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From: swope@hpindda.cup.hp.com (Darrell Swope)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: X.500
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Date: 22 Aug 90 00:33:05 GMT
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I assume that you mean the Directory Access Protocol (DAP) in relation
to X.500.  

As far as information on DAP or X.500 in general there are the best
source would be the standards documents.  The X.500 Blue Book is the
official document from CCITT and is called the "Recommendations X.500
to X.521".  This document can be obtained from Omnicom Inc. (115 Park
Street, S.E., Vienna, VA 22180; 703/281-1135).  Be forewarned, this
document is fairly technical and quite expensive.

The is also a small mention of X.500 in Marshall Rose's book "The Open
Book, A Practical Perspective On OSI".  This book is more geared
toward a general discussion of OSI however.

There is also an implementation of X.500 called QUIPU that is being
run on the Internet as a pilot project for using X.500 in a real world
setting.  You can contact Marshall Rose at mrose@nisc.nyser.net for
more information on QUIPU.


                                 Darrell Swope