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diff --git a/source4/ldap_server/devdocs/draft-armijo-ldap-syntax-00.txt b/source4/ldap_server/devdocs/draft-armijo-ldap-syntax-00.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3cd0aebba9 --- /dev/null +++ b/source4/ldap_server/devdocs/draft-armijo-ldap-syntax-00.txt @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +INTERNET-DRAFT Michael P. Armijo +Status: Informational Microsoft Corporation +January 1999 +Expires July 1999 + + + Active Directory Syntaxes + draft-armijo-ldap-syntax-00.txt + + +1. Status of this Memo + + +This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify +an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. + +This document is an Internet-Draft. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the +Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note +that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. + +Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be +updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is +inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them +other than as "work in progress." + +To view the entire list of current Internet-Drafts, please check the "1id- +abstracts.txt" listing contained in the Internet-Drafts Shadow Directories on +ftp.is.co.za (Africa), ftp.nordu.net (Northern Europe), ftp.nis.garr.it +(Southern Europe), munnari.oz.au (Pacific Rim), ftp.ietf.org (US East Coast), or +ftp.isi.edu (US West Coast). + +2. Abstract + +The purpose of this document is to inform the Internet community of LDAP +syntaxes available in the Windows NT Active Directory. These syntaxes provide +additional functionality to the Active Directory. + + +3. RFC Key Words + +The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", +"SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be +interpreted as described in RFC 2119. + + +4. LDAP Syntaxes + +CaseIgnoreString: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.905 + Encoded as a Printable String (OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.44) + + +OR-Name: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.1221 + Encoded as: + ORName = DN | "X400:" ORaddress "#X500:" DN | "X400:"ORaddress + DN = normally encoded rfc 1779 name + ORaddress = some string encoding for OR addresses. + +Note that an unescaped # character must not be legal in this encoding. +This is necessary to be able to identify where the #X500 starts if the +middle choice of the encoding is chosen. + + +DNWithOctetString: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.903 + Encoded as a : + DNWithOctetString = OctetTag ':' Count ':' OctetString ':' DN + OctetTag = 'B' | 'b' + Count = positive decimal number, counting number of encoded characters + in OctetString + OctetString = [EncodedByte]* // Note: the number of characters in the + string encoding of the OctetString is Count. + EncodedByte = [0-9 | a-f | A-F] [0-9 | a-f | A-F] + DN = <normal string encoding of a DN> + + As an example, the string encoding of the combination of 0x74 0x65 0x73 + 0x74 and DC=Microsoft,DC=Com is + + B:8:74657374:DC=Microsoft,DC=Com + + +DNWithString: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.904 + Encoded as a : + DNWithString = StringTag ':' Count ':' String ':' DN + OctetTag = 'S' | 's' + Count = positive decimal number, counting number of bytes in String + String = <normally encoded (i.e. UTF8 for V3) string> // Note: the number + of bytes in the string encoding of the String is Count. + + DN = <normal string encoding of a DN> + + As an example, the string encoding of the combination of "test" and + DC=Microsoft,DC=Com is + + B:4:test:DC=Microsoft,DC=Com + + As an example, the string encoding of the combination of XYZ (where X, Y, + and Z all have two byte UTF-8 encodings) and DC=Microsoft,DC=Com is + + B:6:XYZ:DC=Microsoft,DC=Com + +Note: Characters with multibyte UTF-8 encodings contribute more than one to the count + + +Large-Integer: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.906 + Encoded as an Integer (OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.27), but guaranteed + to support 64 bit numbers. + + +Object-Security-Descriptor: 1.2.840.113556.1.4.907 + Encoded as an Octet-String (OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40) + + +5. References + +[RFC 2251] + M. Wahl, T. Howes, S. Kille, "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol + (v3)", RFC 2251, December 1997. 1997. + +[RFC 2119] + Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels," + RFC 2119, Harvard University, March 1997. + + +6. Authors Address + + Michael P. Armijo + One Microsoft Way + Redmond, WA + 98052 + USA + + (425)882-8080 + micharm@microsoft.com + + + + + |