What form of distinguished name?

Your application program can choose between two forms of distinguished names: short form and long form. Here is a distinguished name written in short form:

1.3.18.0.2.4.6=NETA;2.9.3.2.7.4=(name AAAAAA)

Here is the same distinguished name written in long form:

(RelativeDistinguishedName (AttributeValueAssertion (attributeType
1.3.18.0.2.4.6, attributeValue "NETA")), RelativeDistinguishedName
 (AttributeValueAssertion (attributeType 2.9.3.2.7.4, attributeVal
ue (name "AAAAAA"))))

Application programs can build distinguished names in either form to send to CMIP services. Application programs specify to CMIP services on the connection options parameter passed to the MIBConnect function which form of distinguished names they wish to receive. For a description of the MIBConnect function, see MIBConnect—MIB connection function.