Using the More name variations authentication level, Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme can enter the following names when using a browser to authenticate with a IBM® Lotus® Domino® Directory:

Example	Description
Alan Jones	Common name
Alan	First name
Jones	Last name
Ajones	Short name
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme/US	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
cn=Alan Jones/ou=East/ou=Sales/o=Acme/c=us	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
cn=Alan Jones	Common name with CN=prefix
alan_jones@acme.com	Internet (e-mail) address

If you want to authenticate Alan in an LDAP Directory, he can use a browser to enter the following names:

Example	Description
Alan Jones	Common name
Alan	Givenname
Jones	Surname
Ajones	UID
cn=Alan Jones, cn=recipients, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Microsoft® Exchange server)	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
cn=Alan Jones (valid for Domino Directory)	Common name with CN=prefix
uid=ajones, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Netscape Directory Server)	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
uid=ajones (valid for Netscape Directory Server)	UID with UID=prefix
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme/US	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
alan_jones@acme.com	LDAP mail attribute

Fewer name variations with higher security

Using the Fewer name variations authentication level, Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme can enter only the following names when using a browser to authenticate with a Domino Directory:

Example	Description
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Acme	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
CN=Alan Jones	Common name with CN= prefix
Alan Jones	Common name
cn=Alan Jones/ou=East/ou=Sales/o=Acme/c=us	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
alan_jones@acme.com	Internet (e-mail) address

If you want to authenticate Alan in an LDAP Directory, he can use a browser to enter the following names:

Example	Description
AJones	UID
Alan Jones	CN
cn=Alan Jones, cn=recipients, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Microsoft® Exchange server)	DN
cn=Alan Jones (valid for a Domino Directory)	CN with CN=prefix
uid=ajones, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Acme, c=us (valid for a Netscape Directory Server)	DN
uid=Ajones (valid for a Netscape Directory Server)	UID with UID= prefix
alan_jones@acme.com	LDAP mail attribute

Related topics

Controlling the level of authentication for Internet clients

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