Re: [Exim] RFC 2253 defines DN representation

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Marian Eichholz
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] RFC 2253 defines DN representation
On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Marian Eichholz wrote:

> Kurt Zeilenga from the openldap project told be, that DN quoting is
> defined by 2253 and implemented by OpenLDAP this way.
>
> That means, that both RFC 1779 and my suggestion (hexadekadic coding) are
> obsolete (in fact: wrong).
>
> This means practically, that quote_ldap_dn should be right the way it is.


I'm pleased hear that! Thank you for checking all this out.

> Probably, Philip, You may add a simple comment like "follows RFC 2253" or so
> to the code, so that everyone can get the gory details if he/she wants.


Good idea.

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