PKIX Working Group R. Housley (SPYRUS)
Internet Draft W. Ford (Verisign)
W. Polk (NIST)
D. Solo (Citicorp)
expires in six months March 25, 1998
Internet Public Key Infrastructure
X.509 Certificate and CRL Profile
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Abstract
This is the seventh draft of the Internet Public Key Infrastructure
X.509 Certificate and CRL Profile. This draft is a complete
specification. This text includes minor modifications over the
previous draft. This draft introduces UTF8 support, updates the path
validation process to conform with the current X.509 specification,
forbids wildcarding in subject alternative names, and clarifies
conformance requirements. Please send comments on this document to
the ietf-pkix@tandem.com mail list.
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Table of Contents
1 Executive Summary ........................................... 5
2 Requirements and Assumptions ................................ 6
2.1 Communication and Topology ................................ 6
2.2 Acceptability Criteria .................................... 7
2.3 User Expectations ......................................... 7
2.4 Administrator Expectations ................................ 7
3 Overview of Approach ........................................ 7
3.1 X.509 Version 3 Certificate ............................... 9
3.2 Certification Paths and Trust ............................. 10
3.3 Revocation ................................................ 12
3.4 Operational Protocols ..................................... 13
3.5 Management Protocols ...................................... 14
4 Certificate and Certificate Extensions Profile .............. 15
4.1 Basic Certificate Fields .................................. 15
4.1.1 Certificate Fields ...................................... 16
4.1.1.1 tbsCertificate ........................................ 16
4.1.1.2 signatureAlgorithm .................................... 17
4.1.1.3 signature ............................................. 17
4.1.2 TBSCertificate .......................................... 17
4.1.2.1 Version ............................................... 18
4.1.2.2 Serial number ......................................... 18
4.1.2.3 Signature ............................................. 18
4.1.2.4 Issuer Name ........................................... 18
4.1.2.5 Validity .............................................. 20
4.1.2.5.1 UTCTime ............................................. 20
4.1.2.5.2 GeneralizedTime ..................................... 20
4.1.2.6 Subject Name .......................................... 21
4.1.2.7 Subject Public Key Info ............................... 21
4.1.2.8 Unique Identifiers .................................... 21
4.1.2.9 Extensions ............................................. 22
4.2 Certificate Extensions .................................... 22
4.2.1 Standard Extensions ..................................... 23
4.2.1.1 Authority Key Identifier .............................. 23
4.2.1.2 Subject Key Identifier ................................ 24
4.2.1.3 Key Usage ............................................. 24
4.2.1.4 Private Key Usage Period .............................. 26
4.2.1.5 Certificate Policies .................................. 26
4.2.1.6 Policy Mappings ....................................... 28
4.2.1.7 Subject Alternative Name .............................. 29
4.2.1.8 Issuer Alternative Name ............................... 31
4.2.1.9 Subject Directory Attributes .......................... 31
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4.2.1.10 Basic Constraints .................................... 31
4.2.1.11 Name Constraints ..................................... 32
4.2.1.12 Policy Constraints ................................... 33
4.2.1.13 CRL Distribution Points .............................. 34
4.2.1.14 Extended key usage field ............................. 35
4.2.2 Private Internet Extensions ............................. 36
4.2.2.1 Authority Information Access .......................... 37
5 CRL and CRL Extensions Profile .............................. 39
5.1 CRL Fields ................................................ 39
5.1.1 CertificateList Fields .................................. 40
5.1.1.1 tbsCertList ........................................... 40
5.1.1.2 signatureAlgorithm .................................... 41
5.1.1.3 signature ............................................. 41
5.1.2 Certificate List "To Be Signed" ......................... 41
5.1.2.1 Version ............................................... 41
5.1.2.2 Signature ............................................. 42
5.1.2.3 Issuer Name ........................................... 42
5.1.2.4 This Update ........................................... 42
5.1.2.5 Next Update ........................................... 42
5.1.2.6 Revoked Certificates .................................. 43
5.1.2.7 Extensions ............................................ 43
5.2 CRL Extensions ............................................ 43
5.2.1 Authority Key Identifier ................................ 44
5.2.2 Issuer Alternative Name ................................. 44
5.2.3 CRL Number .............................................. 44
5.2.4 Issuing Distribution Point .............................. 45
5.2.5 Delta CRL Indicator ..................................... 45
5.2.6 Certificate Issuer ....................................... 46
5.3 CRL Entry Extensions ...................................... 46
5.3.1 Reason Code ............................................. 47
5.3.2 Hold Instruction Code ................................... 47
5.3.3 Invalidity Date ......................................... 48
6 Certificate Path Validation ................................. 48
7 Algorithm Support ........................................... 53
7.1 One-way Hash Functions .................................... 53
7.1.1 MD2 One-way Hash Function ............................... 53
7.1.2 MD5 One-way Hash Function ............................... 54
7.1.3 SHA-1 One-way Hash Function ............................. 54
7.2 Signature Algorithms ...................................... 54
7.2.1 RSA Signature Algorithm ................................. 55
7.2.2 DSA Signature Algorithm ................................. 56
7.3 Subject Public Key Algorithms ............................. 57
7.3.1 RSA Keys ................................................ 57
7.3.2 Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Key .......................... 58
7.3.3 DSA Signature Keys ....................................... 59
References ..................................................... 60
Patent Statements .............................................. 62
Appendix A. ASN.1 Structures and OIDs .......................... 66
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Appendix B. 1993 ASN.1 Structures and OIDs ..................... 83
Appendix C. ASN.1 Notes ........................................ 100
Appendix D. Examples ........................................... 101
D.1 Certificate ................................................ 102
D.1.1 ASN.1 Dump of "Self-Signed" Certificate .................. 102
D.1.2 Pretty Print of "Self-Signed" Certificate ................ 104
D.2 Certificate ................................................ 106
D.2.1 Basic ASN.1 Dump of "End Entity" Certificate ............. 106
D.2.2 Pretty Print of "End Entity" Certificate ................. 108
D.3 End-Entity Certificate Using RSA ........................... 110
D.4 Certificate Revocation List ................................ 114
Security Considerations ........................................ 111
Author Addresses ............................................... 116
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1 Executive Summary
This specification is one part of a multipart standard for the Public
Key Infrastructure (PKI) for the Internet. This specification is a
standalone document; implementations of this standard may proceed
independent from the other parts.
This specification profiles the format and semantics of certificates
and certificate revocation lists for the Internet PKI. Procedures
are described for processing of certification paths in the Internet
environment. Encoding rules are provided for popular cryptographic
algorithms. Finally, ASN.1 modules are provided in the appendices
for all data structure defined or referenced.
The specification describes the requirements which inspire the crea-
tion of this document and the assumptions which affect its scope in
Section 2. Section 3 presents an architectural model and describes
its relationship to previous IETF and ISO standards. In particular,
this document's relationship with the IETF PEM specifications and the
ISO X.509 documents are described.
The specification profiles the X.509 version 3 certificate in Section
4, and the X.509 version 2 certificate revocation list (CRL) in Sec-
tion 5. The profiles include the identification of ISO and ANSI
extensions which may be useful in the Internet PKI and definition of
new extensions to meet the Internet's requirements. The profiles are
presented in the 1988 Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) rather
than the 1993 syntax used in the ISO standards. The ASN.1 notation
assumes implict tagging throughout.
This specification also includes path validation procedures in Sec-
tion 6. These procedures are based upon the ISO definition, but the
presentation assumes a self-signed root certificate. Implementations
are required to derive the same results but are not required to use
the specified procedures.
Finally, Section 7 of the specification describes procedures for
identification and encoding of public key materials and digital sig-
natures. Implementations are not required to use any particular
cryptographic algorithms. However, conforming implementations which
use the identified algorithms are required to identify and encode the
public key materials and digital signatures as described.
Appendix A contains all ASN.1 structures defined or referenced within
this specification. As above, the material is presented in the 1988
Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) rather than the 1993 syntax.
Appendix B contains the same information in the 1993 ASN.1 notation.
Appendix C contains notes on less familiar features of the ASN.1
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notation used within this specification. Appendix D contains exam-
ples of a conforming certificate and a conforming CRL.
2 Requirements and Assumptions
Goal is to develop a profile and associated management structure to
facilitate the adoption/use of X.509 certificates within Internet
applications for those communities wishing to make use of X.509 tech-
nology. Such applications may include WWW, electronic mail, user
authentication, and IPSEC, as well as others. In order to relieve
some of the obstacles to using X.509 certificates, this document
defines a profile to promote the development of certificate manage-
ment systems; development of application tools; and interoperability
determined by policy, as opposed to syntax.
Some communities will need to supplement, or possibly replace, this
profile in order to meet the requirements of specialized application
domains or environments with additional authorization, assurance, or
operational requirements. However, for basic applications, common
representations of frequently used attributes are defined so that
application developers can obtain necessary information without
regard to the issuer of a particular certificate or certificate revo-
cation list (CRL).
A certificate user should review the certification practice Statement
(CPS) generated by the CA before relying on the authentication or
non-repudiation services associated with the public key in a particu-
lar certificate. To this end, this standard does not prescribe
legally binding rules or duties.
As supplemental authorization and attribute management tools emerge,
such as attribute certificates, it may be appropriate to limit the
authenticated attributes that are included in a certificate. These
other management tools may be more appropriate method of conveying
many authenticated attributes.
2.1 Communication and Topology
The users of certificates will operate in a wide range of environ-
ments with respect to their communication topology, especially users
of secure electronic mail. This profile supports users without high
bandwidth, real-time IP connectivity, or high connection availablity.
In addition, the profile allows for the presence of firewall or other
filtered communication.
This profile does not assume the deployment of an X.500 Directory
system. The profile does not prohibit the use of an X.500 Directory,
but other means of distributing certificates and certificate
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revocation lists (CRLs) are supported.
2.2 Acceptability Criteria
The goal of the Internet Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is to meet
the needs of deterministic, automated identification, authentication,
access control, and authorization functions. Support for these ser-
vices determines the attributes contained in the certificate as well
as the ancillary control information in the certificate such as pol-
icy data and certification path constraints.
2.3 User Expectations
Users of the Internet PKI are people and processes who use client
software and are the subjects named in certificates. These uses
include readers and writers of electronic mail, the clients for WWW
browsers, WWW servers, and the key manager for IPSEC within a router.
This profile recognizes the limitations of the platforms these users
employ and the sophistication/attentiveness of the users themselves.
This manifests itself in minimal user configuration responsibility
(e.g., root keys, rules), explicit platform usage constraints within
the certificate, certification path constraints which shield the user
from many malicious actions, and applications which sensibly automate
validation functions.
2.4 Administrator Expectations
As with users, the Internet PKI profile is structured to support the
individuals who generally operate Certification Authorities (CAs).
Providing administrators with unbounded choices increases the chances
that a subtle CA administrator mistake will result in broad comprom-
ise. Also, unbounded choices greatly complicates the software that
must process and validate the certificates created by the CA.
3 Overview of Approach
Following is a simplified view of the architectural model assumed by
the PKIX specifications.
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+---+
| C | +------------+
| e | <-------------------->| End entity |
| r | Operational +------------+
| t | transactions ^
| | and management | Management
| / | transactions | transactions
| | |
| C | PKI users v
| R | -------+-------+--------+------
| L | PKI management ^ ^
| | entities | |
| | v |
| R | +------+ |
| e | <-------------- | RA | <-----+ |
| p | certificate | | | |
| o | publish +------+ | |
| s | | |
| I | v v
| t | +------------+
| o | <--------------------------| CA |
| r | certificate publish +------------+
| y | CRL publish ^
| | |
+---+ | Management
| transactions
v
+------+
| CA |
+------+
Figure 1 - PKI Entities
The components in this model are:
end entity: user of PKI certificates and/or end user system that
is the subject of a certificate;
CA: certification authority;
RA: registration authority, i.e., an optional system to
which a CA delegates certain management functions;
repository: a system or collection of distributed systems that
store certificates and CRLs and serves as a means of
distributing these certificates and CRLs to end
entities.
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3.1 X.509 Version 3 Certificate
Application of public key technology requires the user of a public
key to be confident that the public key belongs to the correct remote
subject (person or system) with which an encryption or digital signa-
ture mechanism will be used. This confidence is obtained through the
use of public key certificates, which are data structures that bind
public key values to subjects. The binding is achieved by having a
trusted certification authority (CA) digitally sign each certificate.
A certificate has a limited valid lifetime which is indicated in its
signed contents. Because a certificate's signature and timeliness
can be independently checked by a certificate-using client, certifi-
cates can be distributed via untrusted communications and server sys-
tems, and can be cached in unsecured storage in certificate-using
systems.
The standard known as ITU-T X.509 (formerly CCITT X.509) or ISO/IEC
9594-8, which was first published in 1988 as part of the X.500 Direc-
tory recommendations, defines a standard certificate format. The cer-
tificate format in the 1988 standard is called the version 1 (v1)
format. When X.500 was revised in 1993, two more fields were added,
resulting in the version 2 (v2) format. These two fields are used to
support directory access control.
The Internet Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) proposals, published in
1993, include specifications for a public key infrastructure based on
X.509 v1 certificates [RFC 1422]. The experience gained in attempts
to deploy RFC 1422 made it clear that the v1 and v2 certificate for-
mats are deficient in several respects. Most importantly, more
fields were needed to carry information which PEM design and imple-
mentation experience has proven necessary. In response to these new
requirements, ISO/IEC and ANSI X9 developed the X.509 version 3 (v3)
certificate format. The v3 format extends the v2 format by adding
provision for additional extension fields. Particular extension
field types may be specified in standards or may be defined and
registered by any organization or community. In June 1996, standardi-
zation of the basic v3 format was completed [X.509].
ISO/IEC and ANSI X9 have also developed standard extensions for use
in the v3 extensions field [X.509][X9.55]. These extensions can con-
vey such data as additional subject identification information, key
attribute information, policy information, and certification path
constraints.
However, the ISO/IEC and ANSI standard extensions are very broad in
their applicability. In order to develop interoperable implementa-
tions of X.509 v3 systems for Internet use, it is necessary to
specify a profile for use of the X.509 v3 extensions tailored for the
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Internet. It is one goal of this document to specify a profile for
Internet WWW, electronic mail, and IPSEC applications. Environments
with additional requirements may build on this profile or may replace
it.
3.2 Certification Paths and Trust
A user of a security service requiring knowledge of a public key gen-
erally needs to obtain and validate a certificate containing the
required public key. If the public-key user does not already hold an
assured copy of the public key of the CA that signed the certificate,
then it might need an additional certificate to obtain that public
key. In general, a chain of multiple certificates may be needed,
comprising a certificate of the public key owner (the end entity)
signed by one CA, and zero or more additional certificates of CAs
signed by other CAs. Such chains, called certification paths, are
required because a public key user is only initialized with a limited
number of assured CA public keys.
There are different ways in which CAs might be configured in order
for public key users to be able to find certification paths. For
PEM, RFC 1422 defined a rigid hierarchical structure of CAs. There
are three types of PEM certification authority:
(a) Internet Policy Registration Authority (IPRA): This author-
ity, operated under the auspices of the Internet Society, acts as
the root of the PEM certification hierarchy at level 1. It issues
certificates only for the next level of authorities, PCAs. All
certification paths start with the IPRA.
(b) Policy Certification Authorities (PCAs): PCAs are at level 2
of the hierarchy, each PCA being certified by the IPRA. A PCA
must establish and publish a statement of its policy with respect
to certifying users or subordinate certification authorities.
Distinct PCAs aim to satisfy different user needs. For example,
one PCA (an organizational PCA) might support the general elec-
tronic mail needs of commercial organizations, and another PCA (a
high-assurance PCA) might have a more stringent policy designed
for satisfying legally binding signature requirements.
(c) Certification Authorities (CAs): CAs are at level 3 of the
hierarchy and can also be at lower levels. Those at level 3 are
certified by PCAs. CAs represent, for example, particular organi-
zations, particular organizational units (e.g., departments,
groups, sections), or particular geographical areas.
RFC 1422 furthermore has a name subordination rule which requires
that a CA can only issue certificates for entities whose names are
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subordinate (in the X.500 naming tree) to the name of the CA itself.
The trust associated with a PEM certification path is implied by the
PCA name. The name subordination rule ensures that CAs below the PCA
are sensibly constrained as to the set of subordinate entities they
can certify (e.g., a CA for an organization can only certify entities
in that organization's name tree). Certificate user systems are able
to mechanically check that the name subordination rule has been fol-
lowed.
The RFC 1422 was based upon the X.509 v1 certificate formats. The
limitations of X.509 v1 required imposition of several structural
restrictions to clearly associate policy information or restrict the
utility of certificates. These restrictions included:
(a) a pure top-down hierarchy, with all certification paths start-
ing from the root;
(b) a naming subordination rule restricting the names of a CA's
subjects; and
(c) use of the PCA concept, which requires knowledge of individual
PCAs to be built into certificate chain verification logic.
Knowledge of individual PCAs was required to determine if a chain
could be accepted.
With X.509 v3, most of the requirements addressed by RFC 1422 can be
addressed using certificate extensions, without a need to restrict
the CA structures used. In particular, the certificate extensions
relating to certificate policies obviate the need for PCAs and the
constraint extensions obviate the need for the name subordination
rule. As a result, this document supports a more flexible architec-
ture, including:
(a) Certification paths may start with a public key of a CA in a
user's own domain, or with the public key of the top of a hierar-
chy. Starting with the public key of a CA in a user's own domain
has certain advantages. In many environments, the local domain is
often the most trusted. Initialization and key-pair-update opera-
tions can often be more effectively conducted between an end
entity and a local management system.
(b) Name constraints may be imposed through explicit inclusion of
a name constraints extension in a certificate, but are not
required.
(c) Policy extensions and policy mappings replace the PCA con-
cept, which permits a greater degree of automation. The applica-
tion can determine if the certification path is acceptable based
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on the contents of the certificates instead of a priori knowledge
of PCAs. This permits the full process of certificate chain pro-
cessing to be implemented in software.
3.3 Revocation
When a certificate is issued, it is expected to be in use for its
entire validity period. However, various circumstances may cause a
certificate to become invalid prior to the expiration of the validity
period. Such circumstances might include change of name, change of
association between subject and CA (e.g., an employee terminates
employment with an organization), and compromise or suspected
compromise of the corresponding private key. Under such cir-
cumstances, the CA needs to revoke the certificate.
X.509 defines one method of certificate revocation. This method
involves each CA periodically issuing a signed data structure called
a certificate revocation list (CRL). A CRL is a time stamped list
identifying revoked certificates which is signed by a CA and made
freely available in a public repository. Each revoked certificate is
identified in a CRL by its certificate serial number. When a
certificate-using system uses a certificate (e.g., for verifying a
remote user's digital signature), that system not only checks the
certificate signature and validity but also acquires a suitably-
recent CRL and checks that the certificate serial number is not on
that CRL. The meaning of "suitably-recent" may vary with local pol-
icy, but it usually means the most recently-issued CRL. A CA issues
a new CRL on a regular periodic basis (e.g., hourly, daily, or
weekly). Entries are added to CRLs as revocations occur, and an
entry may be removed when the certificate expiration date is reached.
An advantage of this revocation method is that CRLs may be distri-
buted by exactly the same means as certificates themselves, namely,
via untrusted communications and server systems.
One limitation of the CRL revocation method, using untrusted communi-
cations and servers, is that the time granularity of revocation is
limited to the CRL issue period. For example, if a revocation is
reported now, that revocation will not be reliably notified to
certificate-using systems until the next periodic CRL is issued --
this may be up to one hour, one day, or one week depending on the
frequency that the CA issues CRLs.
Another potential problem with CRLs is the risk of a CRL growing to
an entirely unacceptable size. In the 1988 and 1993 versions of
X.509, the CRL for the end-user certificates needed to cover the
entire population of end-users for one CA. It is desirable to allow
such populations to be in the range of thousands, tens of thousands,
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or possibly even hundreds of thousands of users. The end-user CRL is
therefore at risk of growing to such sizes, which present major com-
munication and storage overhead problems. With the version 2 CRL
format, introduced along with the v3 certificate format, it becomes
possible to arbitrarily divide the population of certificates for one
CA into a number of partitions, each partition being associated with
one CRL distribution point (e.g., directory entry or URL) from which
CRLs are distributed. Therefore, the maximum CRL size can be con-
trolled by a CA. Separate CRL distribution points can also exist for
different revocation reasons. For example, routine revocations
(e.g., name change) may be placed on a different CRL to revocations
resulting from suspected key compromises, and policy may specify that
the latter CRL be updated and issued more frequently than the former.
As with the X.509 v3 certificate format, in order to facilitate
interoperable implementations from multiple vendors, the X.509 v2 CRL
format needs to be profiled for Internet use. It is one goal of this
document to specify that profile.
Furthermore, it is recognized that on-line methods of revocation
notification may be applicable in some environments as an alternative
to the X.509 CRL. On-line revocation checking significantly reduces
the latency between a revocation report and the next issue of a CRL.
