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RFC 2510: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 4210.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 9810 — Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- Certificate Management Protocol (CMP); RFC 9811 — Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- HTTP Transfer for the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP)

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

This document describes the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Management Protocols. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2510
Published
March 1999
Authors
C. Adams; S. Farrell
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
72
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 4210

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 6 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2510 (1999)
  2. RFC 4210 (2005)
  3. RFC 6712 (2012)
  4. RFC 9480 (2023)
  5. RFC 9810 (2025)
  6. RFC 9811 (2025) ✓

Read the full history of Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure -- HTTP Transfer for the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) →

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