diff --git a/types/rfc2253/.npmignore b/types/rfc2253/.npmignore
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+*
+!**/*.d.ts
+!**/*.d.cts
+!**/*.d.mts
+!**/*.d.*.ts
diff --git a/types/rfc2253/index.d.ts b/types/rfc2253/index.d.ts
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+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+export class DistinguishedName {
+    constructor(rdns?: ReadonlyArray<RelativeDistinguishedName>);
+    has(key: number | Buffer | string): boolean;
+    get(key: number | Buffer | string): RelativeDistinguishedName;
+    getAll(key: number | Buffer | string): RelativeDistinguishedName[];
+    set(key: number | Buffer | string, value: RelativeDistinguishedName | Buffer | string): number;
+    delete(key: number | Buffer | string): RelativeDistinguishedName[];
+    push(rdn: RelativeDistinguishedName): number;
+    pop(): RelativeDistinguishedName | undefined;
+    unshift(rdn: RelativeDistinguishedName): number | undefined;
+    shift(): RelativeDistinguishedName | undefined;
+    count(): number;
+    match(dn: DistinguishedName): boolean;
+    format(): string;
+    toString(): string;
+}
+
+export class RelativeDistinguishedName {
+    constructor(map?: DistinguishedName | RelativeDistinguishedName);
+    has(key: Buffer | string): boolean;
+    get(key: Buffer | string): Buffer | string;
+    set(key: Buffer | string, value: Buffer | string): void;
+    delete(key: Buffer | string): boolean;
+    count(): number;
+    match(rdn: RelativeDistinguishedName): boolean;
+    format(): string;
+    toString(): string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Escapes an attribute key or value and returns the escaped string.
+ * @param value The value to escape. If the value is a {@link Buffer} it will be formatted as an octothorpe (#) followed by the hexadecimal representation of each byte in the buffer. Otherwise the value will be converted to a string and escaped according to RFC 2253.
+ */
+export function escape(value: Buffer | string): string;
+
+/**
+ * Formats a {@link DistinguishedName} or {@link RelativeDistinguishedName} instance according to RFC 2253 and returns a UTF-8 encoded string.
+ * @param dn The distinguished name or relative distinguished name to format as a string.
+ */
+export function format(dn: ReadonlyArray<RelativeDistinguishedName> | DistinguishedName): string;
+
+/**
+ * Parses an RFC 2253 string representation of a distinguished name and returns a {@link DistinguishedName} object.
+ * @param seq A UTF-8 encoded distinguished name.
+ */
+export function parse(seq: string): DistinguishedName;
diff --git a/types/rfc2253/package.json b/types/rfc2253/package.json
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+{
+    "private": true,
+    "name": "@types/rfc2253",
+    "version": "0.2.9999",
+    "projects": [
+        "https://github.com/foss-haas/rfc2253"
+    ],
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@types/node": "*"
+    },
+    "devDependencies": {
+        "@types/rfc2253": "workspace:."
+    },
+    "owners": [
+        {
+            "name": "Arnd Issler",
+            "githubUsername": "arndissler"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/types/rfc2253/rfc2253-tests.ts b/types/rfc2253/rfc2253-tests.ts
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+++ b/types/rfc2253/rfc2253-tests.ts
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+import { Buffer } from "node:buffer";
+import * as rfc2253 from "rfc2253";
+
+const str = "CN=John Doe,OU=People,DC=example,DC=com";
+
+// $ExpectType DistinguishedName
+const dn = rfc2253.parse(str);
+
+// $ExpectType DistinguishedName
+const dn2 = rfc2253.parse(str);
+
+// $ExpectType string
+const str2 = rfc2253.format(dn);
+
+// $ExpectType string
+const escapedString = rfc2253.escape("John Doe");
+
+// $ExpectType string
+const escapedBuffer = rfc2253.escape(new Buffer([1, 2, 3, 16, 255]));
+
+// $ExpectType boolean
+dn.match(dn2);
+
+// $ExpectType DistinguishedName
+const distinguishedName = new rfc2253.DistinguishedName();
+
+// $ExpectType RelativeDistinguishedName
+const relativeDistinguishedName = new rfc2253.RelativeDistinguishedName();
+
+let dnWayneEnterprises = rfc2253.parse(
+    "CN=Wayne\\, Bruce,DC=Wayne Enterprises,DC=com,OU=Research and Development,OU=Gadget Services",
+);
+
+// $ExpectType RelativeDistinguishedName[]
+const ous = dnWayneEnterprises.getAll("OU");
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+const failParse = rfc2253.parse();
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+const failFormat = rfc2253.format();
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+const failEscape = rfc2253.escape();
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+const failDistinguishedName = new rfc2253.DistinguishedName({});
+
+// @ts-expect-error
+const failRelativeDistinguishedName = new rfc2253.RelativeDistinguishedName({});
diff --git a/types/rfc2253/tsconfig.json b/types/rfc2253/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "node16",
+        "lib": ["es6"],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "rfc2253-tests.ts"]
+}