For more information about Object Identifers (and a listing
service) see {{URL:http://www.alvestrand.no/harald/objectid/}}.
-.{{Under no circumstances should you use a fictitious OID!}}
-
-To obtain a fully registered OID at {{no cost}}, apply for
-an OID under the {{ORG[expand]IANA}} (IANA) maintained
-{{Private Enterprise}} arch. Any private enterprise (organization)
-may request an OID to be assigned under this arch. Just fill
-out the {{ORG:IANA}} form at {{URL: http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/enterprise.pl}}
-and your 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}}
+.{{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}}
+arch. Any private enterprise (organization) may request an OID to
+be assigned under this arch. Just fill out the {{ORG:IANA}} form
+at {{URL: http://www.iana.org/cgi-bin/enterprise.pl}} and your
+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.
+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.
+
H3: Name Prefix