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Re:Millions of accounts compromised because there is no spec... by whoopdedo on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @11:34PM (#9418535)
I've always wondered when I hear someone complain about the complexity, then where did it get the 'L' in its name from?
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Re:Millions of accounts compromised because there is no spec... by wmf on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @11:44PM (#9418564)
AFAIK LDAP is a simplified version of X.400, which was part of the truly horrible ISO protocol stack.
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