Re: Updates to OIDs

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Brendan Kearney wrote:
> list,
>
> i am wondering what the right way is to introduce new OIDs, or request
> that new OIDs be introduced, to existing schemas.  the ipNetwork class
> could benefit with a couple new optional attributes.

The ipNetwork class is part of RFC2307, I suggest you write a new Internet 
Draft defining the attributes you propose and send it to the ldapext mailing 
list for discussion.

http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ldapext/current/maillist.html

> the ipNetworkVLAN (only a suggested name) can be used to indicate the
> VLAN associated with an ipNetworkNumber.  due to the increasing use of
> VLANs, the datapoint being represented in LDAP makes sense to me.
>
> another seemingly logical OID would be ipNetCIDR (suggestion only) which
> would be similar to the ipNetmaskNumber, but would be the short form
> notation.
>
> thank you,
>
> brendan kearney


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