February 5, 2002
Practical Aspects of Modern Cryptography
56
X.500 Distinguished Names
nIn the X.500 model, everything has a single, unique, global, assigned name
nThere is a worldwide hierarchy, and you’re in it!
Country
C=US
SP = OR
State or Province
SP = WA
Locality
L=Redmond
Organization
O=Microsoft
L=Seattle
O=University of Washington
SP = CA