RFC 8813: Clarifications for Elliptic Curve Cryptography Subject Public Key Information
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document updates RFC 5480 to specify semantics for the keyEncipherment and dataEncipherment key usage bits when used in certificates that support Elliptic Curve Cryptography.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC8813
- Published
- August 2020
- Authors
- T. Ito; S. Turner
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- sec
- Pages
- 3
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 5480
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