Reserved characters
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-Certain characters are reserved and cannot be easily used in attribute values
-in DNs without being escaped properly.
+Certain characters are reserved (see https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2253.txt[RFC2253]) and cannot be
+easily used in attribute values in DNs without being escaped properly.
Following characters need escaping:
-* Space (` `)
-
+* Space ( )
* Comma (`,`)
-
* Plus sign (`+`)
-
* Double quote (`"`)
-
* Forward slashes (`/`)
-
* Angle brackets (`<>`)
-
* Semicolon (`;`)
-
* Equals sign (`=`)
To use such characters in DNs, surround the attribute value in double quotes.