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PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1

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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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