RFC 1558 · INFORMATIONAL · 1993

A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters

Overview

RFC 1558, “A String Representation of LDAP Search Filters”, is an Informational document published in December 1993 by T. Howes. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1960 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) defines a network representation of a search filter transmitted to an LDAP server. Some applications may find it useful to have a common way of representing these search filters in a human-readable form. This document defines a human-readable string format for representing LDAP search filters. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 1960
Other RFCs from 1993

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