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RFC 3279: Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile

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This document specifies algorithm identifiers and ASN.1 encoding formats for digital signatures and subject public keys used in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Digital signatures are used to sign certificates and certificate revocation list (CRLs). Certificates include the public key of the named subject. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC3279
Published
May 2002
Authors
L. Bassham; W. Polk; R. Housley
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
27
Also known as
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Updated by:
RFC 4055, RFC 4491, RFC 5480, RFC 5758, RFC 8692

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