Once the CA accepts the report as authentic and valid, any query to
the on-line service will correctly reflect the certificate validation
impacts of the revocation. However, these methods impose new secu-
rity requirements; the certificate validator must trust the on-line
validation service while the repository did not need to be trusted.
Therefore, this profile also considers standard approaches to on-line
revocation notification. The PKIX series of specifications defines a
set of standard message formats supporting these functions in [PKIX-
OCSP]. The protocols for conveying these messages in different
environments are also specified.
3.4 Operational Protocols
Operational protocols are required to deliver certificates and CRLs
(or status information) to certificate using client systems. Provi-
sion is needed for a variety of different means of certificate and
CRL delivery, including request/delivery procedures based on E-mail,
http, X.500, and WHOIS++. These specifications include definitions
of, and/or references to, message formats and procedures for support-
ing all of the above operational environments, including definitions
of or references to appropriate MIME content types.
Operational protocols supporting these functions are defined in the
PKIX specifications [PKIXLDAP], [PKIXFTP] and [PKIXOCSP].
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3.5 Management Protocols
Management protocols are required to support on-line interactions
between Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) components. For example,
management protocol might be used between a CA and a client system
with which a key pair is associated, or between two CAs which cross-
certify each other. The set of functions which potentially need to
be supported by management protocols include:
(a) registration: This is the process whereby a user first makes
itself known to a CA (directly, or through an RA), prior to that CA
issuing a certificate or certificates for that user.
(b) initialization: Before a client system can operate securely it
is necessary to install in it necessary key materials which have the
appropriate relationship with keys stored elsewhere in the infras-
tructure. For example, the client needs to be securely initialized
with the public key of a CA, to be used in validating certificate
paths. Furthermore, a client typically needs to be initialized with
its own key pair(s).
(c) certification: This is the process in which a CA issues a cer-
tificate for a user's public key, and returns that certificate to the
user's client system and/or posts that certificate in a repository.
(d) key pair recovery: As an option, user client key materials
(e.g., a user's private key used for encryption purposes) may be
backed up by a CA or a key backup system. If a user needs to recover
these backed up key materials (e.g., as a result of a forgotten pass-
word or a lost key chain file), an on-line protocol exchange may be
needed to support such recovery.
(e) key pair update: All key pairs need to be updated regularly,
i.e., replaced with a new key pair, and new certificates issued.
(f) revocation request: An authorized person advises a CA of an
abnormal situation requiring certificate revocation.
(g) cross-certification: Two CAs exchange the information necessary
to establish cross-certificates between those CAs.
Note that on-line protocols are not the only way of implementing the
above functions. For all functions there are off-line methods of
achieving the same result, and this specification does not mandate
use of on-line protocols. For example, when hardware tokens are
used, many of the functions may be achieved as part of the physical
token delivery. Furthermore, some of the above functions may be com-
bined into one protocol exchange. In particular, two or more of the
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registration, initialization, and certification functions can be com-
bined into one protocol exchange.
The PKIX series of specifications defines a set of standard message
formats supporting the above functions in [PKIXMGMT]. The protocols
for conveying these messages in different environments (on-line, e-
mail, and WWW) are also specified in [PKIXMGMT].
4 Certificate and Certificate Extensions Profile
This section presents a profile for public key certificates that will
foster interoperability and a reusable public key infrastructure.
This section is based upon the X.509 V3 certificate format and the
standard certificate extensions defined in [X.509]. The ISO docu-
ments use the 1993 version of ASN.1; while this document uses the
1988 ASN.1 syntax, the encoded certificate and standard extensions
are equivalent. This section also defines private extensions
required to support a public key infrastructure for the Internet com-
munity.
Certificates may be used in a wide range of applications and environ-
ments covering a broad spectrum of interoperability goals and a
broader spectrum of operational and assurance requirements. The goal
of this document is to establish a common baseline for generic appli-
cations requiring broad interoperability and limited special purpose
requirements. In particular, the emphasis will be on supporting the
use of X.509 v3 certificates for informal internet electronic mail,
IPSEC, and WWW applications. Other efforts are looking at certifi-
cate profiles for payment systems.
4.1 Basic Certificate Fields
The X.509 v3 certificate basic syntax is as follows. For signature
calculation, the certificate is encoded using the ASN.1 distinguished
encoding rules (DER) [X.208]. ASN.1 DER encoding is a tag, length,
value encoding system for each element.
Certificate ::= SEQUENCE {
tbsCertificate TBSCertificate,
signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
signature BIT STRING }
TBSCertificate ::= SEQUENCE {
version [0] EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1,
serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber,
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
validity Validity,
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subject Name,
subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
issuerUniqueID [1] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
subjectUniqueID [2] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
extensions [3] EXPLICIT Extensions OPTIONAL
-- If present, version must be v3
}
Version ::= INTEGER { v1(0), v2(1), v3(2) }
CertificateSerialNumber ::= INTEGER
Validity ::= SEQUENCE {
notBefore Time,
notAfter Time }
Time ::= CHOICE {
utcTime UTCTime,
generalTime GeneralizedTime }
UniqueIdentifier ::= BIT STRING
SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }
Extensions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
Extension ::= SEQUENCE {
extnID OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
critical BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
extnValue OCTET STRING }
The following items describe a proposed use of the X.509 v3 certifi-
cate for the Internet.
4.1.1 Certificate Fields
The Certificate is a SEQUENCE of three required fields. The fields
are are described in detail in the following subsections
4.1.1.1 tbsCertificate
The first field in the sequence is the tbsCertificate. This is a
itself a sequence, and contains the names of the subject and issuer,
a public key associated with the subject an expiration date, and
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other associated information. The fields of the basic tbsCertificate
are described in detail in section 4.1.2; the tbscertificate may also
include extensions which are described in section 4.2.
4.1.1.2 signatureAlgorithm
The signatureAlgorithm field contains the algorithm identifier for
the algorithm used by the CA to sign this certificate. Section 7.2
lists the supported signature algorithms.
An algorithm identifier is defined by the following ASN.1 structure:
AlgorithmIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
parameters ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL }
and it is used to identify a cryptographic algorithm. The OBJECT
IDENTIFIER algorithm identifies the algorithm (such as RSA with SHA-
1). In the sigantureAlgorithm field, the contents of the optional
parameters field shall be the value NULL. Section 7.2 lists the sup-
ported algorithms for this specification.
This field must contain the same algorithm identifier as the signa-
ture field in the sequence tbsCertificate (see section 4.1.2.3)
4.1.1.3 signature
The signature field contains a digital signature computed upon the
ASN.1 DER encoded TBSCertificate. The ASN.1 DER encoded TBSCertifi-
cate is used as the input to a one-way hash function. The one-way
hash function output value is encrypted (e.g., using RSA Encryption)
to form the signed quantity. This signature value is then ASN.1
encoded as a BIT STRING and included in the Certificate's signature
field. The details of this process are specified for each of the sup-
ported algorithms in Section 7.2.
By generating this signature, a CA certifies the validity of the
information in tbscertificate. In particular, the CA certifies the
binding between the public key material and the subject of the certi-
ficate.
4.1.2 TBSCertificate
The sequence TBSCertificate is a sequence which contains information
associated with the subject of the certificate and the CA who issued
it. Every TBSCertificate contains the names of the subject and
issuer, a public key associated with the subject, an expiration date,
a version number and a serial number; some may contain optional
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unique identifier fields. The remainder of this section describes
the syntax and semantics of these fields. A TBSCertificate may also
include extensions. Extensions for the Internet PKI are described in
Section 4.2.
4.1.2.1 Version
This field describes the version of the encoded certificate. When
extensions are used, as expected in this profile, use X.509 version 3
(value is 2). If no extensions are present, but a UniqueIdentifier
is present, use version 2 (value is 1). If only basic fields are
present, use version 1 (the value is omitted from the certificate as
the default value).
Implementations should be prepared to accept any version certificate.
At a minimum, conforming implementations shall recognize version 3
certificates.
Generation of version 2 certificates is not expected by implementa-
tions based on this profile.
4.1.2.2 Serial number
The serial number is an integer assigned by the certification author-
ity to each certificate. It must be unique for each certificate
issued by a given CA (i.e., the issuer name and serial number iden-
tify a unique certificate).
4.1.2.3 Signature
This field contains the algorithm identifier for the algorithm used
by the CA to sign the certificate. Section 7.2 lists the supported
signature algorithms.
This field must contain the same algorithm identifier as the signa-
tureAlgorithm field in the sequence Certificate (see section
4.1.1.2). As with signatureAlgorithm, the parameters component shall
contain the value NULL.
4.1.2.4 Issuer Name
The issuer name identifies the entity who has signed (and issued the
certificate). The issuer identity may be carried in the issuer name
field and/or the issuerAltName extension. If identity information is
present only in the issuerAltName extension, then the issuer name may
be an empty sequence and the issuerAltName extension must be criti-
cal.
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Where it is non-null, the issuer name field shall contain an X.500
distinguished name (DN). The issuer field is defined as the X.501
type Name. Name is defined by the following ASN.1 structures:
Name ::= CHOICE {
RDNSequence }
RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName
RelativeDistinguishedName ::=
SET OF AttributeTypeAndValue
AttributeTypeAndValue ::= SEQUENCE {
type AttributeType,
value AttributeValue }
AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
AttributeValue ::= ANY
-- Directory string type --
DirectoryString ::= CHOICE {
teletexString TeletexString (SIZE (1..MAX),
printableString PrintableString (SIZE (1..MAX)),
universalString UniversalString (SIZE (1..MAX)),
utf8String UTF8String (SIZE (1.. MAX)),
bmpString BMPString (SIZE (1..MAX))
}
The Name describes a hierarchical name composed of attributes, such
as country name, and corresponding values, such as US. The type of
the component AttributeValue is determined by the AttributeType; in
general it will be a directoryString.
The directoryString is defined as a choice of PrintableString,
TeletexString, BMPString UTF8String and UniversalString. Conforming
CAs shall choose from these options as follows:
(a) if the character set is sufficient, the string will be
represented as a PrintableString;
(b) failing (a), if the bMPString character set is sufficient the
string shall be represented as a BMPString;
(c) failing (a) and (b), if the UTF8 character set is sufficient,
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the string shall be represented as a UTF8String; and
(d) failing (a), (b) and (c), the string shall be represented as a
UniversalString.
Standard sets of attributes have been defined in the X.500 series of
specifications. Where CAs issue certificates with X.501 type names,
it is recommended that these attributes types be used.
4.1.2.5 Validity
This field indicates the period of validity of the certificate, and
consists of two dates, the first and last on which the certificate is
valid. The certificate validity period is the time interval during
which the CA warrants that it will maintain information about the
status of the certificate, i.e. publish revocation data. The field is
represented as a SEQUENCE of two dates: the date on which the certi-
ficate validity period begins (notBefore) and the date on which the
certificate validity period ends (notAfter). Both notBefore and
notAfter may be encoded as UTCTime or GeneralizedTime.
CAs conforming to this profile shall always encode certificate vali-
dity dates through the year 2049 as UTCTime; certificate validity
dates in 2050 or later shall be encoded as GeneralizedTime.
4.1.2.5.1 UTCTime
The universal time type, UTCTime, is a standard ASN.1 type intended
for international applications where local time alone is not ade-
quate. UTCTime specifies the year through the two low order digits
and time is specified to the precision of one minute or one second.
UTCTime includes either Z (for Zulu, or Greenwich Mean Time) or a
time differential.
For the purposes of this profile, UTCTime values shall be expressed
Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu) and shall include seconds (i.e., times are
YYMMDDHHMMSSZ), even where the number of seconds is zero. Conforming
systems shall interpret the year field (YY) as follows:
Where YY is greater than or equal to 50, the year shall be inter-
preted as 19YY; and
Where YY is less than 50, the year shall be interpreted as 20YY.
4.1.2.5.2 GeneralizedTime
The generalized time type, GeneralizedTime, is a standard ASN.1 type
for variable precision representation of time. Optionally, the
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GeneralizedTime field can include a representation of the time dif-
ferential between local and Greenwich Mean Time.
For the purposes of this profile, GeneralizedTime values shall be
expressed Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu) and shall include seconds (i.e.,
times are YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ), even where the number of seconds is zero.
GeneralizedTime values shall not include fractional seconds.
4.1.2.6 Subject Name
The subject name identifies the entity associated with the public key
stored in the subject public key field. The subject identity may be
carried in the subject field and/or the subjectAltName extension. If
identity information is present only in the subjectAltName extension
(e.g., a key bound only to an email address or URI), then the subject
name may be an empty sequence and the subjectAltName extension must
be critical.
Where it is non-null, the subject name field shall contain an X.500
distinguished name (DN). The DN must be unique for each subject
entity certified by the one CA as defined by the issuer name field.
(A CA may issue more than one certificate with the same DN to the
same subject entity.)
The subject name field is defined as the X.501 type Name, and shall
follow the encoding rules for the issuer name field (see 4.1.2.4).
4.1.2.7 Subject Public Key Info
This field is used to carry the public key and identify the algorithm
with which the key is used. The algorithm is identified using the
algorithmIdentifier structure specified in Section 4.1.1.2. The
object identifiers for the supported algorithms and the methods for
encoding the public key materials (public key and parameters) are
specified in Section 7.3.
4.1.2.8 Unique Identifiers
The subject and issuer unique identifier are present in the certifi-
cate to handle the possibility of reuse of subject and/or issuer
names over time. This profile recommends that names not be reused
and that Internet certificates not make use of unique identifiers.
CAs conforming to this profile should not generate certificates with
unique identifiers. Applications conforming to this profile should
be capable of parsing unique identifiers and making comparisons.
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4.1.2.9 Extensions
This field may only appear if the version number is 3 (see 4.1.2.x).
If present, this field is a SEQUENCE of one or more certificate
extensions. The format and content of certificate extensions in the
Internet PKI is defined in Section 4.2.
4.2 Certificate Extensions
The extensions defined for X.509 v3 certificates provide methods for
associating additional attributes with users or public keys, for
managing the certification hierarchy, and for managing CRL distribu-
tion. The X.509 v3 certificate format also allows communities to
define private extensions to carry information unique to those com-
munities. Each extension in a certificate may be designated as crit-
ical or non-critical. A certificate using system (an application
validating a certificate) must reject the certificate if it
encounters a critical extension it does not recognize. A non-
critical extension may be ignored if it is not recognized. The fol-
lowing presents recommended extensions used within Internet certifi-
cates and standard locations for information. Communities may elect
to use additional extensions; however, caution should be exercised in
adopting any critical extensions in certificates which might be used
in a general context.
Each extension includes an object identifier and an ASN.1 structure.
When an extension appears in a certificate, the object identifier
appears as the field extnID and the corresponding ASN.1 encoded
structure is the value of the octet string extnValue. Only one
instance of a particular extension may appear in a particular certi-
ficate. For example, a certificate may contain only one authority key
identifier extension (4.2.1.1). An extension may also include the
optional boolean critical; critical's default value is FALSE. The
text for each extension specifies the acceptable values for the crit-
ical field.
Conforming CAs are required to support the basic Constraints exten-
sion (Section 4.2.1.10), the key usage extension (4.2.1.3) and certi-
ficate policies extension (4.2.1.5). If the CA issues certificates
with an empty sequence for the subject field, the CA must support the
subjectAltName extension. If the CA issues certificates with an
empty sequence for the issuer field, the CA must support the
issuerAltName extension. Support for the remaining extensions is
optional. Conforming CAs may support extensions that are not identi-
fied within this specification; certificate issuers are cautioned
that marking such extensions as critical may inhibit interoperabil-
ity.
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At a minimum, applications conforming to this profile shall recognize
extensions which shall or may be critical. These extensions are: key
usage (4.2.1.3), certificate policies (4.2.1.5), the alternative sub-
ject name (4.2.1.7), issuer alternative name (4.2.1.8), basic con-
straints (4.2.1.10), name constraints (4.2.1.11), policy constraints
(4.2.1.12), and extended key usage (4.2.1.14).
In addition, this profile recommends support for key identifiers
(4.2.1.1 and 4.2.1.2), CRL distribution points (4.2.1.13), and
authority information access (4.2.2.1).
4.2.1 Standard Extensions
This section identifies standard certificate extensions defined in
[X.509] for use in the Internet Public Key Infrastructure. Each
extension is associated with an object identifier defined in [X.509].
These object identifiers are members of the certificateExtension arc,
which is defined by the following:
certificateExtension OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{joint-iso-ccitt(2) ds(5) 29}
id-ce OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= certificateExtension
4.2.1.1 Authority Key Identifier
The authority key identifier extension provides a means of identify-
ing the public key corresponding to the particular private key used
to sign a certificate. This extension would be used where an issuer
has multiple signing keys (either due to multiple concurrent key
pairs or due to changeover). In general, this extension should be
included in certificates.
The identification can be based on either the key identifier (the
subject key identifier in the issuer's certificate) or on the issuer
name and serial number. The key identifier method is recommended in
this profile. Conforming CAs that generate this extension shall
include or omit both authorityCertIssuer and authorityCertSerial-
Number. If authorityCertIssuer and authorityCertSerialNumber are
omitted, the keyIdentifier field shall be present.
This extension shall not be marked critical.
id-ce-authorityKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 35 }
AuthorityKeyIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
keyIdentifier [0] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL,
authorityCertIssuer [1] GeneralNames OPTIONAL,
authorityCertSerialNumber [2] CertificateSerialNumber OPTIONAL
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}
KeyIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING
4.2.1.2 Subject Key Identifier
The subject key identifier extension provides a means of identifying
the particular public key used in an application. Where a reference
to a public key identifier is needed (as with an Authority Key Iden-
tifier) and one is not included in the associated certificate, a
SHA-1 hash of the subject public key shall be used. The hash shall
be calculated over the value (excluding tag and length) of the BIT
STRING subjectPublicKey in the certificate. This extension should be
marked non-critical.
id-ce-subjectKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 14 }
SubjectKeyIdentifier ::= KeyIdentifier
4.2.1.3 Key Usage
The key usage extension defines the purpose (e.g., encipherment, sig-
nature, certificate signing) of the key contained in the certificate.
The usage restriction might be employed when a key that could be used
for more than one operation is to be restricted. For example, when
an RSA key should be used only for signing, the digitalSignature and
nonRepudiation bits would be asserted. Likewise, when an RSA key
should be used only for key management, the keyEncipherment bit would
be asserted. The profile recommends that when used, this be marked
as a critical extension.
id-ce-keyUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 15 }
KeyUsage ::= BIT STRING {
digitalSignature (0),
nonRepudiation (1),
keyEncipherment (2),
dataEncipherment (3),
keyAgreement (4),
keyCertSign (5),
cRLSign (6),
encipherOnly (7),
decipherOnly (8) }
Bits in the KeyUsage type are used as follows:
The digitalSignature bit is asserted when the subject public key
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is used to verifying digital signatures that have purposes other
than non-repudiation, certificate signature, and CRL signature.
For example, The digitalSignature bit is asserted when the subject
public key is used to provide authentication.
The nonRepudiation bit is asserted when the subject public key is
used to verifying digital signatures used to provide a non-
repudiation service which protects against the signing entity
falsely denying some action, excluding certificate or CRL signing.
The keyEncipherment bit is asserted when the subject public key is
used for key transport. For example, when an RSA key is to be
used exclusively for key management, then this bit must asserted.
The dataEncipherment bit is asserted when the subject public key
is used for enciphering user data, other than cryptographic keys.
The keyAgreement bit is asserted when the subject public key is
used for key agreement. For example, when a Diffie-Hellman key is
to be used exclusively for key management, then this bit must
asserted.
The keyCertSign bit is asserted when the subject public key is
used for verifying a signature on certificates. This bit may only
be asserted in CA certificates.
The cRLSign bit is asserted when the subject public key is used
for verifying a signature on CRLs. This bit may only be asserted
in CA certificates.
When the encipherOnly bit is asserted and the keyAgreement bit is
also set, the subject public key may be used only for enciphering
data while performing key agreement. The meaning of the enci-
pherOnly bit is undefined in the absence of the keyAgreement bit.
When the decipherOnly bit is asserted and the keyAgreement bit is
also set, the subject public key may be used only for deciphering
data while performing key agreement. The meaning of the deci-
pherOnly bit is undefined in the absence of the keyAgreement bit.
This profile does not restrict the combinations the bits that may
be set in an instantiation of the keyUsage extension. However,
appropriate values for keyUsage extensions for particular algo-
rithms are specifed in section 7.3.
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4.2.1.4 Private Key Usage Period
The private key usage period extension allows the certificate issuer
to specify a different validity period for the private key than the
certificate. This extension is intended for use with digital signa-
ture keys. This extension consists of two optional components notBe-
fore and notAfter. The private key associated with the certificate
should not be used to sign objects before or after the times speci-
fied by the two components, respectively. CAs conforming to this pro-
file shall not generate certificates with private key usage period
extensions unless at least one of the two components is present.
