RFC - 4514

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Distinguished Names

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc4514.txt
Authors:	K. Zeilenga [OpenLDAP Foundation]
Date:	June 2006
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-2253	Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names (Obsoleted by RFC-4510prop, RFC-4514prop) (Updated by RFC-3377)

Referred by:	9 RFC
Refers to:	13 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006).

Abstract

The X.500 Directory uses distinguished names (DNs) as primary keys to entries in the directory. This document defines the string representation used in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to transfer distinguished names. The string representation is designed to give a clean representation of commonly used distinguished names, while being able to represent any distinguished name.

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