PPT Slide
DIT Design: Selecting a Distinguished Name
cn=Mike Smith + uid=smithMJ, ou=People, o=Perot Systems, c=US
cn = Mike Smith + uid = smithMJ
+ DN Guaranteed to be unique
+ More robust searching using name components
+ Directly maps to a user’s logon ID (can be used for single signon)
+ commonName (cn) field contains a real name
+ commonName (cn) is part of the DN
- DN has the potential to change
- Very hokey way of achieving uniqueness
- More complicated Directory Logon procedures
- This syntax may not be accepted as standard in the future.