!endblock
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
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