This profile recommends against the use of this extension. CAs con-
forming to this profile shall not generate certificates with critical
private key usage period extensions. Where used, notBefore and
notAfter are represented as GeneralizedTime and shall be specified
and interpreted as defined in Section 4.1.2.5.2.
id-ce-privateKeyUsagePeriod OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 16 }
PrivateKeyUsagePeriod ::= SEQUENCE {
notBefore [0] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL,
notAfter [1] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL }
4.2.1.5 Certificate Policies
The certificate policies extension contains a sequence of one or more
policy information terms, each of which consists of an object iden-
tifier (OID) and optional qualifiers. These policy information terms
indicate the policy under which the certificate has been issued and
the purposes for which the certificate may be used. This profile
strongly recommends that a simple OID be present in this field.
Optional qualifiers which may be present are expected to provide
information about obtaining CA rules, not change the definition of
the policy.
Applications with specific policy requirements are expected to have a
list of those policies which they will accept and to compare the pol-
icy OIDs in the certificate to that list. If this extension is crit-
ical, the path validation software must be able to interpret this
extension, or must reject the certificate. (Applications without
specific policy requirements are not required to list acceptable pol-
icies, and may accept any valid certificate regardless of policy even
if the extension is marked critical.)
This specification defines two policy qualifiers types for use by
certificate policy writers and certificate issuers at their own dis-
cretion. The qualifier types are the CPS Pointer qualifier, and the
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User Notice qualifier.
The CPS Pointer qualifier contains a pointer to a Certification Prac-
tice Statement (CPS) published by the CA. The pointer is in the form
of a URI.
User notice is intended for display to a relying party when a certi-
ficate is used. The application software should display all user
notices in all certificates of the certification path used, except
that if a notice is duplicated only one copy need be displayed. It
is recommended that only the lowest-level certificate issued by one
organization in a certification path contain a user notice.
The user notice has two optional fields: the noticeRef field and the
explicitText field.
The noticeRef field, if used, names an organization and identi-
fies, by number, a particular textual statement prepared by that
organization. For example, it might identify the organization
"CertsRUs" and notice number 1. In a typical implementation, the
application software will have a notice file containing the
current set of notices for CertsRUs; the application will extract
the notice text from the file and display it. Messages may be
multilingual, allowing the software to select the particular
language message for its own environment.
An explicitText field includes the textual statement directly in
the certificate. The explicitText field is a string with a max-
imum size of 200 characters.
If both the noticeRef and explicitText options are included in the
one qualifier and if the application software can locate the notice
text indicated by the noticeRef option then that text should be
displayed; otherwise, the explicitText string should be displayed.
id-ce-certificatePolicies OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 32 }
certificatePolicies ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PolicyInformation
PolicyInformation ::= SEQUENCE {
policyIdentifier CertPolicyId,
policyQualifiers SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
PolicyQualifierInfo OPTIONAL }
CertPolicyId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
PolicyQualifierInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
policyQualifierId PolicyQualifierId,
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qualifier ANY DEFINED BY policyQualifierId }
-- policyQualifierIds for Internet policy qualifiers
id-qt ::= { id-pkix 2 } -- pkix arc for qualifier types
id-qt-cps OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 1 }
id-qt-unotice OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 2 }
PolicyQualifierId ::=
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ( id-qt-cps | id-qt-unotice )
Qualifier ::= CHOICE {
cPSuri CPSuri,
userNotice UserNotice }
CPSuri ::= IA5String
UserNotice ::= SEQUENCE {
noticeRef NoticeReference OPTIONAL,
explicitText DisplayText OPTIONAL}
NoticeReference ::= SEQUENCE {
organization IA5String,
noticeNumbers SEQUENCE OF INTEGER }
DisplayText ::= CHOICE {
visibleString VisibleString,
bmpString BMPString,
utf8String UTF8String }
4.2.1.6 Policy Mappings
This extension is used in CA certificates. It lists one or more
pairs of object identifiers; each pair includes an issuerDomainPolicy
and a subjectDomainPolicy. The pairing indicates the issuing CA con-
siders its issuerDomainPolicy equivalent to the subject CA's sub-
jectDomainPolicy.
The issuing CA's users may accept an issuerDomainPolicy for certain
applications. The policy mapping tells the issuing CA's users which
policies associated with the subject CA are comparable to the policy
they accept.
This extension may be supported by CAs and/or applications, and it is
always non-critical.
id-ce-policyMappings OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 33 }
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PolicyMappings ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF SEQUENCE {
issuerDomainPolicy CertPolicyId,
subjectDomainPolicy CertPolicyId }
4.2.1.7 Subject Alternative Name
The subject alternative names extension allows additional identities
to be bound to the subject of the certificate. Defined options
include an rfc822 name (electronic mail address), a DNS name, an IP
address, and a URI. Other options exist, including completely local
definitions. Multiple instances of a name and multiple name forms
may be included. Whenever such identities are to be bound into a
certificate, the subject alternative name (or issuer alternative
name) extension shall be used. (Note: a form of such an identifier
may also be present in the subject distinguished name; however, the
alternative name extension is the preferred location for finding such
information.)
Because the subject alternative name is considered to be defini-
tiviely bound to the public key, all parts of the subject alternative
name must be verified by the CA. In addition, subject alternative
names shall not include wildcard characters as a placeholder for a
set of names.
Further, if the only subject identity included in the certificate is
an alternative name form (e.g., an electronic mail address), then the
subject distinguished name shall be empty (an empty sequence), and
the subjectAltName extension shall be present. If the subject field
contains an empty sequence, the subjectAltName extension shall be
marked critical.
Where the subjectAltName extension contains a uniformResourceIdentif-
ier, the URI is a pointer to a sequence of certificates issued by
this CA (and optionally other CAs) to this subject.
The URI must be an absolute, not relative, pathname and must specify
the host. This specification recognizes the following values for the
URI scheme: ftp, http, ldap, and mailto. The mailto scheme indi-
cates that mail sent to the specified address will generate an elec-
tronic mail response (to the sender) containing the subject's certi-
ficates. No message is required. If the URI scheme is ftp, then the
information is available through anonymous ftp. If the URI scheme is
http or ldap, then the information may be retrieved using that proto-
col.
(If the URI specifies any other scheme, contains a relative pathname,
or omits the host, the semantics are not defined by this specifica-
tion.)
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When the subjectAltName extension contains a iPAddress, the address
shall be stored in the octet string in "network byte order," as
specified in RFC791. The least significant bit (LSB) of each octet is
the LSB of the corresponding byte in the network address. For IP Ver-
sion 4, as specified in RFC 791, the octet string must contain
exactly four octets. For IP Version 6, as specified in RFC 1883, the
octet string must contain exactly sixteen octets.
Alternative names may be constrained in the same manner as subject
distinguished names using the name constraints extension as described
in section 4.2.1.11.
If the subjectAltName extension is present, the sequence must contain
at least one entry. Unlike the subject field, conforming CAs shall
not issue certificates with subjectAltNames containing empty General-
Name fields. For example, an rfc822Name is represented as an
IA5String. While an empty string is a valid IA5String, such an
rfc822Name is not permitted by this profile. The behavior of clients
that encounter such a certificate when processing a certificication
path is not defined by this profile.
id-ce-subjectAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 17 }
SubjectAltName ::= GeneralNames
GeneralNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralName
GeneralName ::= CHOICE {
otherName [0] OtherName,
rfc822Name [1] IA5String,
dNSName [2] IA5String,
x400Address [3] ORAddress,
directoryName [4] Name,
ediPartyName [5] EDIPartyName,
uniformResourceIdentifier [6] IA5String,
iPAddress [7] OCTET STRING,
registeredID [8] OBJECT IDENTIFIER}
OtherName ::= SEQUENCE {
type-id OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
value [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY type-id }
EDIPartyName ::= SEQUENCE {
nameAssigner [0] DirectoryString OPTIONAL,
partyName [1] DirectoryString }
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4.2.1.8 Issuer Alternative Name
As with 4.2.1.7, this extension is used to associate Internet style
identities with the certificate issuer. If the only issuer identity
included in the certificate is an alternative name form (e.g., an
electronic mail address), then the issuer distinguished name shall be
empty (an empty sequence), and the issuerAltName extension shall be
present. If the subject field contains an empty sequence, the
issuerAltName extension shall be marked critical.
Where the issuerAltName extension contains a URI, the following
semantics shall be assumed: the URI is a pointer to an ASN.1 sequence
of certificates issued to this CA (and optionally other CAs). The
expected values for the URI are those defined in 4.2.1.7. Processing
rules for other values are not defined by this specification.
Where the issuerAltName extension contains a dNSName, rfc822Name, or
a URI, wildcard characters are not permitted.
id-ce-issuerAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 18 }
IssuerAltName ::= GeneralNames
4.2.1.9 Subject Directory Attributes
The subject directory attributes extension is not recommended as an
essential part of this profile, but it may be used in local environ-
ments. This extension is always non-critical.
id-ce-subjectDirectoryAttributes OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 9 }
SubjectDirectoryAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Attribute
4.2.1.10 Basic Constraints
The basic constraints extension identifies whether the subject of the
certificate is a CA and how deep a certification path may exist
through that CA.
The pathLenConstraint field is meaningful only if cA is set to TRUE.
In this case, it gives the maximum number of CA certificates that may
follow this certificate in a certification path. A value of zero
indicates that only an end-entity certificate may follow in the path.
Where it appears, the pathLenConstraint field must be greater than or
equal to zero. Where pathLenConstraint does not appear, there is no
limit to the allowed length of the certification path.
This profile requires the use of this extension, and it shall always
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be critical for CA certificates.
id-ce-basicConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 19 }
BasicConstraints ::= SEQUENCE {
cA BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
pathLenConstraint INTEGER (0..MAX) OPTIONAL }
4.2.1.11 Name Constraints
The name constraints extension, which shall be used only in a CA cer-
tificate, indicates a name space within which all subject names in
subsequent certificates in a certification path must be located.
Restrictions may apply to the subject distinguished name or subject
alternative names. Restrictions are defined in terms of permitted or
excluded name subtrees. Any name matching a restriction in the
excludedSubtrees field is invalid regardless of information appearing
in the permittedSubtrees. This extension must be critical.
Within this profile, the minimum and maximum fields are not used with
any name forms, thus minimum is always zero, and maximum is always
absent.
Restrictions for the rfc822, dNSName, and uri name forms are all
expressed in terms of strings with wild card matching. An "*" is the
wildcard character. For uris and rfc822 names, the restriction
applies to the host part of the name. Examples would be foo.bar.com;
www*.bar.com; *.xyz.com.
Legacy implementations exist where an RFC 822 name is embeded in the
subject distinguished name as a PKCS #9 e-mail attribute, which has
the ASN.1 type EmailAddress. When rfc822 names are constrained, but
the certificate does not include a subject alternative name, the
rfc822 name constraint must be applied to PKCS #9 e-mail attributes
in the subject distinguished name. The ASN.1 syntax for EmailAddress
and the corresponding OID are supplied below.
EmailAddress ::= IA5String
pkcs-9 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ iso(1) member-body(2) US(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) 9 }
emailAddress OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-9 1 }
Restrictions of the form directoryName shall be applied to the sub-
ject field in the certificate and to the subjectAltName extensions of
type directoryName. Restrictions of the form x400Address shall be
applied to subjectAltName extensions of type x400Address.
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The syntax and semantics for name constraints for otherName, ediPar-
tyName, iPAddress, and registeredID are not defined by this specifi-
cation.
id-ce-nameConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 30 }
NameConstraints ::= SEQUENCE {
permittedSubtrees [0] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL,
excludedSubtrees [1] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL }
GeneralSubtrees ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralSubtree
GeneralSubtree ::= SEQUENCE {
base GeneralName,
minimum [0] BaseDistance DEFAULT 0,
maximum [1] BaseDistance OPTIONAL }
BaseDistance ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
4.2.1.12 Policy Constraints
The policy constraints extension can be used in certificates issued
to CAs. The policy constraints extension constrains path validation
in two ways. It can be used to prohibit policy mapping or require
that each certificate in a path contain an acceptable policy identif-
ier.
If the inhibitPolicyMapping field is present, the value indicates the
number of additional certificates that may appear in the path before
policy mapping is no longer permitted. For example, a value of one
indicates that policy mapping may be processed in certificates issued
by the subject of this certificate, but not in additional certifi-
cates in the path.
If the requireExplicitPolicy field is present, subsequent certifi-
cates must include an acceptable policy identifier. The value of
requireExplicitPolicy indicates the number of additional certificates
that may appear in the path before an explicit policy is required.
An acceptable policy identifier is the identifier of a policy
required by the user of the certification path or the identifier of a
policy which has been declared equivalent through policy mapping.
Conforming CAs shall not issue certificates where policy constraints
is a null sequence. That is, at least one of the inhibitPolicyMapping
field or the requireExplicitPolicy field must be present. The
behavior of clients that encounter a null policy constraints field is
not addressed in this profile.
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This extension may be critical or non-critical.
id-ce-policyConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 36 }
CertificatePoliciesSyntax ::=
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PolicyInformation
PolicyConstraints ::= SEQUENCE {
requireExplicitPolicy [0] SkipCerts OPTIONAL,
inhibitPolicyMapping [1] SkipCerts OPTIONAL }
SkipCerts ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
4.2.1.13 CRL Distribution Points
The CRL distribution points extension identifies how CRL information
is obtained. The extension should be non-critical, but this profile
recommends support for this extension by CAs and applications.
Further discussion of CRL management is contained in section 5.
If the cRLDistributionPoints extension contains a Distribution-
PointName of type URI, the following semantics shall be assumed: the
URI is a pointer to the current CRL for the associated reasons and
will be issued by the associated cRLIssuer. The expected values for
the URI are those defined in 4.2.1.7. Processing rules for other
values are not defined by this specification. If the distribution-
Point omits reasons, the CRL shall include revocations for all rea-
sons. If the distributionPoint omits cRLIssuer, the CRL shall be
issued by the CA that issued the certificate.
id-ce-cRLDistributionPoints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 31 }
cRLDistributionPoints ::= {
CRLDistPointsSyntax }
CRLDistPointsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
DistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
reasons [1] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
cRLIssuer [2] GeneralNames OPTIONAL }
DistributionPointName ::= CHOICE {
fullName [0] GeneralNames,
nameRelativeToCRLIssuer [1] RelativeDistinguishedName }
ReasonFlags ::= BIT STRING {
unused (0),
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keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6) }
4.2.1.14 Extended key usage field
This field indicates one or more purposes for which the certified
public key may be used, in addition to or in place of the basic pur-
poses indicated in the key usage extension field. This field is
defined as follows:
id-ce-extKeyUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 37}
ExtKeyUsageSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF KeyPurposeId
KeyPurposeId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
Key purposes may be defined by any organization with a need. Object
identifiers used to identify key purposes shall be assigned in accor-
dance with ITU-T Rec. X.660 | ISO/IEC 9834-1.
This extension may, at the option of the certificate issuer, be
either critical or non-critical.
If the extension is flagged critical, then the certificate shall be
used only for one of the purposes indicated.
If the extension is flagged non-critical, then it indicates the
intended purpose or purposes of the key, and may be used in finding
the correct key/certificate of an entity that has multiple
keys/certificates. It is an advisory field and does not imply that
usage of the key is restricted by the certification authority to the
purpose indicated. (Using applications may nevertheless require that
a particular purpose be indicated in order for the certificate to be
acceptable to that application.)
If a certificate contains both a critical key usage field and a crit-
ical extended key usage field, then both fields shall be processed
independently and the certificate shall only be used for a purpose
consistent with both fields. If there is no purpose consistent with
both fields, then the certificate shall not be used for any purpose.
The following key usage purposes are defined by this profile:
id-kp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 3 }
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id-kp-serverAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 1}
-- TLS Web server authentication
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature,
-- keyEncipherment or keyAgreement
--
id-kp-clientAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 2}
-- TLS Web client authentication
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature and/or
-- keyAgreement
--
id-kp-codeSigning OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 3}
-- Signing of downloadable executable code
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature
--
id-kp-emailProtection OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 4}
-- E-mail protection
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature,
-- nonRepudiation, and/or (keyEncipherment
-- or keyAgreement)
--
id-kp-ipsecEndSystem OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 5}
-- IP security end system (host or router)
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature and/or
-- (keyEncipherment or keyAgreement)
--
id-kp-ipsecTunnel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 6}
-- IP security tunnel termination
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature and/or
-- (keyEncipherment or keyAgreement)
--
id-kp-ipsecUser OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-kp 7}
-- IP security user
-- Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature and/or
-- (keyEncipherment or keyAgreement)
id-kp-timeStamping OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 8 }
-- Binding the hash of an object to a time from an agreed-upon time
-- source. Key usage bits that may be consistent: digitalSignature,
-- nonRepudiation
4.2.2 Private Internet Extensions
This section defines one new extension for use in the Internet Public
Key Infrastructure. This extension may be used to direct applica-
tions to identify an on-line validation service supporting the issu-
ing CA. As the information may be available in multiple forms, each
extension is a sequence of IA5String values, each of which represents
a URI. The URI implicitly specifies the location and format of the
information and the method for obtaining the information.
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An object identifier is defined for the private extension. The
object identifier associated with the private extension is defined
under the arc id-pe within the id-pkix name space. Any future exten-
sions defined for the Internet PKI will also be defined uder the arc
id-pe.
id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }
id-pe OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 1 }
4.2.2.1 Authority Information Access
The authority information access extension indicates how to access CA
information and services for the issuer of the certificate in which
the extension appears. Information and services may include on-line
validation services and CA policy data. (The location of CRLs is not
specified in this extension; that information is provided by the
cRLDistributionPoints extension.) This extension may be included in
subject or CA certificates, and it is always non-critical.
id-pe-authorityInfoAccess OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 1 }
AuthorityInfoAccessSyntax ::=
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AccessDescription
AccessDescription ::= SEQUENCE {
accessMethod OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
accessLocation GeneralName }
id-ad OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 48 }
id-ad-ocsp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 1 }
id-ad-caIssuers OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 2 }
Each entry in the sequence AuthorityInfoAccessSyntax describes the
format and location of additional information about the CA who issued
the certificate in which this extension appears.
This profile defines an object identifier for the On-line Certificate
Status Protocol (OCSP) that will be defined in [PKIXOCSP]. When id-
ad-ocsp appears as accessMethod, the accessLocation field describes
the on-line status server and the access protocol to obtain current
certificate status information for the certificate containing this
extension.
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This profile defines an object identifier to obtain a description of
the CAs that have issued certificates superior to the CA that issued
the certificate containing this extension. The referenced CA Issuers
description is intended to aid certificate users in the selection of
a certification path that terminates at a point trusted by the certi-
ficate user. When id-ad-caIssuers appears as accessMethod, the
accessLocation field describes the referenced description server and
the access protocol to obtain referenced description.
Additional access descriptors will likely be defined in the future.
The authorityInfoAccess extension may be included in a PKCS 7 encap-
sulation as an X.501 ATTRIBUTE. This attribute can then be used to
locate certificates automatically rather than include the certifi-
cates directly. The intended effect is to reduce the size of the
encapsulated message or object.
PKCS 9 identifies attributes for inclusion in PKCS 7, referencing
X.520 standard attributes and defining additional attributes unique
to PKCS 9. The attributes defined in X.520 are based on the defini-
tion of ATTRIBUTE in ITU-T X.501 | ISO/IEC 9594-2.
The following syntax defines authorityInfoAccess as an ATTRIBUTE
suitable for inclusion in a PKCS #7 message:
authorityInfoAccess ATTRIBUTE ::= {
WITH SYNTAX authorityInfoAccessSyntax,
ID id-pe-authorityInfoAccess }
Other parts of the PKIX specifications [PKIXOCSP] [PKIXLDAP] estab-
lish requirements on certificate retrieval mechanisms. It is expected
that applications using the URI form of the authorityInfo field for
such a purpose will:
1. Prepend a suitable HTTP retrieval primitive to the URL (e.g.
"GET").
2. Append a filename to the URL.
3. Use the result to retrieve a file containing the requested certi-
ficate.
4. Use the authorityInfoAccess extension in that and subsequent cer-
tificates to complete a certificate path.
The filename will be formed as the IA5string representation of
SHA1(Issuer DN | certificate serial number) concatenated with ".cer."
The IA5String representation will display the SHA1 result as a
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hexidecimal number using digits and the lowercase letters 'a' through
'f.' The SignerInfo syntax of PKCS 7 provides the necessary informa-
tion as issuerAndSerialNumber.
The specified file will contain a single DER encoded certficate.
5 CRL and CRL Extensions Profile
As described above, one goal of this X.509 v2 CRL profile is to
foster the creation of an interoperable and reusable Internet PKI.
To achieve this goal, guidelines for the use of extensions are speci-
fied, and some assumptions are made about the nature of information
included in the CRL.
CRLs may be used in a wide range of applications and environments
covering a broad spectrum of interoperability goals and an even
broader spectrum of operational and assurance requirements. This
profile establishes a common baseline for generic applications
requiring broad interoperability. Emphasis is placed on support for
X.509 v2 CRLs. The profile defines a baseline set of information
that can be expected in every CRL. Also, the profile defines common
locations within the CRL for frequently used attributes, and common
representations for these attributes.
