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	RFC 1309:

        Title:      Technical Overview of Directory Services
                    Using the X.500 Protocol
       	Author:     C. Weider, J. Reynolds, & S. Heker
	Mailbox:    weider@ans.net, jkrey@isi.edu, heker@nisc.jvnc.net
	Pages:      16
	Characters: 35,694
	Obsoletes/Updates:  none


This document is an overview of the X.500 standard for people not
familiar with the technology.  It compares and contrasts Directory
Services based on X.500 with several of the other Directory services
currently in use in the Internet.  This paper also describes the
status of the standard and provides references for further information
on X.500 implementations and technical information.

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Joyce K. Reynolds
USC/Information Sciences Institute