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RFC 2459: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3280.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 5280 — Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

This memo profiles the X.509 v3 certificate and X.509 v2 CRL for use in the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2459
Published
January 1999
Authors
R. Housley; W. Ford; W. Polk; D. Solo
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
129
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3280

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 5 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2459 (1999)
  2. RFC 3280 (2002)
  3. RFC 4325 (2005)
  4. RFC 4630 (2006)
  5. RFC 5280 (2008) ✓

Read the full history of Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile →

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