This profile does not define any private Internet CRL extensions or
CRL entry extensions.
Environments with additional or special purpose requirements may
build on this profile or may replace it.
Conforming CAs are not required to issue CRLs if other revocation or
status mechanisms are provided. Conforming CAs that issue CRLs are
required to issue version 2 CRLs, and must include the date by which
the next CRL will be issued in the nextUpdate field (Section
5.1.2.5). Conforming applications are required to process version 1
and 2 CRLs.
5.1 CRL Fields
The X.509 v2 CRL syntax is as follows. For signature calculation,
the data that is to be signed is ASN.1 DER encoded. ASN.1 DER encod-
ing is a tag, length, value encoding system for each element.
CertificateList ::= SEQUENCE {
tbsCertList TBSCertList,
signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
signature BIT STRING }
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TBSCertList ::= SEQUENCE {
version Version OPTIONAL,
-- if present, must be v2
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
thisUpdate Time,
nextUpdate Time OPTIONAL,
revokedCertificates SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
userCertificate CertificateSerialNumber,
revocationDate Time,
crlEntryExtensions Extensions OPTIONAL
-- if present, must be v2
} OPTIONAL,
crlExtensions [0] EXPLICIT Extensions OPTIONAL
-- if present, must be v2
}
-- Version, Time, CertificateSerialNumber and Extensions
-- are all defined in the ASN.1 in section 4.1
AlgorithmIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
parameters ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL }
-- contains a value of the type
-- registered for use with the
-- algorithm object identifier value
The following items describe the proposed use of the X.509 v2 CRL in
the Internet PKI.
5.1.1 CertificateList Fields
The CertificateList is a SEQUENCE of three required fields. The
fields are are described in detail in the following subsections
5.1.1.1 tbsCertList
The first field in the sequence is the tbsCertList. This field is
itself a sequence containing the name of the issuer, issue date,
issue date of the next list, the list of revoked certificates, and
optional CRL extensions. Further, each entry on the revoked certifi-
cate list is defined by a sequence of user certificate serial number,
revocation date, and optional CRL entry extensions.
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5.1.1.2 signatureAlgorithm
The signatureAlgorithm field contains the algorithm identifier for
the algorithm used by the CA to sign the CertificateList. In the
sigantureAlgorithm field, the contents of the optional parameters
field shall be the value NULL. Section 7.2 lists the supported algo-
rithms for this specification. Conforming CAs shall use the algo-
rithm identifiers presented in Section 7.2 when signing with a sup-
ported signature algorithm.
5.1.1.3 signature
The signature field contains a digital signature computed upon the
ASN.1 DER encoded TBSCertList. The ASN.1 DER encoded TBSCertList is
used as the input to a one-way hash function. The one-way hash func-
tion output value is encrypted (e.g., using RSA Encryption) to form
the signed quantity. This signature value is then ASN.1 encoded as a
BIT STRING and included in the CRL's signature field. The details of
this process are specified for each of the supported algorithms in
Section 7.2.
5.1.2 Certificate List "To Be Signed"
The certificate list to be signed, or tBSCertList, is a SEQUENCE of
required and optional fields. The required fields identify the CRL
issuer, the algorithm used to sign the CRL, the date and time the CRL
was issued, and the date and time by which the CA will issue the next
CRL.
Optional fields include lists of revoked certificates and CRL exten-
sions. The revoked certificate list is optional to support the spe-
cial case where a CA has not revoked any unexpired certificates it
has issued. It is expected that nearly all CRLs issued in the Inter-
net PKI will contain one or more lists of revoked certificates.
Similarly, the profile requires conforming CAs to use the CRL exten-
sion cRLNumber in all CRLs issued.
5.1.2.1 Version
This optional field describes the version of the encoded CRL. When
extensions are used, as expected in this profile, this field shall be
present and shall specify version 2 (the integer value is 1). If
neither CRL extensions nor CRL entry extensions are present, version
1 CRLs are recommended. In this case, the field shall be ommitted.
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5.1.2.2 Signature
This field contains the algorithm identifier for the algorithm used
to sign the CRL. Section 7.2 lists OIDs for the most popular signa-
ture algorithms used in the Internet PKI.
This field must contain the same algorithm identifier as the signa-
tureAlgorithm field in the sequence CertificateList (see section
5.1.1.2). As with signatureAlgorithm, the parameters component shall
contain the value NULL.
5.1.2.3 Issuer Name
The issuer name identifies the entity who has signed (and issued the
CRL). The issuer identity may be carried in the issuer name field
and/or the issuerAltName extension. If identity information is
present only in the issuerAltName extension, then the issuer name may
be an empty sequence and the issuerAltName extension must be criti-
cal.
Where it is non-null, the issuer name field shall contain an X.500
distinguished name (DN). The issuer name field is defined as the
X.501 type Name, and shall follow the encoding rules for the issuer
name field in the certificate (see 4.1.2.4).
5.1.2.4 This Update
This field indicates the issue date of this CRL. ThisUpdate may be
encoded as UTCTime or GeneralizedTime.
CAs conforming to this profile that issue CRLs shall encode thisUp-
date as UTCTime for dates through the year 2049. CAs conforming to
this profile that issue CRLs shall encode thisUpdate as Generalized-
Time for dates in the year 2050 or later.
Where encoded as UTCTime, thisUpdate shall be specified and inter-
preted as defined in Section 4.1.2.5.1. Where encoded as General-
izedTime, thisUpdate shall be specified and interpreted as defined in
Section 4.1.2.5.2.
5.1.2.5 Next Update
This field indicates the date by which the next CRL will be issued.
The next CRL could be issued before the indicated date, but it will
not be issued any later than the indicated date. nextUpdate may be
encoded as UTCTime or GeneralizedTime.
This profile requires inclusion of nextUpdate in all CRLs issued by
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conforming CAs. Note that the ASN.1 syntax of TBSCertList describes
this field as OPTIONAL, which is consistent with the ASN.1 structure
defined in [X.509]. The behavior of clients processing CRLs which
omit nextUpdate is not specified by this profile.
CAs conforming to this profile that issue CRLs shall encode nextUp-
date as UTCTime for dates through the year 2049. CAs conforming to
this profile that issue CRLs shall encode nextUpdate as Generalized-
Time for dates in the year 2050 or later.
Where encoded as UTCTime, nextUpdate shall be specified and inter-
preted as defined in Section 4.1.2.5.1. Where encoded as General-
izedTime, nextUpdate shall be specified and interpreted as defined in
Section 4.1.2.5.2.
5.1.2.6 Revoked Certificates
Revoked certificates are listed. The revoked certificates are named
by their serial numbers. Certificates are uniquely identified by the
combination of the issuer name or issuer alternative name along with
the user certificate serial number. The date on which the revocation
occurred is specified. The time for revocationDate shall be
expressed as described in section 5.1.2.4. Additional information may
be supplied in CRL entry extensions; CRL entry extensions are dis-
cussed in section 5.3.
5.1.2.7 Extensions
This field may only appear if the version number is 2 (see 5.1.2.1).
If present, this field is a SEQUENCE of one or more CRL extensions.
CRL extensions are discussed in section 5.2.
5.2 CRL Extensions
The extensions defined by ANSI X9 and ISO for X.509 v2 CRLs [X.509]
[X9.55] provide methods for associating additional attributes with
CRLs. The X.509 v2 CRL format also allows communities to define
private extensions to carry information unique to those communities.
Each extension in a CRL may be designated as critical or non-
critical. A CRL validation must fail if it encounters an critical
extension which it does not know how to process. However, an
unrecognized non-critical extension may be ignored. The following
presents those extensions used within Internet CRLs. Communities may
elect to include extensions in CRLs which are not defined in this
specification. However, caution should be exercised in adopting any
critical extensions in CRLs which might be used in a general context.
Conforming CAs that issue CRLs are required to support the CRL number
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extension (5.2.3), and include it in all CRLs issued. Conforming
applications are required to support the critical and optionally
critical CRL extensions issuer alternative name (5.2.2), issuing dis-
tribution point (5.2.4) and delta CRL indicator (5.2.5).
5.2.1 Authority Key Identifier
The authority key identifier extension provides a means of identify-
ing the particular public key used to sign a CRL. The identification
can be based on either the key identifier (the subject key identifier
in the CRL signer's certificate) or on the issuer name and serial
number. The key identifier method is recommended in this profile.
This extension would be used where an issuer has multiple signing
keys, either due to multiple concurrent key pairs or due to change-
over. In general, this non-critical extension should be included in
certificates.
The syntax for this CRL extension is defined in Section 4.2.1.1.
5.2.2 Issuer Alternative Name
The issuer alternative names extension allows additional identities
to be associated with the issuer of the CRL. Defined options include
an rfc822 name (electronic mail address), a DNS name, an IP address,
and a URI. Multiple instances of a name and multiple name forms may
be included. Whenever such identities are used, the issuer alterna-
tive name extension shall be used.
Further, if the only issuer identity included in the CRL is an alter-
native name form (e.g., an electronic mail address), then the issuer
distinguished name should be empty (an empty sequence), the
issuerAltName extension should be used, and the issuerAltName exten-
sion must be marked critical.
The object identifier and syntax for this CRL extension are defined
in Section 4.2.1.8.
5.2.3 CRL Number
The CRL number is a non-critical CRL extension which conveys a mono-
tonically increasing sequence number for each CRL issued by a given
CA through a specific CA X.500 Directory entry or CRL distribution
point. This extension allows users to easily determine when a par-
ticular CRL supersedes another CRL. CAs conforming to this profile
shall include this extension in all CRLs.
id-ce-cRLNumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 20 }
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cRLNumber ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
5.2.4 Issuing Distribution Point
The issuing distribution point is a critical CRL extension that iden-
tifies the CRL distribution point for a particular CRL, and it indi-
cates whether the CRL covers revocation for end entity certificates
only, CA certificates only, or a limitied set of reason codes. Since
this extension is critical, all certificate users must be prepared to
receive CRLs with this extension.
The CRL is signed using the CA's private key. CRL Distribution
Points do not have their own key pairs. If the CRL is stored in the
X.500 Directory, it is stored in the Directory entry corresponding to
the CRL distribution point, which may be different than the Directory
entry of the CA.
CAs may use CRL distribution points to partition the CRL on the basis
of compromise and routine revocation. In this case, the revocations
with reason code keyCompromise (1) shall appear in one distribution
point, and the revocations with other reason codes shall appear in
another distribution point. The reason codes associated with a dis-
tribution point must be specified in onlySomeReasons. If onlySomeRea-
sons does not appear, the distribution point must contain revocations
for all reason codes.
Where the issuingDistributionPoint extension contains a URL, the fol-
lowing semantics shall be assumed: the object is a pointer to the
most current CRL issued by this CA. The URI schemes ftp, http,
mailto [RFC1738] and ldap [RFC1778] are defined for this purpose.
The URI must be an absolute, not relative, pathname and must specify
the host.
id-ce-issuingDistributionPoint OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 28 }
issuingDistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
onlyContainsUserCerts [1] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlyContainsCACerts [2] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlySomeReasons [3] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
indirectCRL [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
5.2.5 Delta CRL Indicator
The delta CRL indicator is a critical CRL extension that identifies a
delta-CRL. The use of delta-CRLs can significantly improve process-
ing time for applications which store revocation information in a
format other than the CRL structure. This allows changes to be added
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to the local database while ignoring unchanged information that is
already in the local database.
When a delta-CRL is issued, the CAs shall also issue a complete CRL.
The value of BaseCRLNumber identifies the CRL number of the base CRL
that was used as the starting point in the generation of this delta-
CRL. The delta-CRL contains the changes between the base CRL and the
current CRL issued along with the delta-CRL. It is the decision of a
CA as to whether to provide delta-CRLs. Again, a delta-CRL shall not
be issued without a corresponding CRL. The value of CRLNumber for
both the delta-CRL and the corresponding CRL shall be identical.
A CRL user constructing a locally held CRL from delta-CRLs shall con-
sider the constructed CRL incomplete and unusable if the CRLNumber of
the received delta-CRL is more that one greater that the CRLnumber of
the delta-CRL last processed.
id-ce-deltaCRLIndicator OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 27 }
deltaCRLIndicator ::= BaseCRLNumber
BaseCRLNumber ::= CRLNumber
5.2.6 Certificate Issuer
This CRL entry extension identifies the certificate issuer associated
with an entry in an indirect CRL, i.e. a CRL that has the indirectCRL
indicator set in its issuing distribution point extension. If this
extension is not present on the first entry in an indirect CRL, the
certificate issuer defaults to the CRL issuer. On subsequent entries
in an indirect CRL, if this extension is not present, the certificate
issuer for the entry is the same as that for the preceding entry.
This field is defined as follows:
id-ce-certificateIssuer OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 29 }
certificateIssuer ::= GeneralNames
If used by conforming CAs that issue CRLs, this extension is always
critical. Conforming applications if an implementation ignored this
extension it could not correctly attribute CRL entries to certifi-
cates.
5.3 CRL Entry Extensions
The CRL entry extensions already defined by ANSI X9 and ISO for X.509
v2 CRLs [X.509] [X9.55] provide methods for associating additional
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attributes with CRL entries. The X.509 v2 CRL format also allows
communities to define private CRL entry extensions to carry informa-
tion unique to those communities. Each extension in a CRL entry may
be designated as critical or non-critical. A CRL validation must
fail if it encounters a critical CRL entry extension which it does
not know how to process. However, an unrecognized non-critical CRL
entry extension may be ignored. The following presents recommended
extensions used within Internet CRL entries and standard locations
for information. Communities may elect to use additional CRL entry
extensions; however, caution should be exercised in adopting any
critical extensions in CRL entries which might be used in a general
context.
All CRL entry extensions are non-critical; support for these exten-
sions is optional for conforming CAs and applications. However, CAs
that issue CRLs are strongly encouraged to include reason codes
(5.3.1) whenever this information is available.
5.3.1 Reason Code
The reasonCode is a non-critical CRL entry extension that identifies
the reason for the certificate revocation. CAs are strongly
encouraged to include reason codes in CRL entries; however, the rea-
son code CRL entry extension should be absent instead of using the
unspecified (0) reasonCode value.
id-ce-cRLReason OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 21 }
-- reasonCode ::= { CRLReason }
CRLReason ::= ENUMERATED {
unspecified (0),
keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6),
removeFromCRL (8) }
5.3.2 Hold Instruction Code
The hold instruction code is a non-critical CRL entry extension that
provides a registered instruction identifier which indicates the
action to be taken after encountering a certificate that has been
placed on hold.
id-ce-holdInstructionCode OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 23 }
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holdInstructionCode ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
The following instruction codes have been defined. Conforming appli-
cations that process this extension shall recognize the following
instruction codes.
holdInstruction OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) x9-57(10040) 2 }
id-holdinstruction-none OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {holdInstruction 1}
id-holdinstruction-callissuer
OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {holdInstruction 2}
id-holdinstruction-reject OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {holdInstruction 3}
Conforming applications which encounter a id-holdinstruction-
callissuer must call the certificate issuer or reject the certifi-
cate. Conforming applications which encounter a id-holdinstruction-
reject ID shall reject the transaction. id-holdinstruction-none is
semantically equivalent to the absence of a holdInstructionCode. Its
use is strongly deprecated for the Internet PKI.
5.3.3 Invalidity Date
The invalidity date is a non-critical CRL entry extension that pro-
vides the date on which it is known or suspected that the private key
was compromised or that the certificate otherwise became invalid.
This date may be earlier than the revocation date in the CRL entry,
but it must be later than the issue date of the previously issued
CRL. Remember that the revocation date in the CRL entry specifies
the date that the CA revoked the certificate. Whenever this informa-
tion is available, CAs are strongly encouraged to share it with CRL
users.
The GeneralizedTime values included in this field shall be expressed
in Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu), and shall be specified and interpreted
as defined in Section 4.1.2.5.2.
id-ce-invalidityDate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 24 }
invalidityDate ::= GeneralizedTime
6 Certificate Path Validation
Certification path validation procedures for the Internet PKI are
based on Section 12.4.3 of [X.509]. Certification path processing
verifies the binding between the subject distinguished name and sub-
ject public key. The binding is limited by constraints which are
specified in the certificates which comprise the path. The basic
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constraints and policy constraints extensions allow the certification
path processing logic to automate the decision making process.
This section describes an algorithm for validating certification
paths. Conforming implementations of this specification are not
required to implement this algorithm, but shall be functionally
equivalent to the external behaviour resulting from this procedure.
Any algorithm may be used by a particular implementation so long as
it derives the correct result.
The following text assumes that all valid paths begin with the public
key of a single "most-trusted CA". The "most-trusted CA" is a matter
of policy: it could be a root CA in a hierarchical PKI; the CA that
issued the verifier's own certificate(s); or any other CA in a net-
work PKI. The path validation procedure is the same regardless of
the choice of "most-trusted CA."
The text assumes that this public key is contained in a "self-signed"
certificate. This simplifies the description of the path processing
procedure. Note that the signature on the self-signed certificate
does not provide any security services. The public key it contains
is trusted because of other procedures used to obtain and protect it.
The goal of path validation is to verify the binding between a sub-
ject distinguished name and subject public key, as represented in the
"end entity" certificate, based on the public key of the "most-
trusted CA". This requires obtaining a sequence of certificates that
support that binding. The procedures performed to obtain this
sequence is outside the scope of this section.
The following text also assumes that certificates do not use subject
or unique identifier fields or private critical extensions, as recom-
mended within this profile. However, if these components appear in
certificates, they must be processed. Finally, policy qualifiers are
also neglected for the sake of clarity.
A certification path is a sequence of n certificates where:
* for all x in {1,(n-1)}, the subject of certificate x is the
issuer of certificate x+1.
* certificate x=1 is the the self-signed certificate, and
* certificate x=n is the end entity certificate.
This section assumes the following inputs are provided to the path
processing logic:
(a) a certification path of length n;
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(b) a set of initial policy identifiers (each comprising a
sequence of policy element identifiers), which identifies one or
more certificate policies, any one of which would be acceptable
for the purposes of certification path processing, or the special
value "any-policy"; and
(c) the current date/time (if not available internally to the
certification path processing module).
From the inputs, the procedure intializes five state variables:
(a) acceptable policy set: A set of certificate policy identif-
iers comprising the policy or policies recognized by the public
key user together with policies deemed equivalent through policy
mapping. The initial value of the acceptable policy set is the
special value "any-policy".
(b) constrained subtrees: A set of root names defining a set of
subtrees within which all subject names in subsequent certificates
in the certification path shall fall. The initial value is
"unbounded".
(c) excluded subtrees: A set of root names defining a set of
subtrees within which no subject name in subsequent certificates
in the certification path may fall. The initial value is "empty".
(d) explicit policy: an integer which indicates if an explicit
policy identifier is required. The integer indicates the first
certificate in the path where this requirement is imposed. Once
set, this variable may be decreased, but may not be increased.
(That is, if a certificate in the path requires explicit policy
identifiers, a later certificate can not remove this requirement.)
The initial value is n+1.
(e) policy mapping: an integer which indicates if policy mapping
is permitted. The integer indicates the last certificate on which
policy mapping may be applied. Once set, this variable may be
decreased, but may not be increased. (That is, if a certificate in
the path specifies policy mapping is not permitted, it can not be
overriden by a later certificate.) The initial value is n+1.
The actions performed by the path processing software for each certi-
ficate i=1 through n are described below. The self-signed certifi-
cate is certificate i=1, the end entity certificate is i=n. The pro-
cessing is performed sequentially, so that processing certificate i
affects the state variables for processing certificate (i+1). Note
that actions (h) through (l) are not applied to the end entity certi-
ficate (certificate n).
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The path processing actions to be performed are:
(a) Verify the basic certificate information, including:
(1) the certificate was signed using the subject public key
from certificate i-1 (in the special case i=1, this step may be
omitted; if not, use the subject public key from the same cer-
tificate),
(2) the certificate is not expired, and (if present) the
private key usage period is satisfied,
(3) the certificate has not been revoked (this may be deter-
mined by obtaining current CRL, current status information, or
by out-of-band mechanisms), and
(4) the subject and issuer names chain correctly. (If the cer-
tificate has an empty sequence in the name field, name chaining
will use the critical subjectAltNames and issuerAltNames
fields.)
(b) Verify that the subject name or critical subjectAltName
extension is consistent with the constrained subtrees state vari-
ables; and
(c) Verify that the subject name or critical subjectAltName
extension is consistent with the excluded subtrees state vari-
ables.
(d) Verify that policy information is consistent with the initial
policy set:
(1) if the explicit policy state variable is less than or equal
to i, a policy identifier in the certificate must be in the
initial policy set; and
(2) if the policy mapping variable is less than or equal to i,
the policy identifier may not be mapped.
(e) Verify that policy information is consistent with the accept-
able policy set:
(1) if the certificate policies extension is marked critical,
the intersection of the policies extension and the acceptable
policy set must be non-null;
(2) the acceptable policy set is assigned the resulting inter-
section as its new value.
