LDAP Application Program Interface
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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.
Request for Comments
In computer network engineering, a Request for Comments is a memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force describing methods, behaviors, research, or innovations applicable to the working of the Internet and Internet-connected systems.Through the Internet Society, engineers and...
that specifies an application programming interface
Application programming interface
An application programming interface is a source code based specification intended to be used as an interface by software components to communicate with each other...
in the C programming language
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
for version 2 of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol is an application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol network...
. Version 2 of LDAP is historic. Commonly available LDAP C APIs do not strictly adhere to this specification.