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RE: Basic Cert-2-Directory mapping question

To: "Slone, Skip" <skip.slone@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Basic Cert-2-Directory mapping question
From: Stephen Kent <kent@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:55:31 -0500
Cc: ietf-pkix@xxxxxxx
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Skip,

I would just like to add that, in addition to X.521 and some LDAP specs, the ability to recognize civil naming attributes in the issuer and subject fields of an X.509v3 cert is mandated in RFC 2459 (ref section 4.1.2.4) and in son-of-2459.

Ironically, the requirement for support for Issuer names (DNs) vs. allowing an Issuer alname in lieu of a DN, arose because the S/MIME WG was relying on the presence of an Issuer DN in their design, and I believe the motivation for it (Russ can confirm or correct this notion) was to facilitate directory lookup for certs in S/MIME!

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Steve

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