LDAP 3 (2006-06)

RFC 4510

See also

• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4510

• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4521

• https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4520

The technical specification detailing version 3 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an Internet Protocol, consists of this document and the following documents:

• LDAP: The Protocol [RFC4511]

• LDAP: Directory Information Models [RFC4512]

• LDAP: Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms [RFC4513]

• LDAP: String Representation of Distinguished Names [RFC4514]

• LDAP: String Representation of Search Filters [RFC4515]

• LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator [RFC4516]

• LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules [RFC4517]

• LDAP: Internationalized String Preparation [RFC4518]

• LDAP: Schema for User Applications [RFC4519]

The terms “LDAP” and “LDAPv3” are commonly used to refer informally to the protocol specified by this technical specification.

The LDAP suite, as defined here, should be formally identified in other documents by a normative reference to this document.

LDAP is an extensible protocol.

Extensions to LDAP may be specified in other documents.

Nomenclature denoting such combinations of LDAP-plus-extensions is not defined by this document but may be defined in some future document(s).

Extensions are expected to be truly optional. Considerations for the LDAP extensions described in BCP 118, RFC 4521 [RFC4521] fully apply to this revision of the LDAP Technical Specification.

IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) considerations for LDAP described in BCP 64, RFC 4520 [RFC4520] apply fully to this revision of the LDAP technical specification.