Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search Filters

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4515.html

Published

2006-06-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-10-02

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust; BCP 78; RFC text may be reproduced under IETF Trust terms; short excerpts and locators used

Source notes citing this source

• In an LDAP string filter the characters asterisk, left parenthesis, right parenthesis, backslash and NUL must be escaped as \2a, \28, \29, \5c and \00. in context
• RFC 4515 filters combine conditions with & (AND), | (OR) and ! (NOT), and each filter is enclosed in parentheses. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2006, June 1). Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search Filters. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-4515-ldap-search-filters

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-4515-ldap-search-filters,
  title  = {Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search Filters},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2006},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-4515-ldap-search-filters},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-10-02}
}