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<pre>Network Working Group S. Kille
Request for Comments: 2247 Isode Ltd.
Category: Standards Track M. Wahl
Critical Angle Inc.
A. Grimstad
AT&T
R. Huber
AT&T
S. Sataluri
AT&T
January 1998
<span class="h1">Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 Distinguished Names</span>
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1998). All Rights Reserved.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-1" href="#section-1">1</a>. Abstract</span>
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) uses X.500-
compatible distinguished names [<a href="#ref-3" title="" Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names"">3</a>] for providing unique
identification of entries.
This document defines an algorithm by which a name registered with
the Internet Domain Name Service [<a href="#ref-2" title="" Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities,"">2</a>] can be represented as an LDAP
distinguished name.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-2" href="#section-2">2</a>. Background</span>
The Domain (Nameserver) System (DNS) provides a hierarchical resource
labeling system. A name is made up of an ordered set of components,
each of which are short strings. An example domain name with two
components would be "CRITICAL-ANGLE.COM".
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
LDAP-based directories provide a more general hierarchical naming
framework. A primary difference in specification of distinguished
names from domain names is that each component of an distinguished
name has an explicit attribute type indication.
X.500 does not mandate any particular naming structure. It does
contain suggested naming structures which are based on geographic and
national regions, however there is not currently an established
registration infrastructure in many regions which would be able to
assign or ensure uniqueness of names.
The mechanism described in this document automatically provides an
enterprise a distinguished name for each domain name it has obtained
for use in the Internet. These distinguished names may be used to
identify objects in an LDAP directory.
An example distinguished name represented in the LDAP string format
[<a href="#ref-3" title="" Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names"">3</a>] is "DC=CRITICAL-ANGLE,DC=COM". As with a domain name, the most
significant component, closest to the root of the namespace, is
written last.
This document does not define how to represent objects which do not
have domain names. Nor does this document define the procedure to
locate an enterprise's LDAP directory server, given their domain
name. Such procedures may be defined in future RFCs.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-3" href="#section-3">3</a>. Mapping Domain Names into Distinguished Names</span>
This section defines a subset of the possible distinguished name
structures for use in representing names allocated in the Internet
Domain Name System. It is possible to algorithmically transform any
Internet domain name into a distinguished name, and to convert these
distinguished names back into the original domain names.
The algorithm for transforming a domain name is to begin with an
empty distinguished name (DN) and then attach Relative Distinguished
Names (RDNs) for each component of the domain, most significant (e.g.
rightmost) first. Each of these RDNs is a single
AttributeTypeAndValue, where the type is the attribute "DC" and the
value is an IA5 string containing the domain name component.
Thus the domain name "CS.UCL.AC.UK" can be transformed into
DC=CS,DC=UCL,DC=AC,DC=UK
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
Distinguished names in which there are one or more RDNs, all
containing only the attribute type DC, can be mapped back into domain
names. Note that this document does not define a domain name
equivalence for any other distinguished names.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-4" href="#section-4">4</a>. Attribute Type Definition</span>
The DC (short for domainComponent) attribute type is defined as
follows:
( 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.25 NAME 'dc' EQUALITY caseIgnoreIA5Match
SUBSTR caseIgnoreIA5SubstringsMatch
SYNTAX 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.26 SINGLE-VALUE )
The value of this attribute is a string holding one component of a
domain name. The encoding of IA5String for use in LDAP is simply the
characters of the string itself. The equality matching rule is case
insensitive, as is today's DNS.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-5" href="#section-5">5</a>. Object Class Definitions</span>
An object with a name derived from its domain name using the
algorithm of <a href="#section-3">section 3</a> is represented as an entry in the directory.
The "DC" attribute is present in the entry and used as the RDN.
An attribute can only be present in an entry held by an LDAP server
when that attribute is permitted by the entry's object class.
This section defines two object classes. The first, dcObject, is
intended to be used in entries for which there is an appropriate
structural object class. For example, if the domain represents a
particular organization, the entry would have as its structural
object class 'organization', and the 'dcObject' class would be an
auxiliary class. The second, domain, is a structural object class
used for entries in which no other information is being stored. The
domain object class is typically used for entries that are
placeholders or whose domains do not correspond to real-world
entities.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.1" href="#section-5.1">5.1</a>. The dcObject object class</span>
The dcObject object class permits the dc attribute to be present in
an entry. This object class is defined as auxiliary, as it would
typically be used in conjunction with an existing structural object
class, such as organization, organizationalUnit or locality.
