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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 3 (LDAPv3): All Operational Attributes

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Network Working Group                                        K. Zeilenga
Request for Comments: 3673                           OpenLDAP Foundation
Category: Standards Track                                  December 2003


       Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 3 (LDAPv3):
                       All Operational Attributes

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2003).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) supports a mechanism
   for requesting the return of all user attributes but not all
   operational attributes.  This document describes an LDAP extension
   which clients may use to request the return of all operational
   attributes.

1.  Overview

   X.500 [X.500] provides a mechanism for clients to request all
   operational attributes be returned with entries provided in response
   to a search operation.  This mechanism is often used by clients to
   discover which operational attributes are present in an entry.

   This documents extends the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
   (LDAP) [RFC 3377] to provide a simple mechanism which clients may use
   to request the return of all operational attributes.  The mechanism
   is designed for use with existing general purpose LDAP clients
   (including web browsers which support LDAP URLs) and existing LDAP
   APIs.

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14 [RFC 2119].






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