LDAP Programming, Management and Integration Clayton Donley November 2002, Softbound, 352 pages ISBN Our price: $42.95 You can order this book from your bookstore by using the ISBN and title listed above.

LDAP is the leading Internet protocol for directory-like information: user identities, preferences, security privileges. etc. Because it is popular, most programming languages have handy extensions for searching and updating LDAP directories. But most information today is still locked away in application-specific repositories that lack LDAP access.

LDAP Programming, Management and Integration explains how to link non-LDAP data with LDAP directories. It starts with a concise introduction to the LDAP standard and discusses how to work with it in Java and Perl. It gives you practical code and advice for migrating and integrating data into an LDAP environment. And it explains how to increase your application's security using identity and profile information from LDAP repositories.

Written for programmers and system administrators, this book teaches clearly and honestly the LDAP practiced “in the trenches.” It is concise yet rich in practical examples that make a sometimes complex subject easy to understand.

What’s Inside:

• Migrating to standards-based directories
• Directory synchronization
• Authenticating and authorizing users
• Security with digital certificates
• How to work with XML’s DSML v1 and v2
• Accessing directories with Perl
• How JNDI enables you to add:
  • Security
  • Personalization
  • White pages
• Covers LDAPv3

Clayton Donley, the co-author of a number of open-source LDAP modules for Perl and Apache, is an independent consultant based in the Chicago area. His clients include Netscape, GTE, and ABN-AMRO. Prior to going independent, he spent seven years in various information technology roles working for Motorola in both the Chicago area and the Asia-Pacific region.