ISC2 CC Access Controls Concepts Practice Question
An LDAP distinguished name (DN) is formatted as: CN=John Smith,OU=Sales,DC=company,DC=com. Which component represents the organizational unit?
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OU=Sales
OU stands for Organizational Unit in LDAP DNs.
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OU=Sales
Why this is correct
OU represents the Organizational Unit.
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DC=com
Why it's wrong here
DC is Domain Component.
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CN=John Smith
Why it's wrong here
CN is Common Name (the user's name).
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DC=company
Why it's wrong here
DC is Domain Component.
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Key term
DNS
DNS is the system that translates human-friendly domain names like example.com into machine-readable IP addresses so computers can find each other on a network.
Key term
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a standard protocol used to access and manage directory information over a network, such as user credentials and permissions.
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