Thomas Kunz
Systems and Computer Engineering
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SLP Protocol Characteristics
nDistributed and self-managing, with numerous service agents
ncompatible with other administrative protocols and
mobile networking
protocols
nstring-based (reduced
parser complexity)
neasily implemented
nuses existing standards
where possible
nexpressive query grammar
(LDAP v3 query syntax)
nScalability a prime
motivation, given expected explosion of
network services