RFC 4511: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol

This document describes the protocol elements, along with their semantics and encodings, of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). LDAP provides…

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2251: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3)
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 2830: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Extension for Transport Layer Security
Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 3771: The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Intermediate Response Message
Normative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 791: Internet Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 793: Transmission Control Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3454: Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep")
Normative reference — RFC 4422: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
Normative reference — RFC 4013: SASLprep: Stringprep Profile for User Names and Passwords
Normative reference — RFC 4510: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
Normative reference — RFC 4517: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules
Normative reference — RFC 4516: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator

Incoming relationships (30 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 4510: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4514: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Distinguished Names
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4520: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4512: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Directory Information Models
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4513: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4517: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5353: Endpoint Handlespace Redundancy Protocol (ENRP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5352: Aggregate Server Access Protocol (ASAP)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4527: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Read Entry Controls
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4528: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Assertion Control
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4522: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Binary Encoding Option
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7533: Administration Protocol for Federated File Systems
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4526: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Absolute True and False Filters
Normatively referenced by — RFC 4529: Requesting Attributes by Object Class in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5805: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Transactions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7532: Namespace Database (NSDB) Protocol for Federated File Systems
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6125: Representation and Verification of Domain-Based Application Service Identity within Internet Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX) Certificates in the Context of Transport Layer Security (TLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7250: Using Raw Public Keys in Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4791: Calendaring Extensions to WebDAV (CalDAV)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5755: An Internet Attribute Certificate Profile for Authorization
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7530: Network File System (NFS) Version 4 Protocol
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6885: Stringprep Revision and Problem Statement for the Preparation and Comparison of Internationalized Strings (PRECIS)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9174: Delay-Tolerant Networking TCP Convergence-Layer Protocol Version 4
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9810: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5507: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5421: Basic Password Exchange within the Flexible Authentication via Secure Tunneling Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP-FAST)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9787: Guidance on End-to-End Email Security
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5020: The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) entryDN Operational Attribute
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6678: Requirements for a Tunnel-Based Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) Method
Informatively referenced by — RFC 6867: An Internet Key Exchange Protocol Version 2 (IKEv2) Extension to Support EAP Re-authentication Protocol (ERP)