RFC 4212 on Alternative Certificate Formats for the Public-Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX) Certificate Management Protocols

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        RFC 4212

        Title:      Alternative Certificate Formats for the
                    Public-Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX)
                    Certificate Management Protocols
        Author(s):  M. Blinov, C. Adams
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       October 2005
        Mailbox:    mikblinov@online.ie, cadams@site.uottawa.ca
        Pages:      19
        Characters: 41757
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-adams-cmpaltcert-05.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4212.txt

The Public-Key Infrastructure using X.509 (PKIX) Working Group of the
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has defined a number of
certificate management protocols.  These protocols are primarily
focused on X.509v3 public-key certificates.  However, it is sometimes
desirable to manage certificates in alternative formats as well.  This
document specifies how such certificates may be requested using the
Certificate Request Message Format (CRMF) syntax that is used by
several different protocols.  It also explains how alternative
certificate formats may be incorporated into such popular protocols as
PKIX Certificate Management Protocol (PKIX-CMP) and Certificate
Management Messages over CMS (CMC).

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