Overview
Client-server architecture
Global tree of entries, each server holds a portion of the tree
Entry: set of attributes with distinguished name
- Name: “cn=Mark Wahl,dc=critical-angle,dc=com”
- Attributes: description, email address, photograph, etc
Operations
- Bind: identify the client and optionally authenticate
- Search: find entries in a portion of the tree matching a filter
- Add, delete, modify, modifyDN: modifies the tree
- Extended operations: for application-specific functionality