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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Nathan G. Kinder, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/1523 (2013.01); H04L 29/12132 (2013.01); H04L 61/1552 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing virtual Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) attribute subtypes based on metadata associated with a relevant data type. In one embodiment, a computer system receives a request that specifies an LDAP attribute. The computer system identifies metadata corresponding to a data type of the LDAP attribute and identifies, based on the metadata, an attribute subtype of the LDAP attribute.