Backup network configuration

Directories are collections of information related to objects in an organization. These objects often include users, computers, or contacts. Directory Services are the services which make this data available for use by others. Frequently, the intention is to provide a single point of access for various applications and individuals to find information about users and other objects for different purposes including collaboration within/across organizations. The information contained within the directory may come from direct input, and can be manually maintained, but also may be referenced and managed indirectly from other corporate data repositories, such as databases and other information stores

A few techniques exist for protecting the information stored within a directory itself for backup network configuration purposes. In general, access control lists (ACLs) can be used to implement some form of protection inmost directories. For instance, in OpenLDAP, ACL protection can be applied to individual objects, groups of objects, specific LDAP filters, or a list of attributes