X.509 Certificate Extended Key Usage (EKU) for 5G Network Functions
draft-ietf-lamps-nf-eku-05

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'X.509 Certificate Extended Key Usage (EKU) for 5G Network Functions' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-lamps-nf-eku-05.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'X.509 Certificate Extended Key Usage (EKU) for 5G Network Functions'
  (draft-ietf-lamps-nf-eku-05.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX
and SMIME Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Paul Wouters and Roman Danyliw.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-lamps-nf-eku/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   RFC 5280 specifies several extended key purpose identifiers
   (KeyPurposeIds) for X.509 certificates.  This document defines
   encrypting JSON objects in HTTP messages, JSON Web Token (JWT) and
   signing the OAuth 2.0 access tokens KeyPurposeIds for inclusion in
   the Extended Key Usage (EKU) extension of X.509 v3 public key
   certificates used by Network Functions (NFs) for the 5G System.

Working Group Summary

  The original individual Internet-Draft took a very different approach
  to the one that was approved by the LAMPS WG.  The authors took the
  advice from many commenters. 

Document Quality

  People that participate in the 3GPP have indicated that this document
  will be referenced by future 3GPP standards.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Russ Housley. 

   The Responsible Area Director is Roman Danyliw.

RFC Editor Note