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Standards Summary
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Certificate Management Messages over CMS (CMC). A general interface to
public-key certification products based on CMS and PKCS #10, including a
certificate enrollment protocol for DSA-signed certificates with Diffie-Hellman
public keys. A proposed standard from the IETF PKIX working group. CMC
incorporates CRMF and CMMF. Future versions of Certificate Management
System will support this standard as it is finalized.
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Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). A superset of PKCS #7 syntax used for
digital signatures and encryption. A proposed standard from the IETF PKIX
working group.
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PKIX Certificate and CRL Profile (PKIX Part 1). The first part of the four-part
standard under development by the IETF for a public-key infrastructure for the
Internet. Part 1 deals with specifications for certificates and CRLs. Certificate
Management System will support the other PKIX parts as they are finalized.
For more information about PKIX Part 1, see
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2459.txt.
Security and Directory Protocols
Certificate Management System supports the following security and directory
protocols:
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FIPS PUBS 140-1. Federal Information Standards Publications (FIPS PUBS)
140-1 is a US government standard for implementations of cryptographic
modules—that is, hardware or software that encrypts and decrypts data or
performs other cryptographic operations (such as creating or verifying digital
signatures).
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Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) and Hypertext Transport Protocol
Secure (HTTPS). Protocols used to communicate with web servers.
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KEYGEN tag. An HTML tag supported by Netscape browsers that generates a
key pair for use with a certificate. For more information, see
http://www.netscape.com/eng/security/comm4-keygen.html
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Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) v2, v3. A directory service
protocol designed to run over TCP/IP and across multiple platforms. LDAP is
a simplified version of Directory Access Protocol (DAP), used to access X.500
directories. LDAP is under IETF change control and has evolved to meet
Internet requirements.
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