Re: Basic Cert-2-Directory mapping question

[Oscar Jacobsson <oscar.jacobsson@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Slone, Skip" wrote:
> Since civil-to-DNS name mapping typically fails to yield to a
> character string transliteration algorithm (e.g., "o=Joe's Bar and
> Grill" does not readily translate to are-you-hungry.com), this leaves
> us with a choice of either registering the translations or
> complaining that it can't be done.

Pardon my ignorance of these matters, but where exactly is this civil
naming scheme outlined?

IMHO the DNS-based naming scheme for in RFC 2377 has been around for a
couple years now, and when combined with the repository locator
documents I'd say it provides the information necessary for an RP to
locate the relevant repository.

//oscar