RFC 1777 · HISTORIC · 1995

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

Overview

RFC 1777, “Lightweight Directory Access Protocol”, is a Historic document published in March 1995 by W. Yeong, T. Howes, S. Kille. It obsoletes RFC 1487. It has been obsoleted by RFC 3494 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The protocol described in this document is designed to provide access to the X.500 Directory while not incurring the resource requirements of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP).This protocol is specifically targeted at simple management applications and browser applications that provide simple read/write interactive access to the X.500 Directory, and is intended to be a complement to the DAP itself. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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

What “Historic” means

A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 1487
Obsoleted by
RFC 3494
Other RFCs from 1995

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