CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AUTHENTICATION OPERATIONS
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NOTE: For information on SMB Signing compatibility with the
R3000, refer to the chart in Appendix D: Disable SMB Signing
Requirements.

LDAP protocol

LDAP is a directory service protocol that stores entries
(Distinguished Names) in a domain’s directory using a hier-
archical tree structure. The LDAP directory service is based
on a client/server model protocol to give the client access to
resources on the network.
When a client connects to a server and asks it a question,
the server responds with an answer and/or with a pointer to
the server that stores the requested information (typically,
another LDAP server). No matter which LDAP server the
client accesses, the same view of the directory is “seen.”
The LDAP specification defines both the communication
protocol and the structure, or schema, to a lesser degree.
There is an Internet Assigned Network Authority (IANA)
standard set that all LDAP directories should contain. Novell
and Microsoft both have additional schema definitions that
extend the default setups.
Most server operating systems now support some imple-
mentations of LDAP authentication. The Microsoft Active
Directory LDAP-based model became available with the
release of Windows 2000.