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RFC 6818: Updates to the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile

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This document updates RFC 5280, the "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile". This document changes the set of acceptable encoding methods for the explicitText field of the user notice policy qualifier and clarifies the rules for converting internationalized domain name labels to ASCII. This document also provides some clarifications on the use of self-signed certificates, trust anchors, and some updated security considerations. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC6818
Published
January 2013
Authors
P. Yee
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
8
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 5280

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