You then look up the name in a directory using the key as the index. Kind of extreme. Directories are still a major concern. They are an essential part of access management systems. Just about everyone there is using or building some kind of metadirectory.
Nobody even thinks about asking HR to use the directory as a repository for authoritative data.
This was their experience setting up an LDAP-enabled university directory system. It was very similar to our efforts, right down to the difficulty dealing with the registrar to get data. It's planned to be running by June, 99. He likes Netegrity to help rationalize data. They PKI for web authentication via the Netscape Enterprise Server 3.51.