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PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
RFC 2314 PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax March 1998
The preliminary intended application of this document is to support
PKCS #7 cryptographic messages, but is expected that other
applications will be developed.
2. References
PKCS #1 RSA Laboratories. PKCS #1: RSA Encryption
Standard. Version 1.5, November 1993.
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 #9 RSA Laboratories. PKCS #9: Selected Attribute
Types. Version 1.1, November 1993.
RFC 1424 Kaliski, B., "Privacy Enhancement for
Internet Electronic Mail: Part IV: Key
Certification and Related Services," RFC 1424,
February 1993.
X.208 CCITT. Recommendation X.208: Specification of
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1). 1988.
X.209 CCITT. Recommendation X.209: Specification of
Basic Encoding Rules for Abstract Syntax Notation
One (ASN.1). 1988.
X.500 CCITT. Recommendation X.500: The Directory--
Overview of Concepts, Models and
Services. 1988.
X.501 CCITT. Recommendation X.501: The Directory--
Models. 1988.
X.509 CCITT. Recommendation X.509: The Directory--
Authentication Framework. 1988.
3. Definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following definitions apply.
AlgorithmIdentifier: A type that identifies an algorithm (by object
identifier) and any associated parameters. This type is defined in
X.509.
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