Merlin, > Hi Gregor, > > I would actually suggest something much simpler: > > Encoding: > Take the RFC 2253-encoded name, replace all characters < 32 > with \XX (RFC 2253 hex encoding) and then UTF-8 decode this. > Whitespace format if desired. > Decoding: > Trim whitespace, UTF-8 encode the text and you have the RFC > 2253-encoded name. Taking the whole RFC 2253 encoded name leads to the problem that insignificant white space will turn into significant whitespace after one round of encoding and decoding: Original: "CN= Gregor Karlinger" (so the value of the AVA is "Gregor Karlinger") After encoding and decoding: "CN=\20\20Gregor Karlinger" (after additionally de-escaping the value of the AVA is now " Gregor Karlinger") This is the reason why I wrote "on how to encode A STRING IN a DName" in my proposal. Liebe Gruesse/Regards, --------------------------------------------------------------- DI Gregor Karlinger mailto:gregor.karlinger@iaik.at http://www.iaik.at Phone +43 316 873 5541 Institute for Applied Information Processing and Communications Austria ---------------------------------------------------------------
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