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Re: objectclass matching rule

At 08:15 AM 7/25/2001, Steve Miller wrote:
>The equality matching rule for 'objectclass' is 'objectIdentifierMatch'.
>However, when using a name for the objectclass, instead of the OID,
>should the matching be case-sensitive or case-insensitive? For example,
>using an objectclass name in a search filter?

Based upon prior discussion, I believe consensus is that
the descr form of an OID is case insensitive. 

>I looked through RFC2251, RFC2252, and RFC2256 and didn't see this issue
>clearly addressed. Maybe I missed it, or maybe it is somewhere else or
>maybe it needs to be somewhere.

RFC2252bis will clarify this.