(g) Verify that the intersection of the acceptable policy set and
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the intial policy set is non-null.
(h) Recognize and process any other critical extension present in
the certificate.
(i) Verify that the certificate is a CA certificate (as specified
in a basicConstraints extension or as verified out-of-band).
(j) If permittedSubtrees is present in the certificate, set the
constrained subtrees state variable to the intersection of its
previous value and the value indicated in the extension field.
(k) If excludedSubtrees is present in the certificate, set the
excluded subtrees state variable to the union of its previous
value and the value indicated in the extension field.
(l) If a policy constraints extension is included in the certifi-
cate, modify the explicit policy and policy mapping state vari-
ables as follows:
(1) If requireExplicitPolicy is present and has value r, the
explicit policy state variable is set to the minimum of (a) its
current value and (b) the sum of r and i (the current certifi-
cate in the sequence).
(2) If inhibitPolicyMapping is present and has value q, the
policy mapping state variable is set to the minimum of (a) its
current value and (b) the sum of q and i (the current certifi-
cate in the sequence).
If any one of the above checks fail, the procedure terminates,
returning a failure indication and an appropriate reason. If none of
the above checks fail on the end-entity certificate, the procedure
terminates, returning a success indication together with the set of
all policy qualifier values encountered in the set of certificates.
Notes: It is possible to specify an extended version of the above
certification path processing procedure which results in default
behaviour identical to the rules of Privacy Enhanced Mail [RFC 1422].
In this extended version, additional inputs to the procedure are a
list of one or more Policy Certification Authoritys (PCAs) names and
an indicator of the position in the certification path where the PCA
is expected. At the nominated PCA position, the CA name is compared
against this list. If a recognized PCA name is found, then a con-
straint of SubordinateToCA is implicitly assumed for the remainder of
the certification path and processing continues. If no valid PCA
name is found, and if the certification path cannot be validated on
the basis of identified policies, then the certification path is
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considered invalid.
This procedure may also be extended by providing a set of self-signed
certificates to the validation module. In this case, a valid path
could begin with any one of the self-signed certificates. These
self-signed certificates permit the path validation module to
automatically incorporate local security policy and requirements.
7 Algorithm Support
This section describes cryptographic algorithms which may be used
with this standard. The section describes one-way hash functions and
digital signature algorithms which may be used to sign certificates
and CRLs, and identifies object identifiers for public keys contained
in a certificate.
Conforming CAs and applications are not required to support the algo-
rithms or algorithm identifiers described in this section. However,
this profile requires conforming CAs and applications to conform when
they use the algorithms identified here.
7.1 One-way Hash Functions
This section identifies one-way hash functions for use in the Inter-
net PKI. One-way hash functions are also called message digest algo-
rithms. SHA-1 is the preferred one-way hash function for the Internet
PKI. However, PEM uses MD2 for certificates [RFC 1422] [RFC 1423]
and MD5 is used in other legacy applications. For this reason, MD2
and MD5 are included in this profile.
7.1.1 MD2 One-way Hash Function
MD2 was developed by Ron Rivest, but RSA Data Security has not placed
the MD2 algorithm in the public domain. Rather, RSA Data Security
has granted license to use MD2 for non-commercial Internet Privacy-
Enhanced Mail. For this reason, MD2 may continue to be used with PEM
certificates, but SHA-1 is preferred. MD2 is fully described in RFC
1319 [RFC 1319].
At the Selected Areas in Cryptography '95 conference in May 1995,
Rogier and Chauvaud presented an attack on MD2 that can nearly find
collisions [RC95]. Collisions occur when one can find two different
messages that generate the same message digest. A checksum operation
in MD2 is the only remaining obstacle to the success of the attack.
For this reason, the use of MD2 for new applications is discouraged.
It is still reasonable to use MD2 to verify existing signatures, as
the ability to find collisions in MD2 does not enable an attacker to
find new messages having a previously computed hash value.
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<< More information on the attack and its implications can be
obtained from a RSA Laboratories security bulletin. These bulletins
are available from <http://www.rsa.com/>. >>
7.1.2 MD5 One-way Hash Function
MD5 was developed by Ron Rivest in 1991. The algorithm takes as
input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit
"fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input. The MD5 message dig-
est algorithm is specified by RFC 1321, "The MD5 Message-Digest
Algorithm"[RFC1321].
Den Boer and Bosselaers [DB94] have found pseudo-collisions for MD5,
but there are no other known cryptanalytic results. The use of MD5
for new applications is discouraged. It is still reasonable to use
MD5 to verify existing signatures.
7.1.3 SHA-1 One-way Hash Function
SHA-1 was developed by the U.S. Government. The algorithm takes as
input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 160-bit
"hash" of the input. SHA-1 is fully described in FIPS 180-1 [FIPS
180-1].
SHA-1 is the one-way hash function of choice for use with both the
RSA and DSA signature algorithms (see Section 7.2).
7.2 Signature Algorithms
Certificates and CRLs described by this standard may be signed with
any public key signature algorithm. The certificate or CRL indicates
the algorithm through an algorithmidentifier which appears in the
signatureAlgorithm field in a Certificate or CertificateList. This
algorithmidentifier is an OID and has optionally associated parame-
ters. This section identifies algorithm identifiers that shall be
used in the signatureAlgorithm field in a Certificate or Certifi-
cateList.
RSA and DSA are the most popular signature algorithms used in the
Internet. Signature algorithms are always used in conjunction with a
one-way hash function identified in Section 7.1.
The signature algorithm (and one-way hash function) used to sign a
certificate or CRL is indicated by use of an algorithm identifier.
An algorithm identifier is an object identifier, and may include
associated parameters. This section identifies OIDS for RSA and DSA.
The parameters component in signatureAlgorithm field of a Certificate
or CertificateList shall always be present with a value of NULL.
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The data to be signed (e.g., the one-way hash function output value)
is formatted for the signature algorithm to be used. Then, a private
key operation (e.g., RSA encryption) is performed to generate the
signature value. This signature value is then ASN.1 encoded as a BIT
STRING and included in the Certificate or CertificateList (in the
signature field).
7.2.1 RSA Signature Algorithm
A patent statement regarding the RSA algorithm can be found at the
end of this profile.
The RSA algorithm is named for its inventors: Rivest, Shamir, and
Adleman. This profile includes three signature algorithms based on
the RSA asymmetric encryption algorithm. The signature algorithms
combine RSA with either the MD2, MD5, or the SHA-1 one-way hash func-
tions.
The signature algorithm with MD2 and the RSA encryption algorithm is
defined in PKCS #1 [PKCS#1]. As defined in PKCS #1, the ASN.1 object
identifier used to identify this signature algorithm is:
md2WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
pkcs-1(1) 2 }
The signature algorithm with MD5 and the RSA encryption algorithm is
defined in PKCS #1 [PKCS#1]. As defined in PKCS #1, the ASN.1 object
identifier used to identify this signature algorithm is:
md5WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
pkcs-1(1) 4 }
The signature algorithm with SHA-1 and the RSA encryption algorithm
is defined in by the OSI Interoperability Workshop in [OIW]. Padding
conventions described in PKCS #1, section 8.1, must be used. As
defined in [OIW], the ASN.1 object identifier used to identify this
signature algorithm is:
sha1WithRSASignature OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) identified-organization(3) oiw(14)
secsig(3) algorithm(2) 29 }
When any of these three object identifiers appears within the ASN.1
type AlgorithmIdentifier, the parameters component of that type shall
be the ASN.1 type NULL.
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The data to be signed (e.g., the one-way hash function output value)
is first ASN.1 encoded as an OCTET STRING and the result is encrypted
(e.g., using RSA Encryption) to form the signed quantity. When sign-
ing, the RSA algorithm generates an integer y. This signature value
is then ASN.1 encoded as a BIT STRING, such that the most significant
bit in y is the first bit in the bit string and the least significant
bit in y is the last bit in the bit string, and included in the Cer-
tificate or CertificateList (in the signature field).
(In general the conversion to a bit string occurs in two steps. The
integer y is converted to an octet string such that the first octet
has the most significance and the last octet has the least signifi-
cance. The octet string is converted into a bit string such that the
most significant bit of the first octet shall become the first bit in
the bit string, and the least significant bit of the last octet is
the last bit in the BIT STRING.)
7.2.2 DSA Signature Algorithm
A patent statement regarding the DSA can be found at the end of this
profile.
The Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) is also called the Digital Sig-
nature Standard (DSS). DSA was developed by the U.S. Government, and
DSA is used in conjunction with the the SHA-1 one-way hash function.
DSA is fully described in FIPS 186 [FIPS 186]. The ASN.1 object
identifiers used to identify this signature algorithm are:
id-dsa-with-sha1 ID ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) x9-57 (10040)
x9cm(4) 3 }
The id-dsa-with-sha1 algorithm syntax has NULL parameters. The DSA
parameters in the subjectPublicKeyInfo field of the certificate of
the issuer shall apply to the verification of the signature.
If the subjectPublicKeyInfo AlgorithmIdentifier field has NULL param-
eters and the CA signed the subject certificate using DSA, then the
certificate issuer's parameters apply to the subject's DSA key. If
the subjectPublicKeyInfo AlgorithmIdentifier field has NULL parame-
ters and the CA signed the subject with a signature algorithm other
than DSA, then clients shall not validate the certificate.
When signing, the DSA algorithm generates two values. These values
are commonly referred to as r and s. To easily transfer these two
values as one signature, they shall be ASN.1 encoded using the fol-
lowing ASN.1 structure:
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Dss-Sig-Value ::= SEQUENCE {
r INTEGER,
s INTEGER }
7.3 Subject Public Key Algorithms
Certificates described by this standard may convey a public key for
any public key algorithm. The certificate indicates the algorithm
through an algorithmidentifier. This algorithm identfieier is an OID
and optionally associated parameters.
This section identifies preferred OIDs and parameters for the RSA,
DSA, and Diffie-Hellman algorithms. Conforming CAs shall use the
identified OIDs when issuing certificates containing public keys for
these algorithms. Conforming applications supporting any of these
algorithms shall, at a minimum, recognize the OID identified in this
section.
7.3.1 RSA Keys
The object identifier rsaEncryption identifies RSA public keys.
pkcs-1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840)
rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) 1 }
rsaEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 1}
The rsaEncryption object identifier is intended to be used in the
algorithm field of a value of type AlgorithmIdentifier. The parame-
ters field shall have ASN.1 type NULL for this algorithm identifier.
The rsa public key shall be encoded using the ASN.1 type RSAPub-
licKey:
RSAPublicKey ::= SEQUENCE {
modulus INTEGER, -- n
publicExponent INTEGER -- e
}
where modulus is the modulus n, and publicExponent is the public
exponent e. The DER encoded RSAPublicKey is the value of the BIT
STRING subjectPubliKey.
This object identifier is used in public key certificates for both
RSA signature keys and RSA encryption keys. The intended application
for the key may be indicated in the key usage field (see Section
4.2.1.3). The use of a single key for both signature and encryption
purposes is not recommended, but is not forbidden.
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If the keyUsage extension is present in an end entity certificate
which conveys an RSA public key, any combination of the following
values may be present:
digitalSignature;
nonRepudiation;
keyEncipherment; and
dataEncipherment.
If the keyUsage extension is present in a CA certificate which con-
veys an RSA public key, any combination of the following values may
be present:
digitalSignature;
nonRepudiation;
keyEncipherment;
dataEncipherment;
keyCertSign; and
cRLSign.
However, this specification recommends that if keyCertSign or cRLSign
is present, both keyEncipherment and dataEncipherment should not be
present.
7.3.2 Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange Key
This diffie-hellman object identifier supported by this standard is
defined by ANSI X9.42.
dhpublicnumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2)
us(840) ansi-x942(10046) number-type(2) 1 }
The dhpublicnumber object identifier is intended to be used in the
algorithm field of a value of type AlgorithmIdentifier. The parame-
ters field of that type, which has the algorithm-specific syntax ANY
DEFINED BY algorithm, would have ASN.1 type DHParameter for this
algorithm.
DHParameter ::= SEQUENCE {
prime INTEGER, -- p
base INTEGER, -- g }
The fields of type DHParameter have the following meanings:
prime is the prime p.
base is the base g.
The Diffie-Hellman public key shall be ASN.1 encoded as an INTEGER;
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this encoding shall be used as the contents (i.e., the value) of the
subjectPublicKey component (a BIT STRING) of the subjectPublicKeyInfo
data element.
DHPublicKey ::= INTEGER -- public key y = g^x mod p
If the keyUsage extension is present in a certificate which conveys a
DH public key, the following values may be present:
keyAgreement;
encipherOnly; and
decipherOnly.
At most one of encipherOnly and decipherOnly shall be asserted in
keyUsage extension.
7.3.3 DSA Signature Keys
The object identifier supported by this standard is
id-dsa ID ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) x9-57(10040)
x9cm(4) 1 }
The id-dsa algorithm syntax includes optional parameters. These
parameters are commonly referred to as p, q, and g. When omitted,
the parameters component shall be present and have the value NULL.
If the DSA algorithm parameters are absent from the subjectPublicKey-
Info AlgorithmIdentifier and the CA signed the subject certificate
using DSA, then the certificate issuer's DSA parameters apply to the
subject's DSA key. If the DSA algorithm parameters are absent from
the subjectPublicKeyInfo AlgorithmIdentifier and the CA signed the
subject certificate using a signature algorithm other than DSA, then
the subject's DSA parameters are distributed by other means. The
parameters are included using the following ASN.1 structure:
Dss-Parms ::= SEQUENCE {
p INTEGER,
q INTEGER,
g INTEGER }
If the subjectPublicKeyInfo AlgorithmIdentifier field has NULL param-
eters and the CA signed the subject certificate using DSA, then the
certificate issuer's parameters apply to the subject's DSA key. If
the subjectPublicKeyInfo AlgorithmIdentifier field has NULL parame-
ters and the CA signed the subject with a signature algorithm other
than DSA, then clients shall not validate the certificate.
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When signing, DSA algorithm generates two values. These values are
commonly referred to as r and s. To easily transfer these two values
as one signature, they are ASN.1 encoded using the following ASN.1
structure:
Dss-Sig-Value ::= SEQUENCE {
r INTEGER,
s INTEGER }
The encoded signature is conveyed as the value of the BIT STRING sig-
nature in a Certificate or CertificateList.
The DSA public key shall be ASN.1 encoded as an INTEGER; this encod-
ing shall be used as the contents (i.e., the value) of the sub-
jectPublicKey component (a BIT STRING) of the SubjectPublicKeyInfo
data element.
DSAPublicKey ::= INTEGER -- public key Y
If the keyUsage extension is present in an end entity certificate
which conveys a DSA public key, any combination of the following
values may be present:
digitalSignature; and
nonRepudiation.
If the keyUsage extension is present in an CA certificate which con-
veys a DSA public key, any combination of the following values may be
present:
digitalSignature;
nonRepudiation;
keyCertSign; and
cRLSign.
References
[FIPS 180-1] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication
(FIPS PUB) 180-1, Secure Hash Standard, 17 April 1995.
[Supersedes FIPS PUB 180 dated 11 May 1993.]
[FIPS 186] Federal Information Processing Standards Publication
(FIPS PUB) 186, Digital Signature Standard, 18 May 1994.
[OIW] Stable Implementation Agreements for Open Systems
Interconnection Protocols: Part 12 - OS Security,
Output from the June 1995 Open Systems Environment
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Implementors' Workshop (OIW).
[PKCS#1] PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard, Version 1.4, RSA Data
Security, Inc., 3 June 1991.
[RC95] Rogier, N. and Chauvaud, P., "The compression function of
MD2 is not collision free," Presented at Selected Areas in
Cryptography '95, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada,
18-19 May 1995.
[RFC 791] J. Postel, "Internet Protocol", September 1981.
[RFC 1319] Kaliski, B., "The MD2 Message-Digest Algorithm," RFC 1319,
RSA Laboratories, April 1992.
[RFC 1422] Kent, S., "Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic
Mail: Part II: Certificate-Based Key Management," RFC
1422, BBN Communications, February 1993.
[RFC 1423] Balenson, D., "Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic
Mail: Part III: Algorithms, Modes, and Identifiers,"
RFC 1423, Trusted Information Systems, February 1993.
[RFC 1738] T. Berners-Lee, L. Masinter & M. McCahill, "Uniform
Resource Locators (URL)," December 1994.
[RFC 1777] W. Yeong, T. Howes & S. Kille, "Lightweight Directory
Access Protocol," March 1995.
[RFC 1778] T. Howes, S. Kille, W. Yeong, C. Robbins, "The String
Representation of Standard Attribute Syntaxes", March 1995.
[RFC 1883] S. Deering, R. Hinden, "Internet Protocol, Version 6
(IPv6)," December 1995.
[RFC 1959] T. Howes, M. Smith, "An LDAP URL Format", RFC 1959,
June 1996.
[RFC 2044] F. Yergeau, "UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode
and ISO 10646", October 1996.
[RFC 2277] H. Alvestrand, "IETF Policy on Character Sets and
Languages", January 1998.
[RFC 2279] F. Yergeau, "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646",
January 1998.
[PKIXMGMT] C. Adams, S. Farrell, "Internet Public Key Infrastructure
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Certificate Management Protocols",
draft-ietf-pkix-ipki3cmp-07.txt, February 1998.
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draft-ietf-pkix-ipki2opp-07.txt, March 1998.
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Operational Protocols", draft-ietf-pkix-ocsp-02.txt,
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draft-ietf-pkix-opp-ftp-http-02.txt, November 1997.
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1996-06-07 with "Corrections to Message Security Protocol,
SDN.701, Rev 4.0, 96-06-07." August 30, 1996.
[X.208] CCITT Recommendation X.208: Specification of Abstract
Syntax Notation One (ASN.1), 1988.
[X.509] ITU-T Recommendation X.509 (1197 E): Information
Technology - Open Systems Interconnection - The
Directory: Authentication Framework, June 1997.
[X9.55] ANSI X9.55-1995, Public Key Cryptography For The Financial
Services Industry: Extensions To Public Key Certificates
And Certificate Revocation Lists, 8 December, 1995.
[X9.57] ANSI X9.57-199x, Public Key Cryptography For The Financial
Services Industry: Certificate Management (Working Draft),
21 June, 1996.
Patent Statements
The Internet PKI relies on the use of patented public key technology
and secure hash technology for digital signature services. This
specification references public key encryption technology for provi-
sioning key exchange services. This specification also permits the
use of the cRLDistributionPoints extension to assist in the manage-
ment of certificate revocation lists.
The Internet Standards Process as defined in RFC 1310 requires a
written statement from the Patent holder that a license will be made
available to applicants under reasonable terms and conditions prior
to approving a specification as a Proposed, Draft or Internet Stan-
dard.
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Patent statements for DSA, RSA, Diffie-Hellman and one method for
managing CRLs follow. These statements have been supplied by the
patent holders, not the authors of this profile.
The Internet Society, Internet Architecture Board, Internet Engineer-
ing Steering Group and the Corporation for National Research Initia-
tives take no position on the validity or scope of the following
patents and patent applications, nor on the appropriateness of the
terms of the assurance. The Internet Society and other groups men-
tioned above have not made any determination as to any other intel-
lectual property rights which may apply to the practice of this stan-
dard. Any further consideration of these matters is the user's own
responsibility.
Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA)
The U.S. Government holds patent 5,231,668 on the Digital Signa-
ture Algorithm (DSA), which has been incorporated into Federal
Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 186. The patent was issued
on July 27, 1993.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a
long tradition of supplying U.S. Government-developed techniques
to committees and working groups for inclusion into standards on a
royalty-free basis. NIST has made the DSA patent available
royalty-free to users worldwide.
Regarding patent infringement, FIPS 186 summarizes our position;
the Department of Commerce is not aware of any patents that would
be infringed by the DSA. Questions regarding this matter may be
directed to the Deputy Chief Counsel for NIST.
RSA Signature and Encryption
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has granted RSA Data
Security, Inc., exclusive sub-licensing rights to the following
patent issued in the United States:
Cryptographic Communications System and Method ("RSA"), No.
4,405,829
RSA Data Security, Inc. has provided the following statement with
regard to this patent:
It is our understanding that the proposed PKIX Certificate Pro-
file (PKIX-1) standard currently under review contemplates the
use of U.S Patent 4,405,829 entitled "Cryptographic Communica-
tion System and Method" (the "RSA patent") which patent is
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controlled by RSA.
It is RSA's business practice to make licenses to its patents
available on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms. Accord-
ingly, if the foregoing identified IETF standard is adopted,
RSA is willing, upon request, to grant non-exclusive licenses
to such patent on reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and
conditions to those who respect RSA's intellectual property
rights and subject to RSA's then current royalty rate for the
patent licensed. The royalty rate for the RSA patent is
presently set at 2% of the licensee's selling price for each
product covered by the patent. Any requests for license infor-
mation may be directed to:
Director of Licensing RSA Data Security, Inc. 100 Marine
Parkway, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA 94065
A license under RSA's patent(s) does not include any rights to
know-how or other technical information or license under other
intellectual property rights. Such license does not extend to
any activities which constitute infringement or inducement
thereto. A licensee must make his own determination as to
whether a license is necessary under patents of others.
Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement and Hellman-Merkle Public Key Cryptogra-
phy
Patent No. 4,200,770: Cryptographic Apparatus and Method ("Diffie-
Hellman") expired on August 19, 1997. Patent No. 4,218,582: Public
Key Cryptographic Apparatus and Method ("Hellman-Merkle") expired on
April 29, 1997.
Method for Efficient Management of Certificate Revocation Lists
Entrust Technologies Limited advises the IETF that it holds the
Patent (as defined herein) which may relate to the IETF. In accor-
dance with the Intellectual Property rights procedures of the IETF
standards process, Entrust Technologies Limited, for itself and
its subsidiaries (hereinafter called Entrust) will offer licenses
under its Patent on a non-exclusive basis and on non-
discriminatory, fair and reasonable terms to all parties solely
for their use in complying with the Standard, but on condition
that any such party offers to Entrust and its corporate affiliates
similar licenses under such partys patents, if any, for use in
complying with the Standard and related IETF standards.
Any application for a license under Entrusts Patent pursuant to
this Patent Disclosure Statement should be made to:
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Stephen Samson
Entrust Technologies Limited
8th Floor, 750 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1V 1A7
As used herein:
"Patent" means US Patent 5,699,431 issued on 16 December, 1997 for
an invention known as a "Method for Efficient Management of Certi-
ficate Revocation Lists and Update Information", which invention
is owned or controlled by Entrust and the use of which may be
required in conjunction with the Standard.
"Standard" means a specification progressing through the Standard
Track of the IETF and relating to the Public Key Infrastructure
(X.509) specifications.
GRANT OF RIGHTS FOR US PATENT 5,699,431
Purpose
This grant is made to help facilitate inclusion of certain
patented technology covered under US Patent 5,699,431 (herein
called the Technology) in the Public Key Infrastructure (X.509)
Standard (herein called the Standard). Entrust Technologies Lim-
ited (herein called Entrust) offers the Technology to the IETF as
a method for efficient management of Certificate Revocation Lists
and Update Information. It should be noted that the confirmatory
license mentioned is optional, since the grant of rights is
automatic.
Grant of Rights to Entrust Technologies US Patent 5,699,431
Entrust hereby covenants that it will not assert any claims in US
Patent 5,699,431 any continuations, divisions, or continuations-
in-part of either, or any non-US counterparts of any of the fore-
going against any party that makes, uses, or offers a non-
commercial implementation of an IETF specification that includes
the Technology, or any continuation, division or continuation-in-
part of that contribution, provided that contribution is employed
to implement the Public Key Infrastructure (X.509) Standard.
Such grant of rights is limited in that it does not include rights
for commercialization of the Technology, including incorporating
such Technology into commercial products. A license for commercial
uses of the Technology must be applied for at the address written
below.
This grant of rights will permanently terminate with respect to
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any party (and to any affiliate of the party) that asserts a
patent it owns or controls, either directly or indirectly, against
Entrust or any of its affiliates for implementation of, or opera-
tion of any system utilizing the Technology. The termination of
rights will occur as of the date the patent is asserted against
Entrust.
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A written confirmation of this grant, and/or a license under any
other patent under Entrust's then-current terms, conditions, and
royalty rates, can be obtained by sending a request to:
Stephen Samson
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8th Floor, 750 Heron Road, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1V 1A7
Appendix A. Psuedo-ASN.1 Structures and OIDs
This section describes data objects used by conforming PKI components
in an "ASN.1-like" syntax. This syntax is a hybrid of the 1988 and
1993 ASN.1 syntaxes. The 1988 ASN.1 syntax is augmented with 1993
UNIVERSAL Types UniversalString, BMPString and UTF8String.
The ASN.1 syntax does not permit the inclusion of type statements in
the ASN.1 module, and the 1993 ASN.1 standard does not permit use of
the new UNIVERSAL types in modules using the 1988 syntax. As a
result, this module does not conform to either version of the ASN.1
standard.
This appendix may be converted into 1988 ASN.1 by replacing the
defintions for the UNIVERSAL Types with the 1988 catch-all "ANY".
PKIX1 DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS::=
BEGIN
-- UNIVERSAL Types defined in '93 ASN.1
-- but required by this specification
UniversalString ::= [UNIVERSAL 28] IMPLICIT OCTET STRING
-- UniversalString is defined in ASN.1:1993
BMPString ::= [UNIVERSAL 30] IMPLICIT OCTET STRING
-- BMPString is the subtype of
-- UniversalString and models the Basic Multilingual Plane
-- of ISO/IEC 10646-1
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-- UNIVERSAL Type defined in draft '98 ASN.1
-- but required by this specification
UTF8String ::= [UNIVERSAL 12] IMPLICIT OCTET STRING
-- The content of this type conforms to RFC 2044.
--
-- PKIX OIDs
id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }
-- PKIX arcs
-- arc for private certificate extensions
id-pe OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 1 }
-- arc for policy qualifier types
id-qt OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 2 }
-- arc for extended key purpose OIDS
id-kp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 3 }
-- arc for access descriptors
id-ad OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 48 }
-- pkix private extensions
id-pe-authorityInfoAccess OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 1 }
-- policyQualifierIds for Internet policy qualifiers
id-qt-cps OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 1 }
id-qt-unotice OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 2 }
-- extended key purpose OIDs
id-kp-serverAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 1 }
id-kp-clientAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 2 }
id-kp-codeSigning OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 3 }
id-kp-emailProtection OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 4 }
id-kp-ipsecEndSystem OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 5 }
id-kp-ipsecTunnel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 6 }
id-kp-ipsecUser OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 7 }
id-kp-timeStamping OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 8 }
-- access descriptors for authority info access extension
id-ad-ocsp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 1 }
id-ad-caIssuers OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 2 }
-- attribute data types --
Attribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type AttributeValue,
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values SET OF AttributeValue
-- at least one value is required -- }
AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
AttributeValue ::= ANY
AttributeTypeAndValue ::= SEQUENCE {
type AttributeType,
value AttributeValue }
-- naming data types --
Name ::= CHOICE { -- only one possibility for now --
rdnSequence RDNSequence }
RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName
DistinguishedName ::= RDNSequence
RelativeDistinguishedName ::=
SET SIZE (1 .. MAX) OF AttributeTypeAndValue
-- Directory string type --
DirectoryString ::= CHOICE {
teletexString TeletexString (SIZE (1..MAX)),
printableString PrintableString (SIZE (1..MAX)),
universalString UniversalString (SIZE (1..MAX)),
utf8String UTF8String (SIZE (1..MAX))
bmpString BMPString (SIZE(1..MAX))
}
-- certificate and CRL specific structures begin here
Certificate ::= SEQUENCE {
tbsCertificate TBSCertificate,
signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
signature BIT STRING }
TBSCertificate ::= SEQUENCE {
version [0] EXPLICIT Version DEFAULT v1,
serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber,
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
validity Validity,
subject Name,
subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo,
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issuerUniqueID [1] UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
subjectUniqueID [2] UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
-- If present, version must be v2 or v3
extensions [3] EXPLICIT Extensions OPTIONAL
-- If present, version must be v3
}
Version ::= INTEGER { v1(0), v2(1), v3(2) }
CertificateSerialNumber ::= INTEGER
Validity ::= SEQUENCE {
notBefore Time,
notAfter Time }
Time ::= CHOICE {
utcTime UTCTime,
generalTime GeneralizedTime }
UniqueIdentifier ::= BIT STRING
SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
subjectPublicKey BIT STRING }
Extensions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
Extension ::= SEQUENCE {
extnID OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
critical BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
extnValue OCTET STRING }
-- Extension ::= { {id-ce 15}, ... , keyUsage }
ID ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
joint-iso-ccitt ID ::= { 2 }
ds ID ::= {joint-iso-ccitt 5}
id-ce ID ::= {ds 29}
AuthorityKeyIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
keyIdentifier [0] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL,
authorityCertIssuer [1] GeneralNames OPTIONAL,
authorityCertSerialNumber [2] CertificateSerialNumber OPTIONAL
}
( WITH COMPONENTS {..., authorityCertIssuer PRESENT,
authorityCertSerialNumber PRESENT} |
WITH COMPONENTS {..., authorityCertIssuer ABSENT,
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authorityCertSerialNumber ABSENT} )
KeyIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING
-- subjectKeyIdentifier ::= KeyIdentifier
KeyUsage ::= BIT STRING {
digitalSignature (0),
nonRepudiation (1),
keyEncipherment (2),
dataEncipherment (3),
keyAgreement (4),
keyCertSign (5),
cRLSign (6) }
id-ce-privateKeyUsagePeriod OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 16 }
PrivateKeyUsagePeriod ::= SEQUENCE {
notBefore [0] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL,
notAfter [1] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL }
( WITH COMPONENTS {..., notBefore PRESENT} |
WITH COMPONENTS {..., notAfter PRESENT} )
id-ce-certificatePolicies OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 32 }
CertificatePolicies ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PolicyInformation
PolicyInformation ::= SEQUENCE {
policyIdentifier CertPolicyId,
policyQualifiers SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
PolicyQualifierInfo OPTIONAL }
CertPolicyId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
PolicyQualifierInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
policyQualifierId PolicyQualifierId,
qualifier ANY DEFINED BY policyQualifierId }
PolicyQualifierId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
id-ce-policyMappings OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 33 }
PolicyMappings ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF SEQUENCE {
issuerDomainPolicy CertPolicyId,
subjectDomainPolicy CertPolicyId }
id-ce-subjectAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 17 }
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SubjectAltName ::= GeneralNames
GeneralNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralName
GeneralName ::= CHOICE {
-- OTHER-NAME ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER note: not supported in '88 ASN.1
otherName [0] AnotherName,
rfc822Name [1] IA5String,
dNSName [2] IA5String,
x400Address [3] ORAddress,
directoryName [4] Name,
ediPartyName [5] EDIPartyName,
uniformResourceIdentifier [6] IA5String,
iPAddress [7] OCTET STRING,
registeredID [8] OBJECT IDENTIFIER }
AnotherName ::= SEQUENCE {
type-id OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
value [0] EXPLICIT ANY DEFINED BY type-id
}
EDIPartyName ::= SEQUENCE {
nameAssigner [0] DirectoryString OPTIONAL,
partyName [1] DirectoryString }
id-ce-issuerAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 18 }
IssuerAltName ::= GeneralNames
id-ce-subjectDirectoryAttributes OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 9 }
SubjectDirectoryAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Attribute
id-ce-basicConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 19 }
BasicConstraints ::= SEQUENCE {
cA BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
pathLenConstraint INTEGER (0..MAX) OPTIONAL }
id-ce-nameConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 30 }
NameConstraints ::= SEQUENCE {
permittedSubtrees [0] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL,
excludedSubtrees [1] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL }
GeneralSubtrees ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralSubtree
GeneralSubtree ::= SEQUENCE {
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base GeneralName,
minimum [0] BaseDistance DEFAULT 0,
maximum [1] BaseDistance OPTIONAL }
BaseDistance ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
id-ce-policyConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 36 }
PolicyConstraints ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF SEQUENCE {
requireExplicitPolicy [0] SkipCerts OPTIONAL,
inhibitPolicyMapping [1] SkipCerts OPTIONAL }
SkipCerts ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
-- cRLDistributionPoints CRLDistPointsSyntax ::=
-- SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
CRLDistPointsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
DistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
reasons [1] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
cRLIssuer [2] GeneralNames OPTIONAL }
DistributionPointName ::= CHOICE {
fullName [0] GeneralNames,
nameRelativeToCRLIssuer [1] RelativeDistinguishedName }
ReasonFlags ::= BIT STRING {
unused (0),
keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6) }
id-ce-extKeyUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 37}
ExtKeyUsageSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF KeyPurposeId
KeyPurposeId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
AuthorityInfoAccessSyntax ::=
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AccessDescription
AccessDescription ::= SEQUENCE {
accessMethod OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
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accessLocation GeneralName }
-- CRL structures
CertificateList ::= SEQUENCE {
tbsCertList TBSCertList,
signatureAlgorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
signature BIT STRING }
TBSCertList ::= SEQUENCE {
version Version OPTIONAL,
-- if present, must be v2
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
thisUpdate Time,
nextUpdate Time OPTIONAL,
revokedCertificates SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
userCertificate CertificateSerialNumber,
revocationDate Time,
crlEntryExtensions Extensions OPTIONAL
-- if present, must be v2
} OPTIONAL,
crlExtensions [0] EXPLICIT Extensions OPTIONAL
-- if present, must be v2
}
-- Version, Time, CertificateSerialNumber, and Extensions were
-- defined earlier for use in the certificate structure
AlgorithmIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithm OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
parameters ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL }
-- contains a value of the type
-- registered for use with the
-- algorithm object identifier value
id-ce-cRLNumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 20 }
CRLNumber ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
id-ce-issuingDistributionPoint OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 28 }
IssuingDistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
onlyContainsUserCerts [1] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlyContainsCACerts [2] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlySomeReasons [3] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
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indirectCRL [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
id-ce-deltaCRLIndicator OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 27 }
-- deltaCRLIndicator ::= BaseCRLNumber
id-ce-cRLNumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 20 }
BaseCRLNumber ::= CRLNumber
id-ce-cRLReasons OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 21 }
CRLReason ::= ENUMERATED {
unspecified (0),
keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6),
removeFromCRL (8) }
id-ce-certificateIssuer OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 29 }
CertificateIssuer ::= GeneralNames
id-ce-holdInstructionCode OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 23 }
HoldInstructionCode ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
-- ANSI x9 arc holdinstruction arc
member-body ID ::= { iso 2 }
us ID ::= { member-body 840 }
x9cm ID ::= { us 10040 }
holdInstruction ID ::= {x9cm 2}
-- ANSI X9 holdinstructions referenced by this standard
id-holdinstruction-none ID ::= {holdInstruction 1}
id-holdinstruction-callissuer ID ::= {holdInstruction 2}
id-holdinstruction-reject ID ::= {holdInstruction 3}
id-ce-invalidityDate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 24 }
InvalidityDate ::= GeneralizedTime
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-- Algorithm structures
md2WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
pkcs-1(1) 2 }
md5WithRSAEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1)
pkcs-1(1) 4 }
sha1WithRSASignature OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {
iso(1) identified-organization(3) oiw(14) secsig(3)
algorithm(2) 29 }
id-dsa-with-sha1 ID ::= {
iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) x9-57 (10040)
x9algorithm(4) 3 }
Dss-Sig-Value ::= SEQUENCE {
r INTEGER,
s INTEGER }
pkcs-1 OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840)
rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) 1 }
rsaEncryption OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { pkcs-1 1}
dhpublicnumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) member-body(2)
us(840) ansi-x942(10046) number-type(2) 1 }
DHParameter ::= SEQUENCE {
prime INTEGER, -- p
base INTEGER -- g
}
id-dsa ID ::= { iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) x9-57(10040)
x9algorithm(4) 1 }
Dss-Parms ::= SEQUENCE {
p INTEGER,
q INTEGER,
g INTEGER }
id-keyEncryptionAlgorithm OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ 2 16 840 1 101 2 1 1 22 }
KEA-Parms-Id ::= OCTET STRING
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id-ce-subjectKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 14 }
id-ce-keyUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 15 }
id-ce-authorityKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ce 35 }
CPSuri ::= IA5String
UserNotice ::= CHOICE {
visibleString VisibleString,
bmpString BMPString
}
PresentationAddress ::= SEQUENCE {
pSelector [0] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
sSelector [1] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
tSelector [2] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
nAddresses [3] EXPLICIT SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF OCTET STRING}
-- x400 address syntax starts here
-- OR Names
ORAddressAndOrDirectoryName ::= ORName
ORAddressAndOptionalDirectoryName ::= ORName
ORName ::= [APPLICATION 0] SEQUENCE {
-- address -- COMPONENTS OF ORAddress,
directory-name [0] Name OPTIONAL }
ORAddress ::= SEQUENCE {
built-in-standard-attributes BuiltInStandardAttributes,
built-in-domain-defined-attributes
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttributes OPTIONAL,
-- see also teletex-domain-defined-attributes
extension-attributes ExtensionAttributes OPTIONAL }
-- The OR-address is semantically absent from the OR-name if the
-- built-in-standard-attribute sequence is empty and the
-- built-in-domain-defined-attributes and extension-attributes are
-- both omitted.
-- Built-in Standard Attributes
BuiltInStandardAttributes ::= SEQUENCE {
country-name CountryName OPTIONAL,
administration-domain-name AdministrationDomainName OPTIONAL,
network-address [0] NetworkAddress OPTIONAL,
-- see also extended-network-address
terminal-identifier [1] TerminalIdentifier OPTIONAL,
private-domain-name [2] PrivateDomainName OPTIONAL,
organization-name [3] OrganizationName OPTIONAL,
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-- see also teletex-organization-name
numeric-user-identifier [4] NumericUserIdentifier OPTIONAL,
personal-name [5] PersonalName OPTIONAL,
-- see also teletex-personal-name
organizational-unit-names [6] OrganizationalUnitNames OPTIONAL
-- see also teletex-organizational-unit-names -- }
CountryName ::= [APPLICATION 1] CHOICE {
x121-dcc-code NumericString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-numeric-length)),
iso-3166-alpha2-code PrintableString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-alpha-length)) }
AdministrationDomainName ::= [APPLICATION 2] CHOICE {
numeric NumericString (SIZE (0..ub-domain-name-length)),
printable PrintableString (SIZE (0..ub-domain-name-length)) }
NetworkAddress ::= X121Address
-- see also extended-network-address
X121Address ::= NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-x121-address-length))
TerminalIdentifier ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-terminal-id-length))
PrivateDomainName ::= CHOICE {
numeric NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-domain-name-length)),
printable PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-domain-name-length)) }
OrganizationName ::= PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-organization-name-length))
-- see also teletex-organization-name
NumericUserIdentifier ::= NumericString
(SIZE (1..ub-numeric-user-id-length))
PersonalName ::= SET {
surname [0] PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-surname-length)),
given-name [1] PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-given-name-length)) OPTIONAL,
initials [2] PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-initials-length)) OPTIONAL,
generation-qualifier [3] PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-generation-qualifier-length)) OPTIONAL}
-- see also teletex-personal-name
OrganizationalUnitNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..ub-organizational-units)
OF OrganizationalUnitName
-- see also teletex-organizational-unit-names
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OrganizationalUnitName ::= PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-organizational-unit-name-length))
-- Built-in Domain-defined Attributes
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attributes) OF
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttribute
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length)),
value PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length))}
-- Extension Attributes
ExtensionAttributes ::= SET SIZE (1..ub-extension-attributes) OF
ExtensionAttribute
ExtensionAttribute ::= EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE
EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= SEQUENCE {
extension-attribute-type [0] INTEGER (0..ub-extension-attributes),
extension-attribute-value [1] ANY DEFINED BY extension-attribute-type
}
extensionAttributeTable EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {
common-name |
teletex-common-name |
teletex-organization-name |
teletex-personal-name |
teletex-organizational-unit-names |
teletex-domain-defined-attributes |
pds-name |
physical-delivery-country-name |
postal-code |
physical-delivery-office-name |
physical-delivery-office-number |
extension-OR-address-components |
physical-delivery-personal-name |
physical-delivery-organization-name |
extension-physical-delivery-address-components |
unformatted-postal-address |
street-address |
post-office-box-address |
poste-restante-address |
unique-postal-name |
local-postal-attributes |
extended-network-address |
terminal-type }
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-- Extension Standard Attributes
common-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {CommonName IDENTIFIED BY 1}
CommonName ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-common-name-length))
teletex-common-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexCommonName IDENTIFIED BY 2}
TeletexCommonName ::= TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-common-name-length))
teletex-organization-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexOrganizationName IDENTIFIED BY 3}
TeletexOrganizationName ::=
TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-organization-name-length))
teletex-personal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexPersonalName IDENTIFIED BY 4}
TeletexPersonalName ::= SET {
surname [0] TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-surname-length)),
given-name [1] TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-given-name-length)) OPTIONAL,
initials [2] TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-initials-length)) OPTIONAL,
generation-qualifier [3] TeletexString (SIZE
(1..ub-generation-qualifier-length)) OPTIONAL }
teletex-organizational-unit-names EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexOrganizationalUnitNames IDENTIFIED BY 5}
TeletexOrganizationalUnitNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-organizational-units) OF TeletexOrganizationalUnitName
TeletexOrganizationalUnitName ::= TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-organizational-unit-name-length))
pds-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {PDSName IDENTIFIED BY 7}
PDSName ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-pds-name-length))
physical-delivery-country-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryCountryName IDENTIFIED BY 8}
PhysicalDeliveryCountryName ::= CHOICE {
x121-dcc-code NumericString (SIZE (ub-country-name-numeric-length)),
iso-3166-alpha2-code PrintableString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-alpha-length)) }
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postal-code EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {PostalCode IDENTIFIED BY 9}
PostalCode ::= CHOICE {
numeric-code NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-postal-code-length)),
printable-code PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-postal-code-length)) }
physical-delivery-office-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName IDENTIFIED BY 10}
PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-office-number EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOfficeNumber IDENTIFIED BY 11}
PhysicalDeliveryOfficeNumber ::= PDSParameter
extension-OR-address-components EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtensionORAddressComponents IDENTIFIED BY 12}
ExtensionORAddressComponents ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-personal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryPersonalName IDENTIFIED BY 13}
PhysicalDeliveryPersonalName ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-organization-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOrganizationName IDENTIFIED BY 14}
PhysicalDeliveryOrganizationName ::= PDSParameter
extension-physical-delivery-address-components EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtensionPhysicalDeliveryAddressComponents IDENTIFIED BY 15}
ExtensionPhysicalDeliveryAddressComponents ::= PDSParameter
unformatted-postal-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{UnformattedPostalAddress IDENTIFIED BY 16}
UnformattedPostalAddress ::= SET {
printable-address SEQUENCE SIZE (1..ub-pds-physical-address-lines) OF
PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL,
teletex-string TeletexString (SIZE
(1..ub-unformatted-address-length)) OPTIONAL }
street-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{StreetAddress IDENTIFIED BY 17}
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StreetAddress ::= PDSParameter
post-office-box-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PostOfficeBoxAddress IDENTIFIED BY 18}
PostOfficeBoxAddress ::= PDSParameter
poste-restante-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PosteRestanteAddress IDENTIFIED BY 19}
PosteRestanteAddress ::= PDSParameter
unique-postal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{UniquePostalName IDENTIFIED BY 20}
UniquePostalName ::= PDSParameter
local-postal-attributes EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{LocalPostalAttributes IDENTIFIED BY 21}
LocalPostalAttributes ::= PDSParameter
PDSParameter ::= SET {
printable-string PrintableString
(SIZE(1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL,
teletex-string TeletexString
(SIZE(1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL }
extended-network-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtendedNetworkAddress IDENTIFIED BY 22}
ExtendedNetworkAddress ::= CHOICE {
e163-4-address SEQUENCE {
number [0] NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-e163-4-number-length)),
sub-address [1] NumericString
(SIZE (1..ub-e163-4-sub-address-length)) OPTIONAL },
psap-address [0] PresentationAddress }
terminal-type EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {TerminalType IDENTIFIED BY 23}
TerminalType ::= INTEGER {
telex (3),
teletex (4),
g3-facsimile (5),
g4-facsimile (6),
ia5-terminal (7),
videotex (8) } (0..ub-integer-options)
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-- Extension Domain-defined Attributes
teletex-domain-defined-attributes EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexDomainDefinedAttributes IDENTIFIED BY 6}
TeletexDomainDefinedAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attributes) OF TeletexDomainDefinedAttribute
TeletexDomainDefinedAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length)),
value TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length)) }
-- specifications of Upper Bounds
-- must be regarded as mandatory
-- from Annex B of ITU-T X.411
-- Reference Definition of MTS Parameter Upper Bounds
-- Upper Bounds
ub-common-name-length INTEGER ::= 64
ub-country-name-alpha-length INTEGER ::= 2
ub-country-name-numeric-length INTEGER ::= 3
ub-domain-defined-attributes INTEGER ::= 4
ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length INTEGER ::= 8
ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length INTEGER ::= 128
ub-domain-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-extension-attributes INTEGER ::= 256
ub-e163-4-number-length INTEGER ::= 15
ub-e163-4-sub-address-length INTEGER ::= 40
ub-generation-qualifier-length INTEGER ::= 3
ub-given-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-initials-length INTEGER ::= 5
ub-integer-options INTEGER ::= 256
ub-numeric-user-id-length INTEGER ::= 32
ub-organization-name-length INTEGER ::= 64
ub-organizational-unit-name-length INTEGER ::= 32
ub-organizational-units INTEGER ::= 4
ub-pds-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-pds-parameter-length INTEGER ::= 30
ub-pds-physical-address-lines INTEGER ::= 6
ub-postal-code-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-surname-length INTEGER ::= 40
ub-terminal-id-length INTEGER ::= 24
ub-unformatted-address-length INTEGER ::= 180
ub-x121-address-length INTEGER ::= 16
-- Note - upper bounds on TeletexString are measured in characters.
