This object identifies the specific type of OSPF configuration mismatch detected between this device and a neighboring router, such as a version mismatch, area mismatch, or authentication failure, and is included as part of the nsOspfConfigError and nsOspfConfigVirtError trap notifications. Administrators read this to immediately know what kind of OSPF misconfiguration to fix without cross-referencing multiple counters. For example, a trap carrying this object set to authFailure(6) tells an admin that OSPF authentication settings don't match between this device and its neighbor, rather than, say, an area ID mismatch.