Re: RFC1279 query

Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com> Fri, 17 September 1993 15:01 UTC

To: Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au>
cc: osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Subject: Re: RFC1279 query
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From: Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>

 >From:  Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au>
 >To:    Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>
 >Subject: Re: RFC1279 query
 >Date:  Fri, 20 Aug 93 20:53:06 +1000

 >>Basically, the domain is
 >>defined by the postion in the DIT, and it would seem undesirable to
 >>repeat the information, and thus introduce the possibility of
 >>inconsistencies.
 >
 >I think I must have been unclear so I'll try again.
 >
 >Let's modify a little bit of the RFC for convenience:
 >
 >>For example, consider the mailbox Kille@cs.ucl.ac.uk.  This will
 >>lead to the following structure in the DIT:
 >>
 >>             _____________________________________________
 >>             |_Object_Class__|RDN_Type________|RDN_Value_|
 >>             | Domain        |DomainComponent |UK        |
 >>             | Domain        |DomainComponent |AC        |
 >>             | Domain        |DomainComponent |UCL       |
 >>             | Domain        |DomainComponent |CS        |
 >>             |_RFC822Mailbox_|DomainComponent_|Kille_____|
 >
 >Now consider the machine named Kille.cs.ucl.ac.uk. This will
 >lead to the following structure in the DIT:
 >
 >             _____________________________________________
 >             |_Object_Class__|RDN_Type________|RDN_Value_|
 >             | Domain        |DomainComponent |UK        |
 >             | Domain        |DomainComponent |AC        |
 >             | Domain        |DomainComponent |UCL       |
 >             | Domain        |DomainComponent |CS        |
 >             |_Domain________|DomainComponent_|Kille_____|
 >
 >These 2 have the same Distinguished Name. To mis-quote the RFC:
 >
 >>This can be represented in User Friendly Name format as:
 >>
 >>DomainComponent=Kille, DomainComponent=CS, DomainComponent=UCL,
 >>DomainComponent=AC, DomainComponent=UK
 >
 >So they can't both exist in the DIT at the same time. Correct?
 >But you might want to have both in the DIT, mightn't you?
 >
 >Bob Smart

They cannot both be present.   I view this as a good thing!   However,
I will yield to pressure and change the naming attribute of RFC 822
mailbox if people view it as a real problem.


Steve

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