Sheresh Beth, Sheresh Doug. Understanding Directory Services

2nd Ed. — Sams Publishing, 2002. — 621 p.Understanding Directory Services provides a technical discussion of directory services, starting with basic theory and archetypes, working its way up to the current directory service implementations
This discussion of directory services is focused on explaining the technologies and operations as objectively as possible. Although most directory books are about specific directory service products, this book provides something a little different: It aims to help you understand how directory services work
Who Should Read This Book
Understanding Directory Services is designed for IT professionals and anyone interested in directory service technologies. If you want to understand the subject of directory services, this is the right book for you
Readers of this book should be familiar with the basics of networking theory and operations, as an understanding of networking concepts and terminology is assumedIntroduction to Directory Services
Evolution of Directory Services
Storing Directory Information
X.500: A Model for Directory Services
LDAP: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
DNS: The Domain Name System
X.500 Directory Services
LDAP-Only Directory Services
eDirectory
Active Directory
Metadirectory Services
Directory Markup Languages
Evaluating Directory Services
A References
B Glossary