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title: octetStringOrderingMatch
description: Compares an assertion value of Octet String syntax to a value whose syntax is the ASN.1 OCTET STRING type.
component: pingds
version: 7.4
page_id: pingds:schemaref:mr-octetStringOrderingMatch
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---

# octetStringOrderingMatch

Compares an assertion value of Octet String syntax to a value whose syntax is the ASN.1 OCTET STRING type.

The rule evaluates to TRUE if and only if the assertion value is less than the attribute value according to the collation order. Octets are compared from the first octet to the last octet, and within octets from the most significant bit to the least significant bit.

|                    |                                                           |
| ------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| *Names*            | octetStringOrderingMatch                                  |
| *Origin*           | [RFC 4517](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4517) |
| *Assertion syntax* | [OctetString](s-OctetString.html)                         |
| *OID*              | 2.5.13.18                                                 |