Security considerations:
The security considerations of [X509-4th] and [PKIX] (or any
updates to them) apply, as well as those of any protocol that uses
this type (e.g., TLS).
Note that this type only specifies a certificate chain that can be
assessed for validity according to the relying party's existing
configuration of trusted CAs; it is not intended to be used to
specify any change to that configuration.
Interoperability considerations:
No specific interoperability problems are known with this type,
but for recommendations relating to X.509 certificates in general,
see [PKIX].
Published specification: this memo, and [PKIX].
Applications which use this media type: TLS. It may also be used by
other protocols, or for general interchange of PKIX certificate
chains.
Additional information:
Magic number(s): DER-encoded ASN.1 can be easily recognized.
Further parsing is required to distinguish from other ASN.1
types.
File extension(s): .pkipath
Macintosh File Type Code(s): not specified
Person & email address to contact for further information:
Magnus Nystrom <magnus@rsasecurity.com>
Intended usage: COMMON
Author/Change controller:
Magnus Nystrom <magnus@rsasecurity.com>
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10. Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank the TLS Working Group and the WAP Security
Group. This document is based on discussion within these groups.
11. Normative References
[HMAC] Krawczyk, H., Bellare, M. and R. Canetti, "HMAC:
Keyed-hashing for message authentication", RFC2104,
February 1997.
[HTTP] Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H.,
Masinter, L., Leach, P. and T. Berners-Lee, "Hypertext
Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1", RFC2616, June 1999.
[IDNA] Faltstrom, P., Hoffman, P. and A. Costello,
"Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications
(IDNA)", RFC3490, March 2003.
[KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC2119, March 1997.
[OCSP] Myers, M., Ankney, R., Malpani, A., Galperin, S. and
C. Adams, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure:
Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP", RFC2560,
June 1999.
[PKIOP] Housley, R. and P. Hoffman, "Internet X.509 Public Key
Infrastructure - Operation Protocols: FTP and HTTP",
RFC2585, May 1999.
[PKIX] Housley, R., Polk, W., Ford, W. and D. Solo, "Internet
Public Key Infrastructure - Certificate and
Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile", RFC3280,
April 2002.
[TLS] Dierks, T. and C. Allen, "The TLS Protocol Version
1.0", RFC2246, January 1999.
[URI] Berners-Lee, T., Fielding, R. and L. Masinter,
"Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic Syntax",
RFC2396, August 1998.
[UTF8] Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO
10646", RFC2279, January 1998.
[X509-4th] ITU-T Recommendation X.509 (2000) | ISO/IEC 9594-
8:2001, "Information Systems - Open Systems
Interconnection - The Directory: Public key and
attribute certificate frameworks."
[X509-4th-TC1] ITU-T Recommendation X.509(2000) Corrigendum 1(2001) |
ISO/IEC 9594-8:2001/Cor.1:2002, Technical Corrigendum
1 to ISO/IEC 9594:8:2001.
12. Informative References
[KERB] Medvinsky, A. and M. Hur, "Addition of Kerberos Cipher
Suites to Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC2712,
October 1999.
[MAILING LIST] J. Mikkelsen, R. Eberhard, and J. Kistler, "General
ClientHello extension mechanism and virtual hosting,"
ietf-tls mailing list posting, August 14, 2000.
[AESSUITES] Chown, P., "Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Ciphersuites for Transport Layer Security (TLS)", RFC
3268, June 2002.
13. Authors' Addresses
Simon Blake-Wilson
BCI
EMail: sblakewilson@bcisse.com
Magnus Nystrom
RSA Security
EMail: magnus@rsasecurity.com
David Hopwood
Independent Consultant
EMail: david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk
Jan Mikkelsen
Transactionware
EMail: janm@transactionware.com
Tim Wright
Vodafone
EMail: timothy.wright@vodafone.com
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