Commission Enterprise Directory

The Commission Enterprise Directory (or CED) is the Commission’s Corporate LDAP server (ofted refered also as CED LDAP).

It is the repository that contains the Internet password used for authentication and the groups used for web application access control. It is also a service for applications to look up user information, for example to find the mail address for a given user.

Use of the CED for authentication is being phased out, other than for use by the Internet proxies (for incoming and outgoing traffic), and being replaced by the more secure ECAS, which also offers Single Sign-On capabilities.