From: Steve Sobol (no email)
Date: Tue Mar 12 2002 - 13:14:30 EST
At 05:03 PM 3/5/02 +0000, you wrote:
>Ldap unlike other DB queries is fast lookup.
>I mean ldap is often used because the speed at which
>information can be retrieved it is slow on putting in
>information though. This is way many ISP`s are starting
>to use it to store all user information is that all
>information for authentication/mail/web can be retrieved quickly
I use it for that reason and because it provides a central user
database that many different servers can use for authentication.
And the schema is infinitely extensible too, which I like because
it allows flexibility in setting up applications down the road.
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