Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
LDAP Client for Windows Embedded Compact supports Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3.0, which is used to access the membership directory that stores names, addresses, phone numbers, and other types of information.
LDAP exposes an associated application programming interface (API) that simplifies writing directory service applications. The LDAP API is applicable to directory management and browser applications that do not have directory service support as their primary function. LDAP cannot create directories or specify how a directory service operates.
LDAP is a protocol that is designed to be a lightweight interface for an X.500 directory or stand-alone directory service, such as Active Directory directory service, over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). LDAP is a client-server protocol through which users can locate a specific set of information and other resources, such as files and devices, on a network. Protocol elements are carried directly over TCP or UDP, thereby bypassing much of the session/presentation overhead that is required for other directory services, such as X.500. LDAP uses a lightweight basic encoding rule (BER) notation to encode all protocol elements.
To add this feature to your OS, see LDAP Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.
For reference information, see: