@misc{rfc1779, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 1779, howpublished = {RFC 1779}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC1779}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc1779}, author = {Steve Kille}, title = {{A String Representation of Distinguished Names}}, pagetotal = 8, year = 1995, month = mar, abstract = {The OSI Directory uses distinguished names as the primary keys to entries in the directory. Distinguished Names are encoded in ASN.1. When a distinguished name is communicated between to users not using a directory protocol (e.g., in a mail message), there is a need to have a user-oriented string representation of distinguished name. This specification defines a string format for representing names, which is designed to give a clean representation of commonly used names, whilst being able to represent any distinguished name. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }