Ldap Server

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight_Directory_Access_Protocol
A common use of LDAP is to provide a central place to store usernames and passwords This allows many different applications and services to connect to the LDAP server to validate users LDAP is based on a simpler subset of the standards contained within the X 500 standard Because of this relationship LDAP is sometimes called X 500 lite

https://www.openldap.org
Slapd stand alone LDAP daemon server libraries implementing the LDAP protocol and utilities tools and sample clients Also available from the OpenLDAP Project Fortress Role based identity access management Java SDK JLDAP LDAP Class Libraries for Java JDBC LDAP Java JDBC LDAP Bridge Driver LMDB Lightning Memory Mapped

https://jumpcloud.com/blog/what-is-ldap
LDAP Servers An LDAP directory can contain one or more servers but there must be one root server the root DSE in the diagram above Main LDAP servers run on the stand alone LDAP daemon slapd and they send changes to server replicas via the stand alone LDAP update replication daemon slurpd

https://learn.microsoft.com/.../ldap/what-is-ldap
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is a directory service protocol that runs directly over the TCP IP stack The information model both for data and namespaces of LDAP is similar to that of the X 500 OSI directory service but with fewer features and lower resource requirements than X 500

https://thecyphere.com/blog/what-is-ldap
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is a cross platform vendor neutral software protocol used for directory service authentication For simplicity imagine the LDAP server as a comprehensive virtual phone book The phone book gives access to an extensive directory of contact information for hundreds of people

https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/security/what-is-ldap-authentication
Lightweight directory access protocol LDAP is a protocol that helps users find data about organizations persons and more LDAP has two main goals to store data in the LDAP directory and authenticate users to access the directory

https://www.onelogin.com/learn/what-is-ldap
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol LDAP is a vendor neutral software protocol used to lookup information or devices within a network Whether you want to build a central authentication server for your organization or want to simplify access to internal servers and printers LDAP is the answer What is LDAP

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/...
Ldap This is the basic LDAP protocol that allows for structured access to a directory service ldaps This variant is used to indicate LDAP over SSL TLS Normal LDAP traffic is not encrypted although most LDAP implementations support this

https://www.coursera.org/articles/ldap
Lightweight directory access protocol LDAP is an application protocol for accessing and managing directory information that is widely used within an organization It is a vendor neutral protocol that provides a means for accessing and modifying directory services over a network