Netscape SDK's documentation

Many of these packages and libraries can be downloaded from the Netscape DevEdge web site. Please make sure you read the Netscape ONE SDK license agreement first. The Netscape SDK's are available for download from the Developers Web site, see links below.

• API to write LDAP clients in C, the C LDAP SDK v1.0. and the C LDAP SDK v3.0.
• Directory SDK for Java v3.0, Beta 3.
• Directory Server v3.x Plugin API, extend your LDAP server to do what it should.

Sun Microsystem's Source for Java Technology

• JNDI, the Java Naming and Directory Interface.

IETF RFCs and Drafts

• LDAP v3 RFCs (HTML format)
  • The core LDAP v3 protocol, RFC-2251, a must read.
  • LDAP Attribute Syntax Definitions, RFC-2252.
  • UTF-8 String Representation of a Distinguished Name (DN), RFC-2253.
  • A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters, RFC-2254.
  • The format of an LDAP URL, RFC-2255.
• Other RFCs (mixed formats)
  • Using LDAP for Network Information Services, RFC-2307.
• IETF LDAP Extensions working group. This is heavy programmers stuff.
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-c-api-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-ldap-java-api-01.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-c-api-psearch-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-c-api-vlv-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-sorting-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-psearch-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-acl-reqts-00.txt
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapext-ldapv3-tls-00.txt http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-good-ldap-ldif-01.txt
• IETF LDAP Service Deployment (aka LSD) working group.
  • http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-lsd-ldapv3-wp-00.txt
• The old (original) IETF ASID working group, lots of goodies.

Other LDAP related documents

• Understanding LDAP and x.500, from the European Electronic Messaging Association.
• Bruce Markey's writeup on using LDAP as a tool for efficient System administration.