Protocol: confusing continuation references instruction

["Jim Sermersheim" <jimse@novell.com>]

In 4.5.3 of [Protocol], there is the statement:

>   In the absence of indexing information provided to a server from
>   servers holding subordinate naming contexts, SearchResultReference
>   responses are not affected by search filters and are always returned
>   when in scope.

Anyone have an idea what this means?

My best guess is that some implementations may hold a copy of some amount of data held in a subordinate naming context (via whatever mechanism they choose--not just "indexing"). And if those servers can use the search filter to determine that there are no entries in the subordinate naming context, it does not need to send a continuation reference for the subordinate DSA(s).


Jim