&Lauri.Watts; &Lauri.Watts.mail; &tde-authors; 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.