What is OpenLDAP? List some of its advantages?

An open-source implementation of the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol),

OpenLDAP is a platform-independent protocol developed by the OpenLDAP project. Released in 1998, the OpenLDAP has support for macOS, Solaris, Microsoft Windows, and other Linux & BSD variants.

Some of the main advantages of using OpenLDAP are,

• It has support for Simple Authentication, Security Layer, and Transport Layer Security.
• It also has support for the Internet Protocol version 6 so it is future proof.
• It can be used to consolidate data of an entire organization into a central repository.
• It provides full compliance with (LDIF)LDAP Data Interchange Format version 1.