!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([LDAPI]) When both the [LDAP] [client|DUA] and [server|DSA] reside on the same machine, communication efficiency can be greatly improved using host- specific [IPC] mechanisms instead of a [TCP] session.  

[{$pagename}] was presented in an [Internet Draft] [draft-chu-ldap-ldapi-00]

Such mechanisms can also implicitly provide the client's identity to the server for extremely lightweight authentication.  

[{$pagename}] document describes the implementation of [LDAP] over Unix [IPC] that has been in use in OpenLDAP since January [2000|Year 2000], including the [URL] format used to specify an [IPC] session.

[{$pagename}] allows [LDAP] connections to run over [Inter-Process Communication]  ([IPC]) connections, which it is said provides that [LDAP] operations can run over Unix sockets. These connections are much faster and more secure than regular [LDAP] connections.

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