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Network Working Group K. Zeilenga, Ed.
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Request for Comments: 4510 OpenLDAP Foundation
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Obsoletes: 2251, 2252, 2253, 2254, 2255, June 2006
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2256, 2829, 2830, 3377, 3771
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Category: Standards Track
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP):
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Technical Specification Road Map
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Status of This Memo
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This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
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Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
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improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
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Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
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and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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Copyright Notice
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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Abstract
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The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an Internet
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protocol for accessing distributed directory services that act in
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accordance with X.500 data and service models. This document
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provides a road map of the LDAP Technical Specification.
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1. The LDAP Technical Specification
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The technical specification detailing version 3 of the Lightweight
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Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), an Internet Protocol, consists of
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this document and the following documents:
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LDAP: The Protocol [RFC4511]
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LDAP: Directory Information Models [RFC4512]
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LDAP: Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms [RFC4513]
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LDAP: String Representation of Distinguished Names [RFC4514]
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LDAP: String Representation of Search Filters [RFC4515]
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LDAP: Uniform Resource Locator [RFC4516]
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LDAP: Syntaxes and Matching Rules [RFC4517]
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LDAP: Internationalized String Preparation [RFC4518]
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LDAP: Schema for User Applications [RFC4519]
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 1]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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The terms "LDAP" and "LDAPv3" are commonly used to refer informally
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to the protocol specified by this technical specification. The LDAP
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suite, as defined here, should be formally identified in other
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documents by a normative reference to this document.
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LDAP is an extensible protocol. Extensions to LDAP may be specified
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in other documents. Nomenclature denoting such combinations of
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LDAP-plus-extensions is not defined by this document but may be
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defined in some future document(s). Extensions are expected to be
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truly optional. Considerations for the LDAP extensions described in
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BCP 118, RFC 4521 [RFC4521] fully apply to this revision of the LDAP
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Technical Specification.
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IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) considerations for LDAP
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described in BCP 64, RFC 4520 [RFC4520] apply fully to this revision
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of the LDAP technical specification.
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1.1. Conventions
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The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
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"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
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document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC2119].
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2. Relationship to X.500
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This technical specification defines LDAP in terms of [X.500] as an
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X.500 access mechanism. An LDAP server MUST act in accordance with
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the X.500 (1993) series of International Telecommunication Union -
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Telecommunication Standardization (ITU-T) Recommendations when
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providing the service. However, it is not required that an LDAP
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server make use of any X.500 protocols in providing this service.
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For example, LDAP can be mapped onto any other directory system so
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long as the X.500 data and service models [X.501][X.511], as used in
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LDAP, are not violated in the LDAP interface.
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This technical specification explicitly incorporates portions of
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X.500(93). Later revisions of X.500 do not automatically apply to
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this technical specification.
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3. Relationship to Obsolete Specifications
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This technical specification, as defined in Section 1, obsoletes
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entirely the previously defined LDAP technical specification defined
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in RFC 3377 (and consisting of RFCs 2251-2256, 2829, 2830, 3771, and
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3377 itself). The technical specification was significantly
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reorganized.
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 2]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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This document replaces RFC 3377 as well as Section 3.3 of RFC 2251.
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[RFC4512] replaces portions of RFC 2251, RFC 2252, and RFC 2256.
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[RFC4511] replaces the majority RFC 2251, portions of RFC 2252, and
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all of RFC 3771. [RFC4513] replaces RFC 2829, RFC 2830, and portions
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of RFC 2251. [RFC4517] replaces the majority of RFC 2252 and
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portions of RFC 2256. [RFC4519] replaces the majority of RFC 2256.
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[RFC4514] replaces RFC 2253. [RFC4515] replaces RFC 2254. [RFC4516]
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replaces RFC 2255.
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[RFC4518] is new to this revision of the LDAP technical
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specification.
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Each document of this specification contains appendices summarizing
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changes to all sections of the specifications they replace. Appendix
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A.1 of this document details changes made to RFC 3377. Appendix A.2
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of this document details changes made to Section 3.3 of RFC 2251.
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Additionally, portions of this technical specification update and/or
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replace a number of other documents not listed above. These
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relationships are discussed in the documents detailing these portions
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of this technical specification.
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4. Security Considerations
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LDAP security considerations are discussed in each document
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comprising the technical specification.
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5. Acknowledgements
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This document is based largely on RFC 3377 by J. Hodges and R.
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Morgan, a product of the LDAPBIS and LDAPEXT Working Groups. The
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document also borrows from RFC 2251 by M. Wahl, T. Howes, and S.
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Kille, a product of the ASID Working Group.
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This document is a product of the IETF LDAPBIS Working Group.
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 3]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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6. Normative References
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[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
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Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
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[RFC4511] Sermersheim, J., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol", RFC 4511, June 2006.
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[RFC4512] Zeilenga, K., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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(LDAP): Directory Information Models", RFC 4512, June
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2006.
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[RFC4513] Harrison, R., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security
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Mechanisms", RFC 4513, June 2006.
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[RFC4514] Zeilenga, K., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Distinguished
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Names", RFC 4514, June 2006.
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[RFC4515] Smith, M., Ed. and T. Howes, "Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search
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Filters", RFC 4515, June 2006.
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[RFC4516] Smith, M., Ed. and T. Howes, "Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator", RFC
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4516, June 2006.
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[RFC4517] Legg, S., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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(LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules", RFC 4517, June
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2006.
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[RFC4518] Zeilenga, K., "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
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(LDAP): Internationalized String Preparation", RFC
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4518, June 2006.
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[RFC4519] Sciberras, A., Ed., "Lightweight Directory Access
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Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications", RFC
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4519, June 2006.
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[RFC4520] Zeilenga, K., "Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
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(IANA) Considerations for the Lightweight Directory
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Access Protocol (LDAP)", BCP 64, RFC 4520, June 2006.
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[RFC4521] Zeilenga, K., "Considerations for LDAP Extensions", BCP
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118, RFC 4521, June 2006.
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 4]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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[X.500] International Telecommunication Union -
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Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The
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Directory -- Overview of concepts, models and
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services", X.500(1993) (also ISO/IEC 9594-1:1994).
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[X.501] International Telecommunication Union -
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Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The
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Directory -- Models", X.501(1993) (also ISO/IEC 9594-
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2:1994).
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[X.511] International Telecommunication Union -
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Telecommunication Standardization Sector, "The
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Directory: Abstract Service Definition", X.511(1993)
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(also ISO/IEC 9594-3:1993).
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 5]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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Appendix A. Changes to Previous Documents
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This appendix outlines changes this document makes relative to the
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documents it replaces (in whole or in part).
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A.1. Changes to RFC 3377
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This document is nearly a complete rewrite of RFC 3377 as much of the
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material of RFC 3377 is no longer applicable. The changes include
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redefining the terms "LDAP" and "LDAPv3" to refer to this revision of
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the technical specification.
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A.2. Changes to Section 3.3 of RFC 2251
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The section was modified slightly (the word "document" was replaced
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with "technical specification") to clarify that it applies to the
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entire LDAP technical specification.
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Author's Address
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Kurt D. Zeilenga
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OpenLDAP Foundation
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EMail: Kurt@OpenLDAP.org
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Zeilenga Standards Track [Page 6]
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RFC 4510 LDAP: TS Road Map June 2006
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Full Copyright Statement
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Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).
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This document is subject to the rights, licenses and restrictions
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contained in BCP 78, and except as set forth therein, the authors
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retain all their rights.
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"AS IS" basis and THE CONTRIBUTOR, THE ORGANIZATION HE/SHE REPRESENTS
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