Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services (2nd Edition)

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Looking Ahead

This chapter gives you an overview of directories and directory services. Starting from a layman's understanding of everyday, offline directories, we've explained analogous online directories and the features that enable them to be used for new types of applications. By now, you should have a good idea what a directory is and what it can do for you. Equally important, you should have a good idea of what a directory is not, and what you should not try to use it for.

In Chapter 2 we will look at directories from a historical perspective. Then in Chapter 3 we will introduce LDAP more formally in preparation for in-depth coverage of directory design.

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