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-- A significantly greater number of octets will be required to hold
-- such a value. As a minimum, 16 octets, or twice the specified upper
-- bound, whichever is the larger, should be allowed.
END
Appendix B. 1993 ASN.1 Structures and OIDs
PKIX1 DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS::=
BEGIN
--
-- Proposed PKIX OIDs
id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=
{ iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6) internet(1)
security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }
-- PKIX arcs
-- arc for private certificate extensions
id-pe OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 1 }
-- arc for policy qualifier types
id-qt OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 2 }
-- arc for extended key purpose OIDS
id-kp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 3 }
-- arc for access descriptors
id-ad OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 48 }
-- pkix private extensions
id-pe-authorityInfoAccess OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 1 }
-- policyQualifierIds for Internet policy qualifiers
id-qt-cps OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 1 }
id-qt-unotice OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-qt 2 }
-- extended key purpose OIDs
id-kp-serverAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 1 }
id-kp-clientAuth OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 2 }
id-kp-codeSigning OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 3 }
id-kp-emailProtection OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 4 }
id-kp-ipsecEndSystem OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 5 }
id-kp-ipsecTunnel OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 6 }
id-kp-ipsecUser OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 7 }
id-kp-timeStamping OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-kp 8 }
-- access descriptors for authority info access extension
id-ad-ocsp OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 1 }
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id-ad-caIssuers OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-ad 2 }
-- attribute data types --
Attribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type AttributeValue,
values SET OF AttributeValue
-- at least one value is required -- }
AttributeType ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
AttributeValue ::= ANY
AttributeTypeAndValue ::= SEQUENCE {
type AttributeType,
value AttributeValue }
AttributeValueAssertion ::= SEQUENCE {AttributeType, AttributeValue}
-- naming data types --
Name ::= CHOICE { -- only one possibility for now --
rdnSequence RDNSequence }
RDNSequence ::= SEQUENCE OF RelativeDistinguishedName
DistinguishedName ::= RDNSequence
RelativeDistinguishedName ::= SET SIZE (1 .. MAX) OF
AttributeTypeAndValue
-- Directory string type --
DirectoryString ::= CHOICE {
teletexString TeletexString (SIZE (1..maxSize)),
printableString PrintableString (SIZE (1..maxSize)),
universalString UniversalString (SIZE (1..maxSize)),
bmpString BMPString (SIZE(1..maxSIZE))
}
-- from AuthenticationFramework
-- {joint-iso-ccitt ds(5) modules(1) authenticationFramework(7) 2}
-- note this module was defined with EXPLICIT TAGS
-- types --
Certificate ::= EXPLICIT SIGNED {SEQUENCE{
version [0] Version DEFAULT v1,
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serialNumber CertificateSerialNumber,
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
validity Validity,
subject Name,
subjectPublicKeyInfo SubjectPublicKeyInfo}
issuerUniqueIdentifier [1] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
---if present, version must be v1 or v2--
subjectUniqueIdentifier [2] IMPLICIT UniqueIdentifier OPTIONAL,
---if present, version must be v1 or v2--
extensions [3] Extensions Optional
--if present, version must be v3--} }
Version ::= INTEGER {v1(0), v2(1), v3(2) }
CertificateSerialNumber ::= INTEGER
Algorithmidentifier ::= SEQUENCE{
algorithm ALGORITHM.&id({SupportedAlgorithms}),
parameters ALGORITHM.&Type({SupportedAlgorithms}
{ @algorithm}) OPTIONAL }
-- Definition of the following information object is deferred.
-- SupportedAlgorithms ALGORITHM ::= { ...|... }
Validity ::= SEQUENCE{
notBefore Time,
notAfter Time }
Time ::= CHOICE {
utcTime UTCTime,
generalTime GeneralizedTime }
SubjectPublicKeyInfo ::= SEQUENCE{
algorithm AlgorithmIdentifier,
subjectPublicKey BIT STRING}
Extensions ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Extension
Extension ::= SEQUENCE {
extnId EXTENSION.&id ({ExtensionSet}),
critical BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
extnValue OCTET STRING
-- contains a DER encoding of a value of type
-- &ExtnType for the
-- extension object identified by extnId --
-- Definition of the following information object set is deferred,
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-- The set is required to specify a table constraint on the critical
-- component of Extension.
-- ExtensionSet EXTENSION ::= { ... | ... }
EXTENSION ::= CLASS
{
&id OBJECT IDENTIFIER UNIQUE,
&ExtnType
}
WITH SYNTAX
{
SYNTAX &ExtnType
IDENTIFIED BY &id
}
CertificateList ::= EXPLICIT SIGNED { SEQUENCE {
version Version OPTIONAL, -- if present, must be v2
signature AlgorithmIdentifier,
issuer Name,
thisUpdate Time,
nextUpdate Time OPTIONAL,
revokedCertificates SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
userCertificate CertificateSerialNumber,
revocationDate Time,
crlEntryExtensions Extensions OPTIONAL } OPTIONAL,
crlExtensions [0] Extensions OPTIONAL }}
-- information object classes --
ALGORITHM ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER
-- Parameterized Types --
HASHED {ToBeHashed} ::= OCTET STRING ( CONSTRAINED-BY {
--must be the result of applying a hashing procedure to the --
--DER-encoded octets of a value of -- ToBeHashed })
ENCRYPTED { ToBeEnciphered} := BIT STRING ( CONSTRAINED BY {
--must be the result of applying an encipherment procedure to the --
--BER-encoded octets of a value of -- ToBeEnciphered })
SIGNED { ToBeSigned } ::= SEQUENCE{
ToBeSigned,
COMPONENTS OF SIGNATURE { ToBeSigned }),
SIGNATURE { OfSignature } ::= SEQUENCE {
AlgorithmIdentifier,
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ENCRYPTED { HASHED { OfSignature }}}
-- Key and policy information extensions --
authorityKeyIdentifier EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX AuthorityKeyIdentifier
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 35 } }
AuthorityKeyIdentifier ::= SEQUENCE {
keyIdentifier [0] KeyIdentifier OPTIONAL,
authorityCertIssuer [1] GeneralNames OPTIONAL,
authorityCertSerialNumber [2] CertificateSerialNumber OPTIONAL }
( WITH COMPONENTS {..., authorityCertIssuer PRESENT,
authorityCertSerialNumber PRESENT} |
WITH COMPONENTS {..., authorityCertIssuer ABSENT,
authorityCertSerialNumber ABSENT} )
KeyIdentifier ::= OCTET STRING
subjectKeyIdentifier EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX SubjectKeyIdentifier
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 14 } }
SubjectKeyIdentifier ::= KeyIdentifier
keyUsage EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX KeyUsage
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 15 } }
KeyUsage ::= BIT STRING {
digitalSignature (0),
nonRepudiation (1),
keyEncipherment (2),
dataEncipherment (3),
keyAgreement (4),
keyCertSign (5),
cRLSign (6) }
privateKeyUsagePeriod EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX PrivateKeyUsagePeriod
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 16 } }
PrivateKeyUsagePeriod ::= SEQUENCE {
notBefore [0] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL,
notAfter [1] GeneralizedTime OPTIONAL }
( WITH COMPONENTS {..., notBefore PRESENT} |
WITH COMPONENTS {..., notAfter PRESENT} )
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certificatePolicies EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX CertificatePoliciesSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 32 } }
CertificatePoliciesSyntax ::=
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF PolicyInformation
PolicyInformation ::= SEQUENCE {
policyIdentifier CertPolicyId,
policyQualifiers SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
PolicyQualifierInfo OPTIONAL }
CertPolicyId ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
PolicyQualifierInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
policyQualifierId CERT-POLICY-QUALIFIER.&id
({SupportedPolicyQualifiers}),
qualifier CERT-POLICY-QUALIFIER.&Qualifier
({SupportedPolicyQualifiers}
{@policyQualifierId})OPTIONAL }
SupportedPolicyQualifiers CERT-POLICY-QUALIFIER ::= { ... }
CERT-POLICY-QUALIFIER ::= CLASS {
&id OBJECT IDENTIFIER UNIQUE,
&Qualifier OPTIONAL }
WITH SYNTAX {
POLICY-QUALIFIER-ID &id
[QUALIFIER-TYPE &Qualifier] }
policyMappings EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX PolicyMappingsSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 33 } }
PolicyMappingsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF SEQUENCE {
issuerDomainPolicy CertPolicyId,
subjectDomainPolicy CertPolicyId }
supportedAlgorithms ATTRIBUTE ::= {
WITH SYNTAX SupportedAlgorithm
EQUALITY MATCHING RULE algorithmIdentifierMatch
ID { id-at 52 } }
SupportedAlgorithm ::= SEQUENCE {
algorithmIdentifier AlgorithmIdentifier,
intendedUsage [0] KeyUsage OPTIONAL,
intendedCertificatePolicies [1] CertificatePoliciesSyntax OPTIONAL }
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-- Certificate subject and certificate issuer attributes extensions --
subjectAltName EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX GeneralNames
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 17 } }
GeneralNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralName
GeneralName ::= CHOICE {
otherName [0] INSTANCE OF OTHER-NAME,
rfc822Name [1] IA5String,
dNSName [2] IA5String,
x400Address [3] ORAddress,
directoryName [4] Name,
ediPartyName [5] EDIPartyName,
uniformResourceIdentifier [6] IA5String,
iPAddress [7] OCTET STRING,
registeredID [8] OBJECT IDENTIFIER }
OTHER-NAME ::= TYPE-IDENTIFIER
EDIPartyName ::= SEQUENCE {
nameAssigner [0] DirectoryString {ub-name} OPTIONAL,
partyName [1] DirectoryString {ub-name} }
issuerAltName EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX GeneralNames
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 18 } }
subjectDirectoryAttributes EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX AttributesSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 9 } }
AttributesSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF Attribute
-- Certification path constraints extensions --
basicConstraints EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX BasicConstraintsSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 19 } }
BasicConstraintsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE {
cA BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
pathLenConstraint INTEGER (0..MAX) OPTIONAL }
nameConstraints EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX NameConstraintsSyntax
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IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 30 } }
NameConstraintsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE {
permittedSubtrees [0] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL,
excludedSubtrees [1] GeneralSubtrees OPTIONAL }
GeneralSubtrees ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF GeneralSubtree
GeneralSubtree ::= SEQUENCE {
base GeneralName,
minimum [0] BaseDistance DEFAULT 0,
maximum [1] BaseDistance OPTIONAL }
BaseDistance ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
policyConstraints EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX PolicyConstraintsSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 36 } }
PolicyConstraints Syntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF SEQUENCE {
requireExplicitPolicy [0] SkipCerts OPTIONAL,
inhibitPolicyMapping [1] SkipCerts OPTIONAL }
SkipCerts ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
-- Basic CRL extensions --
cRLNumber EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX CRLNumber
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 20 } }
CRLNumber ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
reasonCode EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX CRLReason
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 21 } }
CRLReason ::= ENUMERATED {
unspecified (0),
keyCompromise (1),
cACompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6),
removeFromCRL (8) }
instructionCode EXTENSION ::= {
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SYNTAX HoldInstruction
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 23 } }
HoldInstruction ::= OBJECT IDENTIFIER
invalidityDate EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX GeneralizedTime
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 24 } }
-- CRL distribution points and delta-CRL extensions --
cRLDistributionPoints EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX CRLDistPointsSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 31 } }
CRLDistPointsSyntax ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF DistributionPoint
DistributionPoint ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
reasons [1] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
cRLIssuer [2] GeneralNames OPTIONAL }
DistributionPointName ::= CHOICE {
fullName [0] GeneralNames,
nameRelativeToCRLIssuer [1] RelativeDistinguishedName }
ReasonFlags ::= BIT STRING {
unused (0),
keyCompromise (1),
caCompromise (2),
affiliationChanged (3),
superseded (4),
cessationOfOperation (5),
certificateHold (6) }
issuingDistributionPoint EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX IssuingDistPointSyntax
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 28 } }
IssuingDistPointSyntax ::= SEQUENCE {
distributionPoint [0] DistributionPointName OPTIONAL,
onlyContainsUserCerts [1] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlyContainsCACerts [2] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
onlySomeReasons [3] ReasonFlags OPTIONAL,
indirectCRL [4] BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE }
certificateIssuer EXTENSION ::= {
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SYNTAX GeneralNames
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 29 } }
deltaCRLIndicator EXTENSION ::= {
SYNTAX BaseCRLNumber
IDENTIFIED BY { id-ce 27 } }
BaseCRLNumber ::= CRLNumber
deltaRevocationList ATTRIBUTE ::= {
WITH SYNTAX CertificateList
EQUALITY MATCHING RULE certificateListExactMatch
ID {id-at 53 } }
-- Object identifier assignments --
id-ce-subjectDirectoryAttributes OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 9}
id-ce-subjectKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 14}
id-ce-keyUsage OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 15}
id-ce-privateKeyUsagePeriod OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 16}
id-ce-subjectAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 17}
id-ce-issuerAltName OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 18}
id-ce-basicConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 19}
id-ce-cRLNumber OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 20}
id-ce-reasonCode OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 21}
id-ce-instructionCode OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 23}
id-ce-invalidityDate OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 24}
id-ce-deltaCRLIndicator OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 27}
id-ce-issuingDistributionPoint OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 28}
id-ce-certificateIssuer OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 29}
id-ce-nameConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 30}
id-ce-cRLDistributionPoints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 31}
id-ce-certificatePolicies OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 32}
id-ce-policyMappings OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 33}
id-ce-policyConstraints OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 36}
id-ce-authorityKeyIdentifier OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= {id-ce 35}
-- PKIX 1 extensions
id-pe-authorityInfoAccess OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pe 1 }
AuthorityInfoAccessSyntax ::=
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF AccessDescription
AccessDescription ::= SEQUENCE {
accessMethod OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
accessLocation GeneralName }
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CPSuri ::= IA5String
UserNotice ::= CHOICE {
visibleString VisibleString,
bmpString BMPString
}
-- misc missing ASN.1
PresentationAddress ::= SEQUENCE {
pSelector [0] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
sSelector [1] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
tSelector [2] EXPLICIT OCTET STRING OPTIONAL,
nAddresses [3] EXPLICIT SET SIZE (1..MAX) OF OCTET STRING}
-- The following OBJECT IDENTIFIERS are not used by this specification:
-- {id-ce 2}, {id-ce 3}, {id-ce 4}, {id-ce 5}, {id-ce 6}, {id-ce 7},
-- {id-ce 8}, {id-ce 10}, {id-ce 11}, {id-ce 12}, {id-ce 13},
-- {id-ce 22}, {id-ce 25}, {id-ce 26}
-- X.400, Algorithm Identifier, and maximum values Module
ORAddressAndOrDirectoryName ::= ORName
ORAddressAndOptionalDirectoryName ::= ORName
ORName ::= [APPLICATION 0] SEQUENCE {
-- address -- COMPONENTS OF ORAddress,
directory-name [0] Name OPTIONAL }
ORAddress ::= SEQUENCE {
built-in-standard-attributes BuiltInStandardAttributes,
built-in-domain-defined-attributes
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttributes OPTIONAL,
-- see also teletex-domain-defined-attributes
extension-attributes ExtensionAttributes OPTIONAL }
-- The OR-address is semantically absent from the OR-name if the
-- built-in-standard-attribute sequence is empty and the
-- built-in-domain-defined-attributes and extension-attributes are
-- both omitted.
