Compatibility specifications

IBM® Security Directory Server implements a set of RFC standards that provides compatibility with other LDAP servers.

Table 1. The list of RFCs implemented in IBM Security Directory Server
RFC standards
`RFC 1274 The COSINE and Internet X.500 Schema`
`RFC 1777 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (V2)`
`RFC 1778 String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntax`
`RFC 1779 String Representation of Distinguished Names`
`RFC 1823 LDAP Application Program Interface (V2)`
`RFC 2052 A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)`
`RFC 2219 Use of DNS Aliases for Network Services`
`RFC 2222 Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)`
`RFC 2247 Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names`
`RFC 2251 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (V3)`
`RFC 2252 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (V3): Attribute Syntax Definitions`
`RFC 2253 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (V3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names`
`RFC 2254 The String Representation of LDAP Search Filters`
`RFC 2255 The LDAP URL Format`
`RFC 2256 A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAPv3`
`RFC 2596 Use of Language code in LDAP`
`RFC 2696 LDAP Control Extension for Simple Paged Results Manipulation`
`RFC 2829 Authentication Methods for LDAP RFC 2830, (V3) Extension for Transport Layer Security (TLS)`
`RFC 2831 Using DIGEST authentication as a SASL Mechanism`
`RFC 2849 The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) - Technical Specification`
`RFC 2891 LDAP Control Extension for Server Side Sorting of Search Results`
`The Open Group schema for liPerson and liOrganization (NAC/LIPS)`
`RFC 2307 (Directory Schema Only) - Posix Unix Account authentication`
`RFC 3062 - Password Modify Extended Operation`
`RFC 3673 All Operational Attributes`
`RFC 3674 Feature Discovery in LDAP`
`RFC 4370 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Proxied Authorization Control`