Abbreviations

ACL

Access Control List

API

Application Programming Interface

ASN.1

Abstract Systanx Notation One

COM

Common Object Model

DAP

Directory Access Protocol (X.500)

DIB

Directory Information Base (X.500)

DISP

Directory Information Shadowing Protocol (X.500)

DIT

Directory Information Tree (X.500)

DLL

Dynamic Link Library

DNS

Domain Name Service

DN

Distinguished Name (X.500)

DSA

Directory System Agent (X.500)

DSE

DSA Specific Entry

DSML

Directory Services Markup Language

DSP

Directory System Protocol (X.500)

DUA

Directory User Agent (X.500)

GSSAPI

Generic Security Service API

IETF

Internet Engineering Task Force

IMAP

Internet Message Access Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

ISO

International Standards Organization (http://www.iso.ch/)

ITU-T

International Telecomunication Union - Telecommunication Standardization Sector (http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/)

KDC

Key Distribution Center (Kerberos)

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

LDIF

LDAP Data Interchange Format

NDS

Novell Directory Services

NIS

Network Information Service

OSI

Open Systems Interconnection

PDU

Protocol Data Unit

PKCS

Public Key Cryptosystem

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

POP3

Post Office Protocol, version 3

RDN

Relative Distinguished Name (X.500)

RFC

Request for Comment

SASL

Simple Authentication and Security Layer

SDK

Software Development Kit

SMTP

Simple Message Transfer Protocol

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol

SQL

Standard Query Language

SSL

Secure Socket Layer

SSO

Single Sign-On

TCP/IP

Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol

TGT

Ticket Granting Ticket (Kerberos)

TLS

Transport Layer Security