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title: nisPublicKey
description: OID
component: pingds
version: 8.1
page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-nisPublicKey
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-nisPublicKey.html
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# nisPublicKey

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| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 1.3.6.1.1.1.1.28                                                                         |
| *Names*                     | nisPublicKey                                                                             |
| *Description*               | NIS public key                                                                           |
| *Syntax*                    | [OctetString](s-OctetString.html)                                                        |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [octetStringMatch](mr-octetStringMatch.html)                                             |
| *Ordering matching rule*    | [octetStringOrderingMatch](mr-octetStringOrderingMatch.html)                             |
| *Single value*              | true                                                                                     |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                                     |
| *Usage*                     | userApplications                                                                         |
| *Origin*                    | [draft-howard-rfc2307bis](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-howard-rfc2307bis) |
| *Schema file*               | 04-rfc2307bis.ldif                                                                       |
| *Used by*                   | [nisKeyObject](oc-nisKeyObject.html)                                                     |