The level of security partially depends on the number of name variations. Limiting the number of name variations users can employ during Internet authentication provides for greater security.

Allowing more variations

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

Table 1. Names that can be used when authenticating with less security

Example	Description
Alan Jones	Common name
Alan	First name
Jones	Last name
Ajones	Short name
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Renovations/US	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
cn=Alan Jones/ou=East/ou=Sales/o=Renovations/c=us	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
cn=Alan Jones	Common name with CN=prefix
alan_jones@renovations.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:

Table 2. Names that can be used to authenticate in an LDAP directory with weaker security

Example	Description
Alan Jones	Common name
Alan	Givenname
Jones	Surname
Ajones	UID
cn=Alan Jones, cn=recipients, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Renovations, 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=Renovations, 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/Renovations/US	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
alan_jones@renovations.com	LDAP mail attribute

Allowing fewer name variations

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

Table 3. Names that can be used when authenticating with higher security

Example	Description
Alan Jones/Sales/East/Renovations	Full hierarchical name (abbreviated)
CN=Alan Jones	Common name with CN= prefix
Alan Jones	Common name
cn=Alan Jones/ou=East/ou=Sales/o=Renovations/c=us	Full hierarchical name (canonical)
alan_jones@renovations.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:

Table 4. Names that can be used to authenticate in an LDAP directory with higher security

Example	Description
AJones	UID
Alan Jones	CN
cn=Alan Jones, cn=recipients, ou=Sales, ou=East, o=Renovations, 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=Renovations, c=us (valid for a Netscape Directory Server)	DN
uid=Ajones (valid for a Netscape Directory Server)	UID with UID= prefix
alan_jones@renovations.com	LDAP mail attribute

Parent topic: Controlling the level of authentication for Internet clients

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