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Update to DirectoryString Processing in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
draft-ietf-pkix-cert-utf8-03

RFC
Document Stream: IETF
Last updated: 2006-04-10
Intended RFC status: Proposed Standard
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IESG State: RFC 4630
Responsible AD: Sam Hartman
Send notices to: pkix-chairs@tools.ietf.org, housley@vigilsec.com, stefans@microsoft.com

This Internet-Draft is no longer active. Unofficial copies of old Internet-Drafts can be found here:
http://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-ietf-pkix-cert-utf8.

Abstract:
This document updates the handling of DirectoryString in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile, which is published in RFC 3280. The use of UTF8String and PrintableString are the preferred encoding. The requirement for exclusive use of UTF8String after December 31, 2003 is removed. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Authors:
Stefan Santesson <stefans@microsoft.com>
Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com>

(Note: The e-mail addresses provided for the authors of this Internet-Draft may no longer be valid)