X-Git-Url: https://git.sur5r.net/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fguide%2Fadmin%2Fintro.sdf;h=1c8f7d281f9bb3aa3910878e1d0f41a2201bf5dc;hb=14745b74d29fe80f2988908b3f3fa3a4532937d9;hp=3c93bac7341bed7f6d0061d4aeaaceae779866a8;hpb=b818a12f0322fa8276fe5448e97051ffc8644c7a;p=openldap diff --git a/doc/guide/admin/intro.sdf b/doc/guide/admin/intro.sdf index 3c93bac734..1c8f7d281f 100644 --- a/doc/guide/admin/intro.sdf +++ b/doc/guide/admin/intro.sdf @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # $OpenLDAP$ -# Copyright 1999-2000, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved. +# Copyright 1999-2003, The OpenLDAP Foundation, All Rights Reserved. # COPYING RESTRICTIONS APPLY, see COPYRIGHT. H1: Introduction to OpenLDAP Directory Services @@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ it is a lightweight protocol for accessing directory services, specifically {{TERM:X.500}}-based directory services. LDAP runs over {{TERM:TCP}}/{{TERM:IP}} or other connection oriented transfer services. The nitty-gritty details of LDAP are defined in -{{REF:RFC2251}} "The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)." -This section gives an overview of LDAP from a user's perspective. +{{REF:RFC2251}} "The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)" +and other documents comprising the technical specification +{{REF:RFC3377}}. This section gives an overview of LDAP from a +user's perspective. {{What kind of information can be stored in the directory?}} The LDAP information model is based on {{entries}}. An entry is a @@ -196,12 +198,16 @@ LDAPv3 adds the following features to LDAP: - Integrity and Confidentiality Protection via {{TERM:TLS}} (SSL) - Internationalization through the use of Unicode - Referrals and Continuations - - Extensibility (controls and extended operations) - Schema Discovery - -LDAPv2 is considered historical. As deploying both LDAPv2 and -LDAPv3 simultaneously can be quite problematic, LDAPv2 should -be avoided. + - Extensibility (controls, extended operations, and more) + +LDAPv2 is historic ({{REF:RFC3494}}). As most implementations +(including {{slapd}}(8)) of LDAPv2 do not conform to the LDAPv2 +technical specification, interoperatibility amongst implementations +claiming LDAPv2 support will be limited. As LDAPv2 differs +significantly from LDAPv3, deploying both LDAPv2 and LDAPv3 +simultaneously can be quite problematic. LDAPv2 should be avoided. +LDAPv2 is disabled by default. H2: What is slapd and what can it do?