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SPKI Requirements
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Network Working Group C. Ellison
Request for Comments: 2692 Intel
Category: Experimental September 1999
SPKI Requirements
Status of this Memo
This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
The IETF Simple Public Key Infrastructure [SPKI] Working Group is
tasked with producing a certificate structure and operating procedure
to meet the needs of the Internet community for trust management in
as easy, simple and extensible a way as possible.
The SPKI Working Group first established a list of things one might
want to do with certificates (attached at the end of this document),
and then summarized that list of desires into requirements. This
document presents that summary of requirements.
Table of Contents
Charter of the SPKI working group................................2
Background.......................................................2
General Requirements.............................................3
Validity and CRLs................................................4
Implementation of Certificates...................................4
List of Certificate Uses.........................................5
Open Questions..................................................11
References......................................................12
Security Considerations.........................................12
Author's Address................................................13
Full Copyright Statement........................................14
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