Annex F02 Intro to Services and Servers

Question 0

Directory Services

Answer 0

Directory service is a shared info structure used to locate, manage, administer, organize, and secure those objects that comprise a directory

Question 1

Directory

Answer 1

All the services, printers, computers, users, applications, and everything else in the network comprise a directory

Question 2

X.500 Directory Access Protocol (DAP)

Answer 2

Provide a set of rules and standards that organize directories and create a standard interface to allow clients to access the directories

X.500 was the original standard based on the OSI model and very resource intensive

Question 3

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

Answer 3

Provide a set of rules and standards that organize directories and create a standard interface to allow clients to access the directories

LDAP is much more compact, designed around the TCP/IP model that allows for faster searches of the directory service because it requires less overhead

Microsoft AD used the LDAP protocol as the foundation for its directory services agent