“LDAP can occupy numerous places in an IT infrastructure. For
example, you can migrate Network Information Services (NIS) to LDAP
and many Legacy UNIX centric organization have done just that.
While the NIS migration model serves as one excellent example, many
others exist. Most recently, I saw LDAP used as a simple white
page–name and address–directory service. I consider that under
utilizing LDAP.“Just a simple note: NIS is client-server directory service
protocol for distributing system configuration information such as
user and host names between computers on a computer network. NIS
uses a flat database structure while LDAP as we’ve discussed uses a
hierarchical structure…”
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