Re: RFC1279 query

Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au> Fri, 20 August 1993 11:57 UTC

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To: Steve Kille <S.Kille@isode.com>
Cc: osi-ds@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Subject: Re: RFC1279 query
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 20 Aug 93 09:08:11 +0100." <2420.745834091@isode.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 93 20:53:06 +1000
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From: Bob Smart <smart@mel.dit.csiro.au>

>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

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