Gentoo OID Hierarchy
Introduction
Gentoo has been assigned private enterprise number 22242 by IANA. The full list of assignments is available at http://www.iana.org/assignments/enterprise-numbers This number is used as the base for a hierarchy in the OID space for SNMP and X.500/LDAP as well as for other protocols.
Requesting enterprise space
Packages and projects may request an entry in the Gentoo enterprise space at the contact address lordvangentooorg. An Application has to have the following information:
- Name of the package or project
- Contact person and address
- Type usage (SNMP, X.500, LDAP,...)
- Section of OID space to be used. The OID space is currently devided in two sections.
Sections
- package - A section for Gentoo usage
- project - A section that also can be used outside of Gentoo Projects
OID assignments
The root of the Gentoo OID space is 1.3.6.1.4.1.22242 or iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprise.Gentoo .
enterprise.Gentoo.package / 1.3.6.1.4.1.22242.1
Used for packages and projects that are Gentoo specific and will not be used for non- Gentoo packages/projects. The contact for this section is: Thomas Raschbacher <lordvangentooorg>.
enterprise.Gentoo.project / 1.3.6.1.4.1.22242
Used for packages and projects that are not Gentoo specific. The contact for this section is: Thomas Raschbacher <lordvangentooorg>.
Table of assigned numbers:
| OID | Name | Contact | Description |
| 1 | Thomas Raschbacher <lordvangentooorg> | Internal Gentoo use | |
| 100 | Thomas Raschbacher <lordvangentooorg> | General use (projects outside gentoo too) |