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LDAP Directory EntriesNetscape Directory Server's support of LDAP, a widely implemented standard, makes it easy to integrate BillerXpert customer profile and account information with other directory sources. LDAP is a hierarchical directory system that allows quick retrieval of directory entries. Making updates to this kind of hierarchical database is slower than to a relational database, which is why BillerXpert uses the LDAP directory for entries that are relatively static, such as user account and system configuration information.As illustrated, the LDAP hierarchy is based on segments organized in
a tree structure, defined by the organization that implements the Directory
Server. In the example, Airius has defined three hierarchical levels: organization,
organizational unit, and user ID. A distinguished name (DN) uniquely identifies
each point in the directory structure. Each DN object can have a set of
attributes, which can include user profile information or system configuration
information.
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