RFC 1778 · HISTORIC · 1995

The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes

Overview

RFC 1778, “The String Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes”, is a Historic document published in March 1995 by T. Howes, S. Kille, W. Yeong, C. Robbins. It obsoletes RFC 1488. It has since been updated by RFC 2559. It has been obsoleted by RFC 3494 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) requires that the contents of AttributeValue fields in protocol elements be octet strings. This document defines the requirements that must be satisfied by encoding rules used to render X.500 Directory attribute syntaxes into a form suitable for use in the LDAP, then goes on to define the encoding rules for the standard set of attribute syntaxes. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Historic” means

A specification that has been superseded or is otherwise no longer recommended for use.

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This RFC obsoletes
RFC 1488
Obsoleted by
RFC 3494
Updated by
RFC 2559
Other RFCs from 1995

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