LDAP is mostly used by medium-to-large organizations. If you belong to one that has an LDAP server, you can use it to look up contact info and the like. Otherwise, if you were just wondering about this acronym, you probably don't need it. But feel free to read on to learn the story of this bit of Internet plumbing.
LDAP stands for Light weight Directory Access Protocol. It is mature, well-defined, open and industry protocol accessing and maintaining the entries(user info) over internet protocol. It helps to add new, update and delete entries. It is mostly used authentication purpose. If you work in MNC you will have AD user account, this nothing but your LDAP user account.
Rajkiran SwainPosted Aug 28, 2017, 5:12 AM
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