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RFC 4557: Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Support for Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)

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This document defines a mechanism to enable in-band transmission of Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responses in the Kerberos network authentication protocol. These responses are used to verify the validity of the certificates used in Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT), which is the Kerberos Version 5 extension that provides for the use of public key cryptography. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC4557
Published
June 2006
Authors
L. Zhu; K. Jaganathan; N. Williams
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
6
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