Re: Basic Cert-2-Directory mapping question

[Stephen Kent <kent@xxxxxxx>]

At 9:08 AM +0100 1/10/01, Michael Ströder wrote:
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> => People are used to flat name spaces. X.500 DNs does not work.


Flat name spaces scale poorly, lead to confusion, and are thus not 
attractive in various ways.  People do like flat name spaces, until 
they trip over the limitations they embody, then they complain and 
look for magic solutions. I've seen no appropriate magic for this 
problem.

Steve