What does iAS used LDAP for?
ANearly everything. Most configuration information is stored in an LDAP directory, as is user and group authentication information. This authentication includes system-level authentication (e.g., which users are permitted to deploy applications on the server) and application-level authentication. Of course, the application developer can have the application use any kind of authentication system; however, the iAS forms-based authentication mechanism uses LDAP, so it makes sense for the developer to use LDAP for user and group information as well.iAS can be configured to use two different LDAP servers: one for application-level authentication, and one for system configuration.
