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RFC 2559: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Operational Protocols - LDAPv2

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 3494.

Current document in this lineage: RFC 3494 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol version 2 (LDAPv2) to Historic Status; RFC 4510 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Technical Specification Road Map; RFC 4511 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): The Protocol; RFC 4512 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Directory Information Models; RFC 4513 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Authentication Methods and Security Mechanisms; RFC 4514 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Distinguished Names; RFC 4515 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): String Representation of Search Filters; RFC 4516 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Uniform Resource Locator; RFC 4517 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Syntaxes and Matching Rules; RFC 4519 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP): Schema for User Applications; RFC 4523 — Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Schema Definitions for X.509 Certificates

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

Specifically, this document addresses requirements to provide access to Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) repositories for the purposes of retrieving PKI information and managing that same information. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC2559
Published
April 1999
Authors
S. Boeyen; T. Howes; P. Richard
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
13
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 3494
Updates:
RFC 1778

Topics

Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 35 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 1484 (1993)
  2. RFC 1485 (1993)
  3. RFC 1487 (1993)
  4. RFC 1488 (1993)
  5. RFC 1558 (1993)
  6. RFC 1777 (1995)
  7. RFC 1778 (1995)
  8. RFC 1779 (1995)
  9. RFC 1781 (1995)
  10. RFC 1959 (1996)
  11. RFC 1960 (1996)
  12. RFC 2251 (1997)
  13. RFC 2252 (1997)
  14. RFC 2253 (1997)
  15. RFC 2254 (1997)
  16. RFC 2255 (1997)
  17. RFC 2256 (1997)
  18. RFC 2559 (1999)
  19. RFC 2587 (1999)
  20. RFC 2829 (2000)
  21. RFC 2830 (2000)
  22. RFC 3377 (2002)
  23. RFC 3494 (2003)
  24. RFC 3674 (2003)
  25. RFC 3771 (2004)
  26. RFC 4510 (2006)
  27. RFC 4511 (2006)
  28. RFC 4512 (2006)
  29. RFC 4513 (2006)
  30. RFC 4514 (2006)
  31. RFC 4515 (2006)
  32. RFC 4516 (2006)
  33. RFC 4517 (2006)
  34. RFC 4519 (2006)
  35. RFC 4523 (2006) ✓

Read the full history of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Schema Definitions for X.509 Certificates →

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