&Lauri.Watts; &tde-authors; &tde-release-version; Reviewed: &tde-release-date; 2010 &Lauri.Watts; &tde-copyright-date; &tde-team; This handbook describes the ldap protocol. TDE ldap protocol ldap is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It provides access to an X.500 directory, or to a stand-alone LDAP server. You can use the ldap tdeioslave as follows: ldap://host:port/ou=People,o=where,c=de??sub for a subtree-query or ldap://host:port/cn=MM,ou=People,o=where,c=de??base for a complete branch. LDAPS is the LDAP protocol encrypted via SSL.