Re: LDAP URL extension value escapement

[mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)]

Jim Sermersheim wrote:
> Mark,
>
> I think the definition of exvalue in
> http://ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ldapbis-url-03.txt is too
> loose. Multiple extensions are delimited by commas, so we either need to
> dis-allow commas in the value, or specify that they must be escaped.

This is specified in text at the end of section 5:

                  ... An octet MUST be escaped using the % method
   described in section 2.4 of [RFC2396] in any of these situations:

      The octet is not in the reserved set defined in section 2.2 of
      [RFC2396] or in the unreserved set defined in section 2.3 of
      [RFC2396].

      It is the single Reserved character '?' and occurs inside a dn,
      filter, or other element of an LDAP URL.

      It is a comma character ',' that occurs inside an extension value.

Does that address your concern?

-Mark