Internet Directories: How to Build and Manage Applications for LDAP, DNS, and Other Directories

A practical guide to leading Internet directory services technologies. Introduces key concepts associated with Internet-based directory services, demonstrates the advantages of directory-enabled applications, and presents real-world techniques for directory-enabling applications. Gives detailed definitions and explanations of each Internet directory, and provides in-depth coverage of key directory-enabled applications. Covers APIs available for accessing Internet directories, and reviews two leading directory servers that implement LDAP. Greenblatt is president of a start-up company. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)