
TODO: - Add example traffic here (as plain text or Wireshark screenshot). The well known TCP port for SSL is 636 while TLS is negotiated within a plain TCP connection on port 389. SSL/ TLS: LDAP can also be tunneled through SSL/ TLS encrypted connections. The well known TCP and UDP port for LDAP traffic is 389. TCP/ UDP: Typically, LDAP uses TCP or UDP (aka CLDAP) as its transport protocol.


LDAP was developed as simple access protocol for X.500 databases.

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol: The protocol accessing data from directory services like OpenLDAP, Microsoft Active Directory, Netscape Directory Server or Novell eDirectory. Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
