Re: DSE

[mcs@netscape.com (Mark C Smith)]

Actually, DSE stands for "DSA Specific Entry".  DSA is "Directory System
Agent", which you can think of as a server... so a DSE is a directory
server-specific entry.  A common example is the rootDSE, named by the
zero-length DN, which is used by LDAPv3 servers to publish information
about the server itself.

References:

Chapter 3 of "Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services" by
Tim Howes, Mark Smith, Gordon Good 
http://developer.netscape.com:80/docs/books/macmillan/ldap/ldapbk.html

Chapters 2 and 4 of "Understanding X.500 - The Directory" by David
Chadwick
http://www.salford.ac.uk/its024/Version.Web/Contents.htm

-- 
Mark Smith
iPlanet Directory Architect / Sun-Netscape Alliance
My words are my own, not my employer's.   Got LDAP?


"C. R. Oldham" wrote:
> 
> Stefan Kiesow wrote:
> 
> > I'm writing on a text for my diploma about LDAP.I recognized an
> > abbreviation in the book of T.Howes: DSE.DSE is the root for the
> > directory-tree. But: what does this abbreviation mean in full text?
> 
> "Directory Service Entry", right?
> 
> BTW I recommend Mark Wilson's _Understanding LDAP_ if you have not
> already read it.  I think that's where I learned the above tidbit.
> 
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