Distinguished Name

nounid 2352·updated May 12, 2026

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A unique name or character string that unambiguously identifies an entity according to the hierarchical naming conventions of X.500 directory service.

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Credential0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

—50%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

—60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: DN
plural: Distinguished Names
possessive: Distinguished Name's
pluralpossessive: Distinguished Names'

Framework definitions

2 senses across 2 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

§1: A unique name or character string that unambiguously identifies an entity according to the hierarchical naming conventions of X.500 directory service.

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

§1: A unique name or character string that unambiguously identifies an entity according to the hierarchical naming conventions of X.500 directory service.

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