>> or to remove it entirely, because I don't think it's
>> a best current practice for secure authentication.
>> 
> Personally, I don't think removing it is going to be a service to the
> community, because this is the current practice, even if it is not the
> best one.

Since nothing's referencing this specification yet anyway, why not outline
what people should do, rather than what they are doing?

A previous note mentioned the fact that DNs are hierarchical paths into a
directory. This, of course, is not true; X.500 does not exist as a
global/going concern, so DNs are in fact misleading in this context. Let's
stop pretending otherwise.

-- Scott


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