Overview#

RFC 2253 is a RFC describing UTF-8 String Representation of Distinguished Names

RFC 2253 String Representation of Distinguished Names states "..the following characters which need escaping..

• a space occurring at the beginning of the string
• # character occurring at the beginning of the string
• a space character occurring at the end of the string
• any of the characters:
  • ,
  • +
  • "
  • \
  • <
  • >
  • ;

More Information #

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• LDAP Server Standards and Specifications