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LDAP Application Program Interface

The LDAP Application Program Interface, described by RFC 1823, is an Informational RFC that specifies an application programming interface in the C programming language for version 2 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Version 2 of LDAP is historic. Commonly available LDAP C APIs do not strictly adhere to this specification.

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The LDAP Application Program Interface, described by RFC 1823, is an Informational RFC that specifies an application programming interface in the C programming language for version 2 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Version 2 of LDAP is historic. Commonly available LDAP C APIs do not strictly adhere to this specification.

A draft standard is under development for LDAP version 3.1

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References

  1. "The LDAP Application Program Interface". ietf.org. IETF. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
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  • RFC 1823 - The LDAP Application Program Interface - IETF