The following object class, along with the dc attribute, can be added
to any entry.
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.344 NAME 'dcObject' SUP top AUXILIARY MUST dc )
An example entry would be:
dn: dc=critical-angle,dc=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: organization
objectClass: dcObject
dc: critical-angle
o: Critical Angle Inc.
<span class="h3"><a class="selflink" id="section-5.2" href="#section-5.2">5.2</a>. The domain object class</span>
If the entry does not correspond to an organization, organizational
unit or other type of object for which an object class has been
defined, then the "domain" object class can be used. The "domain"
object class requires that the "DC" attribute be present, and permits
several other attributes to be present in the entry.
The entry will have as its structural object class the "domain"
object class.
( 0.9.2342.19200300.100.4.13 NAME 'domain' SUP top STRUCTURAL
MUST dc
MAY ( userPassword $ searchGuide $ seeAlso $ businessCategory $
x121Address $ registeredAddress $ destinationIndicator $
preferredDeliveryMethod $ telexNumber $ teletexTerminalIdentifier $
telephoneNumber $ internationaliSDNNumber $ facsimileTelephoneNumber $
street $ postOfficeBox $ postalCode $ postalAddress $
physicalDeliveryOfficeName $ st $ l $ description $ o $
associatedName ) )
The optional attributes of the domain class are used for describing
the object represented by this domain, and may also be useful when
searching. These attributes are already defined for use with LDAP
[<a href="#ref-4" title=""A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with LDAP"">4</a>].
An example entry would be:
dn: dc=tcp,dc=critical-angle,dc=com
objectClass: top
objectClass: domain
dc: tcp
description: a placeholder entry used with SRV records
The DC attribute is used for naming entries of the domain class, and
this can be represented in X.500 servers by the following name form
rule.
<span class="grey">Kille, et. al. Standards Track [Page 4]</span></pre>
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.345 NAME 'domainNameForm' OC domain MUST ( dc ) )
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-6" href="#section-6">6</a>. References</span>
[<a id="ref-1">1</a>] The Directory: Selected Attribute Types. ITU-T Recommendation
X.520, 1993.
[<a id="ref-2">2</a>] Mockapetris, P., " Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities,"
STD 13, <a href="./rfc1034">RFC 1034</a>, November 1987.
[<a id="ref-3">3</a>] Kille, S., and M. Wahl, " Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
(v3): UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names", <a href="./rfc2253">RFC</a>
<a href="./rfc2253">2253</a>, December 1997.
[<a id="ref-4">4</a>] Wahl, M., "A Summary of the X.500(96) User Schema for use with
LDAP", <a href="./rfc2256">RFC 2256</a>, December 1997.
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-7" href="#section-7">7</a>. Security Considerations</span>
This memo describes how attributes of objects may be discovered and
retrieved. Servers should ensure that an appropriate security policy
is maintained.
An enterprise is not restricted in the information which it may store
in DNS or LDAP servers. A client which contacts an untrusted server
may have incorrect or misleading information returned (e.g. an
organization's server may claim to hold naming contexts representing
domain names which have not been delegated to that organization).
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-8" href="#section-8">8</a>. Authors' Addresses</span>
Steve Kille
Isode Ltd.
The Dome
The Square
Richmond, Surrey
TW9 1DT
England
Phone: +44-181-332-9091
EMail: S.Kille@ISODE.COM
<span class="grey">Kille, et. al. Standards Track [Page 5]</span></pre>
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
Mark Wahl
Critical Angle Inc.
4815 W. Braker Lane #502-385
Austin, TX 78759
USA
Phone: (1) 512 372 3160
EMail: M.Wahl@critical-angle.com
Al Grimstad
AT&T
Room 1C-429, 101 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030
USA
EMail: alg@att.com
Rick Huber
AT&T
Room 1B-433, 101 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030
USA
EMail: rvh@att.com
Sri Sataluri
AT&T
Room 4G-202, 101 Crawfords Corner Road
Holmdel, NJ 07733-3030
USA
EMail: sri@att.com
<span class="grey">Kille, et. al. Standards Track [Page 6]</span></pre>
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<span class="grey"><a href="./rfc2247">RFC 2247</a> Using Domains in LDAP/X.500 January 1998</span>
<span class="h2"><a class="selflink" id="section-9" href="#section-9">9</a>. Full Copyright Statement</span>
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