Access control list. Netscape's mechanism for controlling access to your directory. Holds descriptive information about an entry.
Attributes have a label and a value.
Each attribute also follows a standard syntax for the type of information that can be stored as the attribute value. A list of required and optional attributes for a given entry type or object class. The PTA-enabled host sends PTA requests it receives from clients to the bindhost. Process of proving the identity of the client user to the Directory Server. Users must provide a bind DN and the corresponding password in order to be granted access to the directory.