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Commit 22915aac authored by Kurt Zeilenga's avatar Kurt Zeilenga
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More OID clarifications.

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......@@ -94,19 +94,19 @@ OID Assignment
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You are, of course, free to design a hierarchy suitable to your
organizational needs under your organization's OID. No matter
what hierarchy you choose, you should maintain a registry of
assignments you make. This can be a simple flat file or
something more sophisticated such as the {{OpenLDAP OID Registry}}
organizational needs under your organization's OID. No matter what
hierarchy you choose, you should maintain a registry of assignments
you make. This can be a simple flat file or something more
sophisticated such as the {{OpenLDAP OID Registry}}
({{URL:http://www.openldap.org/faq/index.cgi?file=197}}).
For more information about Object Identifers (and a listing
service) see {{URL:http://www.alvestrand.no/harald/objectid/}}.
For more information about Object Identifers (and a listing service)
see {{URL:http://www.alvestrand.no/harald/objectid/}}.
.{{Under no circumstances should you hijack OID namespace!}}
.{{Under no circumstances should you hijack OID namespace!}}
To obtain a fully registered OID at {{no cost}}, apply for an OID
under the {{ORG[expand]IANA}} (IANA) maintained {{Private Enterprise}}
To obtain a registered OID at {{no cost}}, apply for an OID under
the {{ORG[expand]IANA}} (IANA) maintained {{Private Enterprise}}
arc. Any private enterprise (organization) may request an OID to
be assigned under this arc. Just fill out the {{ORG:IANA}} form
at {{URL: http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/enterprise.pl}} and your
......@@ -114,15 +114,15 @@ official OID will be sent to you usually within a few days. Your
base OID will be something like {{EX:1.3.6.1.4.1.X}} where {{EX:X}}
is an integer.
Note: Don't let the "MIB/SNMP" statement on the IANA page confuse you.
OIDs obtained using this form may be used for any purpose including
identifying LDAP schema elements.
Note: Don't let the "MIB/SNMP" statement on the IANA page confuse
you. OIDs obtained using this form may be used for any purpose
including identifying LDAP schema elements.
Alternatively, OID name space may be available from a national
authority (e.g., ANSI).
For private experiments, OIDs under {{EX:1.1}} may be used. The OID
{{EX:1.1}} arc is dead name space.
For private experiments, OIDs under {{EX:1.1}} may be used. The
OID {{EX:1.1}} arc is regarded as dead name space.
H3: Name Prefix
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