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       Title     : An Approach for Using Domains in 
                   LDAP Distinguished Names                                                   
       Author(s) : S. Kille, M. Wahl
       Filename  : draft-ietf-asid-ldap-domains-01.txt
       Pages     : 4
       Date      : 02/10/1997

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) uses X.500-compatible 
distinguished names for providing unique identification of entries. 
distinguished names in currently-deployed X.500 directories have the 
properties that they are descriptive, hierarchical, and follow common 
organizational models.  However, there is not today a registration 
mechanism to permit individuals and organizations to obtain distinguished 
names, regardless of their physical location.   

This document defines a mechanism by which a name registered with 
the Internet Domain Name Service [1], for which there are active 
registration services, can be represented as a distinguished name 
so that it may be used with the LDAP protocol.  This is not intended to 
have LDAP replace the DNS protocol, but to permit further deployment 
of LDAP into organizations connected to the Internet.   

This algorithm automatically assigns a distinguished name to any enterprise
which has obtained a domain name for use in the Internet.  This 
distinguished name may be used as a prefix for their names of entries in 
that enterprise.      

This document does not define how to represent objects which do not have
domain names.  Several RFCs, such as [3] and [4], and more recent
documents provide additional guidance on representing and structuring
information in these entries.  Nor does this document define the procedure
to locate an enterprises' LDAP directory server, given their domain name.
Such as procedure may be defined in future RFCs.

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