Documents/FEATRM/14: Supporting Network Services/Service Transport 2.9: Directory Services (X.500)

Service Transport 2.9: Directory Services (X.500)

Discover and identify resources on a network and make them accessible to users and applications

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This is a network service that discovers and identifies resources on a network and makes them accessible to users and applications. The resources include users, email addresses, computers, mapped drives, shared folders, and peripherals such as printers and PDA docking stations. Users and computers access these resources without the needing to know how or where the resources are connected.

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