RFC 2985 (rfc2985) - Page 2 of 42

PKCS #9: Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types Version 2

RFC 2985      Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types  November 2000


   5.5  Attribute types for use in PKCS #12 "PFX" PDUs or PKCS #15
        tokens ..................................................... 17
   5.6  Attributes defined in S/MIMIE .............................. 18
   6.  Matching rules .............................................. 19
   6.1  Case ignore match .......................................... 19
   6.2  Signing time match ......................................... 20
   7.  Security Considerations ..................................... 20
   8.  Authors' Addresses .......................................... 21
   A.  ASN.1 module ................................................ 22
   B.  BNF schema summary .......................................... 30
   B.1  Syntaxes ................................................... 30
   B.2  Object classes ............................................. 31
   B.3  Attribute types ............................................ 32
   B.4  Matching rules ............................................. 36
   C.  Intellectual property considerations ........................ 37
   D.  Revision history ............................................ 37
   E.  References .................................................. 39
   F.  Contact information & About PKCS ............................ 41
   Full Copyright Statement ........................................ 41

1. Introduction

   This document defines two new auxiliary object classes, pkcsEntity
   and naturalPerson, and selected attribute types for use with these
   classes.  It also defines some attribute types for use in conjunction
   with PKCS #7 [14] (and S/MIME CMS [3]) digitally signed messages,
   PKCS #10 [16] certificate-signing requests, PKCS #12 [17] personal
   information exchanges and PKCS #15 [18] cryptographic tokens.
   Matching rules for use with these attributes are also defined,
   whenever necessary.

2. Definitions, notation and document conventions

 2.1 Definitions

   For the purposes of this document, the following definitions apply.

   ASN.1           Abstract Syntax Notation One, as defined in [5].

   Attributes      An ASN.1 type that specifies a set of attributes.
                   Each attribute contains an attribute type (specified
                   by object identifier) and one or more attribute
                   values.  Some attribute types are restricted in their
                   definition to have a single value; others may have
                   multiple values.  This type is defined in [7].






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