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draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-pkalgs



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        RFC 3279

        Title:      Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509
                    Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and
                    Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
        Author(s):  L. Bassham, W. Polk, R. Housley
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       April 2002
        Mailbox:    lbassham@nist.gov, rhousley@rsasecurity.com,
                    tim.polk@nist.gov 
        Pages:      26
        Characters: 53833
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-pkix-ipki-pkalgs-05.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3279.txt


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.

This document is a product of the Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure (PKIX) Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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