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PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
RFC 2313 PKCS #1: RSA Encryption March 1998
content-encryption key are represented together
according to the syntax in PKCS #7 to yield a
digital envelope. This application is also
compatible with PEM methods.
The document also describes a syntax for RSA public keys and private
keys. The public-key syntax would be used in certificates; the
private-key syntax would be used typically in PKCS #8 private-key
information. The public-key syntax is identical to that in both X.509
and Privacy-Enhanced Mail. Thus X.509/PEM RSA keys can be used in
this document.
The document also defines three signature algorithms for use in
signing X.509/PEM certificates and certificate-revocation lists, PKCS
#6 extended certificates, and other objects employing digital
signatures such as X.401 message tokens.
Details on message-digest and content-encryption algorithms are
outside the scope of this document, as are details on sources of the
pseudorandom bits required by certain methods in this document.
2. References
FIPS PUB 46-1 National Bureau of Standards. FIPS PUB 46-1:
Data Encryption Standard. January 1988.
PKCS #6 RSA Laboratories. PKCS #6: Extended-Certificate
Syntax. Version 1.5, November 1993.
PKCS #7 RSA Laboratories. PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message
Syntax. Version 1.5, November 1993.
PKCS #8 RSA Laboratories. PKCS #8: Private-Key Information
Syntax. Version 1.2, November 1993.
RFC 1319 Kaliski, B., "The MD2 Message-Digest
Algorithm," RFC 1319, April 1992.
RFC 1320 Rivest, R., "The MD4 Message-Digest
Algorithm," RFC 1320, April 1992.
RFC 1321 Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest
Algorithm," RFC 1321, April 1992.
RFC 1423 Balenson, D., "Privacy Enhancement for
Internet Electronic Mail: Part III: Algorithms,
Modes, and Identifiers," RFC 1423, February 1993.
Kaliski Informational