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Installation and Reference Manual
Glossary
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H.323
H.323 is a standard approved by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in 1996 to promote
compatibility iHub
In general, a hub is the central part of a wheel where the spokes come together. The term is familiar to
frequent fliers who travel through airport "hubs" to make connecting flights from one point to another. In
data communications, a hub is a place of convergence where data arrives from one or more directions
and is forwarded out in one or more other directions. A hub usually includesLDAP
LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is a software protocol for enabling anyone to locate
organizations, individuals, and other resources such as files and devices in a network. LDAP is a
"lightweight" (smaller amount of code) version of Directory Access Protocol (DAP), which is part of X.500,
a standard for directory services in a network. LDAP is lighter because in its initial version it did not include
security features. LDAP originated at the University of Michigan and has been endorsed by at least 40
companies. Netscape includes it in its latest Communicator suite of products. Microsoft includes it as part
of what it calls Active Directory in a number of products including Outlook Express. Novell's NetWare
Directory Services interoperates with LDAP.
In a network, a directory tells you where in the network something is located. On TCP/IP networks
(including the Internet), the domain name system (DNS) is the directory system used to relate the domain
name to a specific network address (a unique location on the network). However, you may not know the
domain name. LDAP allows you to search for an individual without knowing where they're located
(although additional information will help with the search).
An LDAP directory is organized in a simple "tree" hierarchy consisting of the following levels:
The root directory (the starting place or the source of the tree), which branches out to
Countries, each of which branches out to
Organizations, which branch out to
Organizational units (divisions, departments, and so forth), which branches out to (includes an
entry for)
Individuals (which includes people, files, and shared resources such as printers)
An LDAP directory can be distributed among many servers. Each server can have a replicated version of
the total directory that is synchronized periodically. An LDAP server is called a Directory System Agent
(DSA). An LDAP server that receives a request from a user takes responsibility for the request, passing it to
other DSAs as necessary, but ensuring a single coordinated response for the user.
Multicast
Multicast is communication between a single sender and multiple specific receivers on a network (as in e-
mail to a distribution list).