Re: Newbie question: which dn is recommended

[David J N Begley <david@avarice.nepean.uws.edu.au>]

On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Bennett Samowich wrote:

> I'm not sure that I understand the hierarchy of LDAP yet.  Which dn is
> "recommended" under a business application:

See:

"Directory Services: DIT Design" (James Rommel, Perot Systems)
http://www.stanford.edu/~hodges/talks/EMA98-DirectoryServicesRollout/RommelEMA/

> a) dc=<MY-DOMAIN>, dc=<COM>

IETF RFC 2247

>   - or -
> b) o=<MY-ORGANIZATION>, c=<COUNTRY>

Traditional X.500 style.

> What is the difference? or why would one be used over the other?

Interoperability (depends, with what..), personal preference, unique
organisational root DN, etc.


dave