On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 12:50 AM, Massimiliano Pala
<director(_at_)openca(_dot_)org> wrote:
Hello IETF,
small question: is it allowed to use private OIDs (i.e., subtree of
1.3.6.1.4.1.XXXX.) in WG documents that are on standard track ? I am asking
because in the TRANS wg, that is what is happening and I do not really feel
comfortable adopting OIDs that are under the control of a single
organization. Would this be a first case ?
Once the OID is assigned, it is out of control of the assigner. So it
is not a problem. We have used RSA labs OIDs from the start.
We have in the past had many discussions on this and various solutions
proposed. One being to set up an OID for a specific project and hand
that over to the IETF together with the spec.
But at the end of the day, renumbering code points in existing specs
only introduces divergence and error. It is to be avoided.