Retrieving LDAP server from DNS [was Re: ILS]

["Mark Wilcox" <mark@mjwilcox.com>]

To my knowledge there isn't any standard way to get this information from
DNS. I think there is an "extra" or description field for DNS to query, but
this is not standard by any means.

I think this is the purpose of the Service Lookup Protocol (SLP), which
hasn't really gained much steam (outside of Novell networks).

Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Fu, Jing <Jing_Fu@atlanta.stercomm.com>
To: openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org <openldap-general@OpenLDAP.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 4:43 PM
Subject: RE: ILS


>I remember reading from somewhere that if there is a default LDAP server
>defined in the DNS server, you should be able to find it address or DNS
name
>by querying the DNS server.  Unfortunately I forgot where I read about it.
>Does anybody know how to do it?  And how to do it with a C API (say,
sockets
>or WinSockets)?
>
>Thanks,
>Jing
>
>