RFC 1309: Technical Overview of Directory Services Using the X.500 Protocol

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This document is an overview of the X.500 standard for people not familiar with the technology. It compares and contrasts Directory Services based on X.500 with several of the other Directory services currently in use in the Internet. This paper also describes the status of the standard and provides references for further information on X.500 implementations and technical information. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.

Document record

Document ID

RFC1309

Published

March 1992

Authors

C. Weider; J. Reynolds; S. Heker

Status

INFORMATIONAL

Stream

IETF

Area

usv

Pages

16

Also known as

FYI14

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• DOI: 10.17487/RFC1309
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• RFC 1292A Catalog of Available X.500 ImplementationsObsoleted

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• RFC 1392Internet Users' GlossaryObsoleted

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• RFC 1175FYI on where to start: A bibliography of internetworking informationCurrent

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Also filed under

• INFORMATIONAL
• 1992
• IETF stream
• usv area
• FYI 14