Q: What is the basic idea of X.500?

A: electronic, globally accessible directory

Q: What does a Directory System Agent (DSA) reflect?

A: a local directory (single organization or group of organizations)

Q: In what kind of structure are the logic elements (DSAs) of the x.500 service ordered?

A: in a Directory Information Tree (DIT) with a common root of a global directory service (GDS)

Q: How can the data in the GDS be accessed? Name two common examples.

A: Via a directory user agent (DUA). Examples: whois, finger, InterNIC

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