What is LDAP used for?

Question

I know that LDAP is used to provide some information and to help facilitate authorization.

But what are the other usages of LDAP?

Answer 1

• LDAP main usage is to provider faster retrieval of data . It acts as a central repository for storing user details that can be accessed by various application at same time .

• The data that is read various time but we rarely update the data then LDAP is better option as it is faster to read in it because of its structure but updating(add/updatee or delete) is bit tedious job in case of LDAP

• Security provided by LDAP : LDAP can work with SSL & TLS and thus can be used for sensitive information .

• LDAP also can work with number of database providing greater flexibility to choose database best suited for our environment

• Can be a better option for synchronising information between master and its replicase
• LDAP apart from supporting the data recovery capability .Also , allows us to export data into LDIF file that can be read by various software available in the market