Distinguished Names
• RFC 1781: Using the OSI Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming
• RFC 1798: Connectionless LDAP
• RFC 1823: The LDAP Application Programming Interface
• RFC 1959: An LDAP URL Format
• RFC 1960: A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters
• RFC 2251: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)
• RFC 2307: LDAP as a Network Information Service