Overview#
OpenLDAP
Software is an open source implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
The suite includes:
- SLAPD - stand-alone LDAP daemon (server)
- SLURPD - stand-alone LDAP update replication daemon
- libraries implementing the LDAP protocol, and
- utilities, tools, and sample clients.
- 1.3.6.1.4.1.4203 - The OID ARC for OpenLDAP
Also available from the OpenLDAP Project:
- JLDAP - LDAP Class Libraries for Java contributed by Novell
- JDBC-LDAP - Java JDBC - LDAP Bridge Driver contributed by Octet String
History#
The OpenLDAP Project which was started in 1998 by
Kurt Zeilenga. The project started by cloning the LDAP reference source from the University Of Michigan where a long-running project had developed and continued the evolution of the LDAP protocol.
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