Re: LDAP 3.1 vs 3.0

Eric Rosenquist (rosenqui@krusty.esltd.com)
Wed, 21 Jun 1995 08:31:29 -0400

> Can anyone tell me if a LDAP 3.1 client (Windows libldap.dll)
> can access a LDAP 3.0 server without any problems ?
> Thanks.

The 3.0 server won't recognize the 3.1 requests since the ASN.1 tagging
was fixed in 3.1.

A 3.1 server will recognize the old tagging format and put itself in "3.0
mode" and everything will work fine, but you can't go the other way.

Eric
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