RFC 2659 (rfc2659) - Page 2 of 4
Security Extensions For HTML
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RFC 2659 Security Extensions For HTML August 1999
[SHTTP]. Specifically, the production.
2.1. CERTS Element
A new CERTS HTML element is defined, which carries a (not necessarily
related) group of certificates provided as advisory data. The element
contents are not intended to be displayed to the user. Certificate
groups may be provided appropriate for either PEM or PKCS-7
implementations. Such certificates are supplied in the HTML document
for the convenience of the recipient, who might otherwise be unable
to retrieve the certificate (chain) corresponding to a DN specified
in an anchor.
The format should be the same as that of the 'Certificate-Info'
header line, of [SHTTP] except that the specifier should
be provided as the FMT attribute in the tag.
Multiple CERTS elements are permitted; it is suggested that CERTS
elements themselves be included in the HTML document's HEAD element
(in the hope that the data will not be displayed by S-HTTP oblivious
but HTML compliant browsers.)
2.2. CRYPTOPTS Element
Cryptopts may also be broken out into an element and referred to in
anchors by name. The NAME attribute specifies the name by which this
element may be referred to in a CRYPTOPTS attribute in an anchor.
Names must have a # as the leading character.
2.3. HTML Example
An example of cryptographic data embedded in an anchor, proceeded by
a certificate group is provided below. Note the SGML quoting syntax
used to supply embedded quotation marks.
MIAGCSqGSIb3DQEHAqCAMIACAQExADCABgkqhkiG9w0BBwEAAKCAM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 & Schiffman Experimental