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Re: [certid] CN fallback

"Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu> Tue, 06 April 2010 14:16 UTC

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>> A previous note mentioned the fact that DNs are hierarchical paths into a
>> directory. This, of course, is not true;
>> 
> This part is actually true, by definition of a DN.

What DNs are supposed to be and how they're used are fairly different in
lots of systems, and the difference trips up a lot of people.

-- Scott

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