RFC 2802 (rfc2802) - Page 2 of 29

Digital Signatures for the v1

RFC 2802              Digital Signatures for IOTP             April 2000


Table of Contents

   1. Introduction............................................3
   2. Objective and Requirements..............................3
   3. Signature Basics........................................3
   3.1 Signature Element......................................3
   3.2 Digest Element.........................................4
   3.3 Originator and Recipient Information Elements..........5
   3.4 Algorithm Element......................................5
   4. Detailed Signature Syntax...............................6
   4.1 Uniform Resource Names.................................6
   4.2 IotpSignatures.........................................6
   4.3 Signature Component....................................6
   4.3.1 Signature............................................6
   4.3.2 Manifest.............................................7
   4.3.3 Algorithm............................................9
   4.3.4 Digest...............................................9
   4.3.5 Attribute...........................................10
   4.3.6 OriginatorInfo......................................11
   4.3.7 RecipientInfo.......................................11
   4.3.8 KeyIdentifier.......................................12
   4.3.9 Parameter...........................................13
   4.4 Certificate Component.................................13
   4.4.1 Certificate.........................................13
   4.4.2 IssuerAndSerialNumber...............................14
   4.5 Common Components.....................................15
   4.5.1 Value...............................................15
   4.5.2 Locator.............................................15
   5. Supported Algorithms...................................16
   5.1 Digest Algorithms.....................................16
   5.1.1 SHA1................................................16
   5.1.2 DOM-HASH............................................17
   5.2 Signature Algorithms..................................17
   5.2.1 DSA.................................................17
   5.2.2 HMAC................................................18
   5.2.3 RSA.................................................20
   5.2.4 ECDSA...............................................20
   6. Examples...............................................21
   7. Signature DTD..........................................23
   8. Security Considerations................................25
   References................................................26
   Authors' Addresses........................................28
   Full Copyright Statement..................................29








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