Encoding in DN

[Przemyslaw Rudzki]

Hi all,

Could please someone explain me what is the reason/purpose for which DN 
are presented using "\" before series of characters for example 
"\C5\82\C3\B3" instead of two polish letters "łó". What kind of encoding 
is that?

I was thinking that it might be Directory Studion things but then I 
connected to AD and everything seems to look as expected.

Everything seems to be running smoothly when I do ldapsearch (for both 
strings "łó" and "\C5\82\C3\B3") but I am wondering if there any drawbacks?

Rgds,

/p