# ldap / ldaps

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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.