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!!! Overview
A value of the [{$pagename}] [LDAPSyntaxes] is a sequence of zero, one, or more arbitrary octets.
An octet is a [byte], and an [{$pagename}] is simply zero or more [bytes] strung together.
!! [{$pagename}] and [LDAP]
[{$pagename}] has an [OID] of [1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40] or [Microsoft Active Directory] [2.5.5.10]
[{$pagename}] [bytes] can represent [Plaintext] in [LDAP], which is usually the bytes that comprise the [UTF-8] representation of that text, or they can just make up some arbitrary blob of [binary] [data].
[LDAP] uses octet strings all over the place, including for DNs, attribute names and values, diagnostic messages, and to hold the encoded values of controls, extended requests and responses, and [SASL] [credentials].
In [LDAP], [{$pagename}] are always primitive where [BER] allows for the possibility of constructed octet strings, but [RFC 4511] section 5.1 forbids constructed octet strings use in [LDAP].
The universal BER type for an octet string element is 0x04, and the [hexadecimal] [bytes] that correspond to the [UTF-8] [Encoding] text string “Hello!” are:
{{{ 48 65 6c 6c 6f 21}}}
, so the encoding for a universal octet string element meant to hold the text string “Hello!” is:
{{{ 04 06 48 65 6c 6c 6f 21 }}}
The LDAP-specific [encoding] of a value of this syntax is the unconverted sequence of octets, which conforms to the following [ABNF]:
{{{
OctetString = *OCTET
}}}
The <OCTET> rule is defined in [RFC 4512]. Values of this syntax are not generally human-readable.
The LDAP definition for the Octet String syntax is:
{{{
( 1.3.6.1.4.1.1466.115.121.1.40 DESC 'Octet String' )
}}}
[{$pagename}] syntax corresponds to the OCTET STRING [ASN.1] type from [ASN.1].
!! More Information
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:
[{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]
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