[saag] Re: A simpler form of OID

Nico Williams <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.saag
Message-ID <aMr7/z3MExCneTYf@ubby>
On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 06:09:42PM +0000, Salz, Rich wrote:
> > If we had a resolution protocol to turn dotter number OID [...]
> 
> There is one.  https://oid-base.com/<https://oid-base.com/cgi-bin/display?submit=Display&action=display&oid=>get/{oid} such as https://oid-base.com/get/1.3.6.1.5.5.7

There are several.  None is authoritative, and often they are missing
OIDs.

OIDs are very much DNS-like, and should be resolvable via DNS.  IIRC
someone patented that long ago, which is one reason we don't have a
DNS-based method of resolving OIDs.  Maybe the patent is expired by now?

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