BackUp LevelNext

ColdFusion Support for LDAP

The CFLDAP tag extends ColdFusion's query capabilities to TCP network directory services. CFLDAP offers developers significant opportunities in several areas:

As its name implies, LDAP is the lightweight version of the X.500 Directory Access Protocol. It fills a need for access to directory structures that is less complex and demanding of system resources than DAP. The development of an LDAP server in the Internet environment enables direct access to directories without the requirement to query X.500 servers, though this remains an option. LDAP retains the majority of DAP functionality and is a major step forward in the evolution of the global directory service envisioned by X.500.

References

Extensions to the LDAP protocol are ongoing and its wide support in the Internet community is growing. Additional material on LDAP is available from these sources:


BackUp LevelNext

allaire

AllaireDoc@allaire.com
Copyright © 1998, Allaire Corporation. All rights reserved.