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Introduction

The Direct Project developed implementation guidance with the intent of promoting both flexibility for hosting certificates while also enforcing interoperability for certificate discovery. The resultant guidance arrived at a hybrid approach using DNS and LDAP.

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These diagrams show how the tool uses background test data to confirm that the System 's under test adequately progress progresses through the algorithm and choose chooses the correct target certificate.

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The following diagram shows how the top-level specification, the implementation guidance developed by the DIRECT Project, pulls in different underlying specifications:

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