RFC 1485 · HISTORIC · 1993
TUE · 15 SEP 2026
A String Representation of Distinguished Names (OSI-DS 23 )
Overview
RFC 1485, “A String Representation of Distinguished Names (OSI-DS 23 )”, is a Historic document published in July 1993 by S. Hardcastle-Kille. It has been obsoleted by RFC 1779, RFC 3494 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
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. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Historic” means
A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1993
- RFC 1484 Using the OSI Directory to achieve User Friendly Naming (OSI-DS 24 )
- RFC 1486 An Experiment in Remote Printing
- RFC 1483 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
- RFC 1487 X.500 Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- RFC 1482 Aggregation Support in the NSFNET Policy-Based Routing Database
- RFC 1488 The X.500 String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes
- RFC 1481 IAB Recommendation for an Intermediate Strategy to Address the Issue of Scaling
- RFC 1489 Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set