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Building an X
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Network Working Group B. Jennings
Request for Comments: 1943 Sandia National Laboratory
Category: Informational May 1996
Building an X.500 Directory Service in the US
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document provides definition and recommends considerations that
must be undertaken to operate a X.500 Directory Service in the United
States. This project is the work performed for the Integrated
Directory Services Working Group within the Internet Engineering Task
Force, for establishing an electronic White Pages Directory Service
within an organization in the US and for connecting it to a wide-area
Directory infrastructure.
Establishing a successful White Pages Directory Service within an
organization requires a collaborative effort between the technical,
legal and data management components of an organization. It also
helps if there is a strong commitment from the higher management to
participate in a wide-area Directory Service.
The recommendations presented in the document are the result of
experience from participating in the Internet White Pages project.
Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction 2
1.1 Purpose of this Document 2
1.2 Introduction to Directory Services 2
2.0 The X.500 Protocol 4
2.1 Introduction 4
2.2 Directory Model 4
2.3 Information Model 5
2.4 Benefits and Uses for X.500 Directory Service 6
2.5 Other Applications of X.500 7
3.0 Legal Issues 8
3.1 Introduction 8
3.2 Purpose of the Directory 8
3.3 User Rights 9
3.4 Data Integrity 9
Jennings Informational
