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From: ddeutsch@BBN.COM (Debbie Deutsch)
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Subject: Re: information on X.500
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Date: 11 Apr 89 14:08:51 GMT
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X.500 is a distributed directory system.  Of course it has elements of
a distributed database, but it has a lot of other things, too.
Perhaps most important, it provides a framework for naming objects
(people, applications, etc.) with which one might communicate via a
large, multiply-administered network.  X.500 addresses topics such as
security (via use of certificates) but does not fully treat
traditional aspects of databases such as access control.

X.500 is described in a series of eight documents.  They are available
from:

Omnicom
115 Park St., SE
Vienna, Virginia 22180

703-281-1135

Regards,

Debbie Deutsch