LDAP Implementation in .net

Question

We're looking at implementing a new project that will use LDAP as it's security data store. What I'm looking for is a .net based implementation of the LDAP protocol. To be clear, I know about active directory, and I don't want a .net wrapper for active directory. What I'm looking for is an LDAP implementation in .net as there are plenty around in java, but I'm yet to come across a .net implementation

Answer 1

In the .NET Framework 2.0, Microsoft added features to its System.DirectoryServices and provided two new namespaces: System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory and System.DirectoryServices.Protocols. (We will refer to these as the ActiveDirectory namespace and the Protocols namespace, respectively, throughout this article.) The ActiveDirectory namespace introduced a wealth of new classes for strongly typed management of directory infrastructure-level components, such as servers, domains, forests, schema, and replication. The Protocols namespace went in a different direction, providing an alternative API for programming Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This worked directly with the Windows LDAP subsystem (wldap32.dll), skipping over the ADSI COM interop layer entirely

The .NET 3.5 System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement wraps " Active Directory Domain Services, the local Security Account Manager (SAM) data store on every Windows computer, and the relatively new Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services"

Answer 2

Try the Novell LDAP library. (Guide article here)