-- Built-in Standard Attributes
BuiltInStandardAttributes ::= SEQUENCE {
country-name CountryName OPTIONAL,
administration-domain-name AdministrationDomainName OPTIONAL,
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network-address [0] NetworkAddress OPTIONAL,
-- see also extended-network-address
terminal-identifier [1] TerminalIdentifier OPTIONAL,
private-domain-name [2] PrivateDomainName OPTIONAL,
organization-name [3] OrganizationName OPTIONAL,
-- see also teletex-organization-name
numeric-user-identifier [4] NumericUserIdentifier OPTIONAL,
personal-name [5] PersonalName OPTIONAL,
-- see also teletex-personal-name
organizational-unit-names [6] OrganizationalUnitNames OPTIONAL
-- see also teletex-organizational-unit-names -- }
CountryName ::= [APPLICATION 1] CHOICE {
x121-dcc-code NumericString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-numeric-length)),
iso-3166-alpha2-code PrintableString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-alpha-length)) }
AdministrationDomainName ::= [APPLICATION 2] CHOICE {
numeric NumericString (SIZE (0..ub-domain-name-length)),
printable PrintableString (SIZE (0..ub-domain-name-length)) }
NetworkAddress ::= X121Address
-- see also extended-network-address
X121Address ::= NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-x121-address-length))
TerminalIdentifier ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-terminal-id-length))
PrivateDomainName ::= CHOICE {
numeric NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-domain-name-length)),
printable PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-domain-name-length)) }
OrganizationName ::= PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-organization-name-length))
-- see also teletex-organization-name
NumericUserIdentifier ::= NumericString
(SIZE (1..ub-numeric-user-id-length))
PersonalName ::= SET {
surname [0] PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-surname-length)),
given-name [1] PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-given-name-length)) OPTIONAL,
initials [2] PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-initials-length)) OPTIONAL,
generation-qualifier [3] PrintableString
(SIZE (1..ub-generation-qualifier-length)) OPTIONAL}
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-- see also teletex-personal-name
OrganizationalUnitNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE (1..ub-organizational-units)
OF OrganizationalUnitName
-- see also teletex-organizational-unit-names
OrganizationalUnitName ::= PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-organizational-unit-name-length))
-- Built-in Domain-defined Attributes
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attributes) OF
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttribute
BuiltInDomainDefinedAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length)),
value PrintableString (SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length)) }
-- Extension Attributes
ExtensionAttributes ::= SET SIZE (1..ub-extension-attributes)
OF ExtensionAttribute
ExtensionAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
extension-attribute-type [0] EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE.&id
({ExtensionAttributeTable}),
extension-attribute-value [1] EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE.&Type
({ExtensionAttributeTable} {@extension-attribute-type}) }
EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= CLASS {
&id INTEGER (0..ub-extension-attributes) UNIQUE,
&Type }
WITH SYNTAX {&Type IDENTIFIED BY &id}
ExtensionAttributeTable EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {
common-name |
teletex-common-name |
teletex-organization-name |
teletex-personal-name |
teletex-organizational-unit-names |
teletex-domain-defined-attributes |
pds-name |
physical-delivery-country-name |
postal-code |
physical-delivery-office-name |
physical-delivery-office-number |
extension-OR-address-components |
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physical-delivery-personal-name |
physical-delivery-organization-name |
extension-physical-delivery-address-components |
unformatted-postal-address |
street-address |
post-office-box-address |
poste-restante-address |
unique-postal-name |
local-postal-attributes |
extended-network-address |
terminal-type }
-- Extension Standard Attributes
common-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {CommonName IDENTIFIED BY 1}
CommonName ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-common-name-length))
teletex-common-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexCommonName IDENTIFIED BY 2}
TeletexCommonName ::= TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-common-name-length))
teletex-organization-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexOrganizationName IDENTIFIED BY 3}
TeletexOrganizationName ::=
TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-organization-name-length))
teletex-personal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexPersonalName IDENTIFIED BY 4}
TeletexPersonalName ::= SET {
surname [0] TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-surname-length)),
given-name [1] TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-given-name-length)) OPTIONAL,
initials [2] TeletexString (SIZE (1..ub-initials-length)) OPTIONAL,
generation-qualifier [3] TeletexString (SIZE
(1..ub-generation-qualifier-length)) OPTIONAL }
teletex-organizational-unit-names EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexOrganizationalUnitNames IDENTIFIED BY 5}
TeletexOrganizationalUnitNames ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-organizational-units) OF TeletexOrganizationalUnitName
TeletexOrganizationalUnitName ::= TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-organizational-unit-name-length))
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pds-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {PDSName IDENTIFIED BY 7}
PDSName ::= PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-pds-name-length))
physical-delivery-country-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryCountryName IDENTIFIED BY 8}
PhysicalDeliveryCountryName ::= CHOICE {
x121-dcc-code NumericString (SIZE (ub-country-name-numeric-length)),
iso-3166-alpha2-code PrintableString
(SIZE (ub-country-name-alpha-length)) }
postal-code EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {PostalCode IDENTIFIED BY 9}
PostalCode ::= CHOICE {
numeric-code NumericString (SIZE (1..ub-postal-code-length)),
printable-code PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-postal-code-length)) }
physical-delivery-office-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName IDENTIFIED BY 10}
PhysicalDeliveryOfficeName ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-office-number EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOfficeNumber IDENTIFIED BY 11}
PhysicalDeliveryOfficeNumber ::= PDSParameter
extension-OR-address-components EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtensionORAddressComponents IDENTIFIED BY 12}
ExtensionORAddressComponents ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-personal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryPersonalName IDENTIFIED BY 13}
PhysicalDeliveryPersonalName ::= PDSParameter
physical-delivery-organization-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PhysicalDeliveryOrganizationName IDENTIFIED BY 14}
PhysicalDeliveryOrganizationName ::= PDSParameter
extension-physical-delivery-address-components EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtensionPhysicalDeliveryAddressComponents IDENTIFIED BY 15}
ExtensionPhysicalDeliveryAddressComponents ::= PDSParameter
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unformatted-postal-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{UnformattedPostalAddress IDENTIFIED BY 16}
UnformattedPostalAddress ::= SET {
printable-address SEQUENCE SIZE (1..ub-pds-physical-address-lines) OF
PrintableString (SIZE (1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL,
teletex-string TeletexString (SIZE
(1..ub-unformatted-address-length)) OPTIONAL }
street-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{StreetAddress IDENTIFIED BY 17}
StreetAddress ::= PDSParameter
post-office-box-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PostOfficeBoxAddress IDENTIFIED BY 18}
PostOfficeBoxAddress ::= PDSParameter
poste-restante-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{PosteRestanteAddress IDENTIFIED BY 19}
PosteRestanteAddress ::= PDSParameter
unique-postal-name EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{UniquePostalName IDENTIFIED BY 20}
UniquePostalName ::= PDSParameter
local-postal-attributes EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{LocalPostalAttributes IDENTIFIED BY 21}
LocalPostalAttributes ::= PDSParameter
PDSParameter ::= SET {
printable-string PrintableString
(SIZE(1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL,
teletex-string TeletexString
(SIZE(1..ub-pds-parameter-length)) OPTIONAL }
extended-network-address EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{ExtendedNetworkAddress IDENTIFIED BY 22}
ExtendedNetworkAddress ::= CHOICE {
e163-4-address SEQUENCE {
number [0] NumericString
(SIZE (1..ub-e163-4-number-length)),
sub-address [1] NumericString
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(SIZE (1..ub-e163-4-sub-address-length)) OPTIONAL},
psap-address [0] PresentationAddress }
terminal-type EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::= {TerminalType IDENTIFIED BY 23}
TerminalType ::= INTEGER {
telex (3),
teletex (4),
g3-facsimile (5),
g4-facsimile (6),
ia5-terminal (7),
videotex (8) } (0..ub-integer-options)
-- Extension Domain-defined Attributes
teletex-domain-defined-attributes EXTENSION-ATTRIBUTE ::=
{TeletexDomainDefinedAttributes IDENTIFIED BY 6}
TeletexDomainDefinedAttributes ::= SEQUENCE SIZE
(1..ub-domain-defined-attributes) OF TeletexDomainDefinedAttribute
TeletexDomainDefinedAttribute ::= SEQUENCE {
type TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length)),
value TeletexString
(SIZE (1..ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length)) }
-- specifications of Upper Bounds
-- must be regarded as mandatory
-- from Annex B of ITU-T X.411
-- Reference Definition of MTS Parameter Upper Bounds
-- Upper Bounds
ub-common-name-length INTEGER ::= 64
ub-country-name-alpha-length INTEGER ::= 2
ub-country-name-numeric-length INTEGER ::= 3
ub-domain-defined-attributes INTEGER ::= 4
ub-domain-defined-attribute-type-length INTEGER ::= 8
ub-domain-defined-attribute-value-length INTEGER ::= 128
ub-domain-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-extension-attributes INTEGER ::= 256
ub-e163-4-number-length INTEGER ::= 15
ub-e163-4-sub-address-length INTEGER ::= 40
ub-generation-qualifier-length INTEGER ::= 3
ub-given-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-initials-length INTEGER ::= 5
ub-integer-options INTEGER ::= 256
ub-numeric-user-id-length INTEGER ::= 32
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ub-organization-name-length INTEGER ::= 64
ub-organizational-unit-name-length INTEGER ::= 32
ub-organizational-units INTEGER ::= 4
ub-pds-name-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-pds-parameter-length INTEGER ::= 30
ub-pds-physical-address-lines INTEGER ::= 6
ub-postal-code-length INTEGER ::= 16
ub-surname-length INTEGER ::= 40
ub-terminal-id-length INTEGER ::= 24
ub-unformatted-address-length INTEGER ::= 180
ub-x121-address-length INTEGER ::= 16
-- Note - upper bounds on TeletexString are measured in characters.
-- A significantly greater number of octets will be required to hold
-- such a value. As a minimum, 16 octets, or twice the specified upper
-- bound, whichever is the larger, should be allowed.
END
Appendix C. ASN.1 Notes
The construct
SEQUENCE SIZE (1..MAX) OF
appears in several ASN.1 constructs. A valid ASN.1 sequence will have
zero or more entries. The SIZE (1..MAX) construct constrains the
sequence to have at least one entry. MAX indicates the upper bound is
unspecified. Implementations are free to choose an upper bound that
suits their environment.
The construct
positiveInt ::= INTEGER (0..MAX)
defines positiveInt as a subtype of INTEGER containing integers greater
than or equal to zero. The upper bound is unspecified. Implementations
are free to select an upper bound that suits their environment.
The character string type PrintableString supports a very basic Latin
character set: the lower case letters 'a' through 'z', upper case
letters 'A' through 'Z', the digits '0' through '9', eleven special
characters ' " ( ) + , - . / : ? and space.
The character string type TeletexString is a superset of Printable-
String. TeletexString supports a fairly standard (ascii-like) Latin
character set, Latin characters with non-spacing accents and Japanese
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characters.
The character string type UniversalString supports any of the charac-
ters allowed by ISO 10646-1. ISO 10646 is the Universal multiple-
octet coded Character Set (UCS). ISO 10646-1 specifes the architec-
ture and the "basic multilingual plane" - a large standard character
set which includes all major world character standards.
The character string type UTF8String will be introduced in the 1998
version of ASN.1. UTF8String is a universal type and has been
assigned tag number 12. The content of UTF8String was defined by RFC
2044 and updated in RFC 2279, "UTF-8, a transformation Format of ISP
10646." ISO is expected to formally add UTF8String to the list of
choices for DirectoryString in 1998 as well.
In anticipation of these changes, and in conformance with IETF Best
Practices codified in RFC 2277, IETF Policy on Character Sets and
Languages, this document includes UTF8String as a choice in Directo-
ryString and the CPS qualifier extensions.
Appendix D. Examples
This section contains four examples; three certificates and a CRL.
The first two certificates and the CRL comprise a minimal certifica-
tion path.
Section D.1 contains two annotated hex dumps of a "self-signed" cer-
tificate issued by a CA whose distinguished name is
cn=us,o=gov,ou=nist. The certificate contains a DSA public key with
parameters, and is signed by the corresponding DSA private key. The
first hex dump is a basic dump of the ASN.1 encoding and does not not
reflect the fact that the object is a certificate. The second dump
identfies the values of the various certificate fields.
Section D.2 contains an annotated hex dump of an end-entity certifi-
cate. The end entity certificate contains a DSA public key, and is
signed by the private key corresponding to the "self-signed" certifi-
cate in section D.1. The first hex dump is a basic dump of the
ASN.1 encoding and does not not reflect the fact that the object is a
certificate. The second dump identfies the values of the various cer-
tificate fields.
Section D.3 contains a dump of an end entity certificate which con-
tains an RSA public key and is signed with RSA and MD5. (This certi-
ficate is not part of the minimal certification path.)
Section D.4 contains an annotated hex dump of a CRL. The CRL is
issued by the CA whose distinguished name is cn=us,o=gov,ou=nist and
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the list of revoked certifcates includes the end entity certificate
presented in D.2. The hex dump is a basic dump of the ASN.1 encod-
ing.
D.1 Certificate
This section contains an annotated hex dump of a 662 byte version 3
certificate. The certificate contains the following information:
(a) the serial number is 17 (11 hex);
(b) the certificate is signed with DSA and the SHA-1 hash algorithm;
(c) the issuer's distinguished name is OU=nist;O=gov;C=US
(d) and the subject's distinguished name is OU=nist;O=gov;C=US
(e) the certificate was issued on June 30, 1997 and will expire on
December 31, 1997;
(f) the certificate contains a 1024 bit DSA public key; and
(g) the certificate is a CA certificate (as indicated through the
basic constraints extension.)
D.1.1 ASN.1 Dump of "Self-Signed" Certificate
get 0, len=662 (662 bytes in file)
0000 30 82 02 92 658: SEQUENCE
0004 30 82 02 52 594: . SEQUENCE
0008 a0 03 3: . . [0]
0010 02 01 1: . . . INTEGER 2
0013 02 01 1: . . INTEGER 17
0016 30 09 9: . . SEQUENCE
0018 06 07 7: . . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
0027 30 2a 42: . . SEQUENCE
0029 31 0b 11: . . . SET
0031 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0033 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.6: C
0038 13 02 2: . . . . . PrintableString 'US'
0042 31 0c 12: . . . SET
0044 30 0a 10: . . . . SEQUENCE
0046 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.10: O
0051 13 03 3: . . . . . PrintableString 'gov'
0056 31 0d 13: . . . SET
0058 30 0b 11: . . . . SEQUENCE
0060 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.11: OU
0065 13 04 4: . . . . . PrintableString 'nist'
0071 30 1e 30: . . SEQUENCE
0073 17 0d 13: . . . UTCTime '970630000000Z'
0088 17 0d 13: . . . UTCTime '971231000000Z'
0103 30 2a 42: . . SEQUENCE
0105 31 0b 11: . . . SET
0107 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0109 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.6: C
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0114 13 02 2: . . . . . PrintableString 'US'
0118 31 0c 12: . . . SET
0120 30 0a 10: . . . . SEQUENCE
0122 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.10: O
0127 13 03 3: . . . . . PrintableString 'gov'
0132 31 0d 13: . . . SET
0134 30 0b 11: . . . . SEQUENCE
0136 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.11: OU
0141 13 04 4: . . . . . PrintableString 'nist'
0147 30 82 01 b4 436: . . SEQUENCE
0151 30 82 01 29 297: . . . SEQUENCE
0155 06 07 7: . . . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.1: dsa
0164 30 82 01 1c 284: . . . . SEQUENCE
0168 02 81 80 128: . . . . . INTEGER
: d4 38 02 c5 35 7b d5 0b a1 7e 5d 72 59 63 55 d3
: 45 56 ea e2 25 1a 6b c5 a4 ab aa 0b d4 62 b4 d2
: 21 b1 95 a2 c6 01 c9 c3 fa 01 6f 79 86 83 3d 03
: 61 e1 f1 92 ac bc 03 4e 89 a3 c9 53 4a f7 e2 a6
: 48 cf 42 1e 21 b1 5c 2b 3a 7f ba be 6b 5a f7 0a
: 26 d8 8e 1b eb ec bf 1e 5a 3f 45 c0 bd 31 23 be
: 69 71 a7 c2 90 fe a5 d6 80 b5 24 dc 44 9c eb 4d
: f9 da f0 c8 e8 a2 4c 99 07 5c 8e 35 2b 7d 57 8d
0299 02 14 20: . . . . . INTEGER
: a7 83 9b f3 bd 2c 20 07 fc 4c e7 e8 9f f3 39 83
: 51 0d dc dd
0321 02 81 80 128: . . . . . INTEGER
: 0e 3b 46 31 8a 0a 58 86 40 84 e3 a1 22 0d 88 ca
: 90 88 57 64 9f 01 21 e0 15 05 94 24 82 e2 10 90
: d9 e1 4e 10 5c e7 54 6b d4 0c 2b 1b 59 0a a0 b5
: a1 7d b5 07 e3 65 7c ea 90 d8 8e 30 42 e4 85 bb
: ac fa 4e 76 4b 78 0e df 6c e5 a6 e1 bd 59 77 7d
: a6 97 59 c5 29 a7 b3 3f 95 3e 9d f1 59 2d f7 42
: 87 62 3f f1 b8 6f c7 3d 4b b8 8d 74 c4 ca 44 90
: cf 67 db de 14 60 97 4a d1 f7 6d 9e 09 94 c4 0d
0452 03 81 84 132: . . . BIT STRING (0 unused bits)
: 02 81 80 aa 98 ea 13 94 a2 db f1 5b 7f 98 2f 78
: e7 d8 e3 b9 71 86 f6 80 2f 40 39 c3 da 3b 4b 13
: 46 26 ee 0d 56 c5 a3 3a 39 b7 7d 33 c2 6b 5c 77
: 92 f2 55 65 90 39 cd 1a 3c 86 e1 32 eb 25 bc 91
: c4 ff 80 4f 36 61 bd cc e2 61 04 e0 7e 60 13 ca
: c0 9c dd e0 ea 41 de 33 c1 f1 44 a9 bc 71 de cf
: 59 d4 6e da 44 99 3c 21 64 e4 78 54 9d d0 7b ba
: 4e f5 18 4d 5e 39 30 bf e0 d1 f6 f4 83 25 4f 14
: aa 71 e1
0587 a3 0d 13: . . [3]
0589 30 0b 11: . . . SEQUENCE
0591 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0593 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.29.19: basicConstraints
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0598 04 02 2: . . . . . OCTET STRING
: 30 00
0602 30 09 9: . SEQUENCE
0604 06 07 7: . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
0613 03 2f 47: . BIT STRING (0 unused bits)
: 30 2c 02 14 a0 66 c1 76 33 99 13 51 8d 93 64 2f
: ca 13 73 de 79 1a 7d 33 02 14 5d 90 f6 ce 92 4a
: bf 29 11 24 80 28 a6 5a 8e 73 b6 76 02 68
------- extensions ----------
printber -s 456 pkix-ex1.ber
get 0, len=131 (662 bytes in file)
0000 02 81 80 128: INTEGER
: aa 98 ea 13 94 a2 db f1 5b 7f 98 2f 78 e7 d8 e3
: b9 71 86 f6 80 2f 40 39 c3 da 3b 4b 13 46 26 ee
: 0d 56 c5 a3 3a 39 b7 7d 33 c2 6b 5c 77 92 f2 55
: 65 90 39 cd 1a 3c 86 e1 32 eb 25 bc 91 c4 ff 80
: 4f 36 61 bd cc e2 61 04 e0 7e 60 13 ca c0 9c dd
: e0 ea 41 de 33 c1 f1 44 a9 bc 71 de cf 59 d4 6e
: da 44 99 3c 21 64 e4 78 54 9d d0 7b ba 4e f5 18
: 4d 5e 39 30 bf e0 d1 f6 f4 83 25 4f 14 aa 71 e1
D.1.2 Pretty Print of "Self-Signed" Certificate
----------
decode: 0-OK, len=662 (662 bytes in file)
Version: v3
Serial Number: 17
Signature Alg: dsa-with-sha (1.2.840.10040.4.3)
Issuer: C=US, O=gov, OU=nist
Validity: from 970630000000Z
to 971231000000Z
Subject: OU=nist, O=gov, C=US
SubjectPKInfo: dsa (1.2.840.10040.4.1)
params:
02 81 80 d4 38 02 c5 35 7b d5 0b a1 7e 5d 72 59
63 55 d3 45 56 ea e2 25 1a 6b c5 a4 ab aa 0b d4
62 b4 d2 21 b1 95 a2 c6 01 c9 c3 fa 01 6f 79 86
83 3d 03 61 e1 f1 92 ac bc 03 4e 89 a3 c9 53 4a
f7 e2 a6 48 cf 42 1e 21 b1 5c 2b 3a 7f ba be 6b
5a f7 0a 26 d8 8e 1b eb ec bf 1e 5a 3f 45 c0 bd
31 23 be 69 71 a7 c2 90 fe a5 d6 80 b5 24 dc 44
9c eb 4d f9 da f0 c8 e8 a2 4c 99 07 5c 8e 35 2b
7d 57 8d 02 14 a7 83 9b f3 bd 2c 20 07 fc 4c e7
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e8 9f f3 39 83 51 0d dc dd 02 81 80 0e 3b 46 31
8a 0a 58 86 40 84 e3 a1 22 0d 88 ca 90 88 57 64
9f 01 21 e0 15 05 94 24 82 e2 10 90 d9 e1 4e 10
5c e7 54 6b d4 0c 2b 1b 59 0a a0 b5 a1 7d b5 07
e3 65 7c ea 90 d8 8e 30 42 e4 85 bb ac fa 4e 76
4b 78 0e df 6c e5 a6 e1 bd 59 77 7d a6 97 59 c5
29 a7 b3 3f 95 3e 9d f1 59 2d f7 42 87 62 3f f1
b8 6f c7 3d 4b b8 8d 74 c4 ca 44 90 cf 67 db de
14 60 97 4a d1 f7 6d 9e 09 94 c4 0d
Public Key:
00 02 81 80 aa 98 ea 13 94 a2 db f1 5b 7f 98 2f
78 e7 d8 e3 b9 71 86 f6 80 2f 40 39 c3 da 3b 4b
13 46 26 ee 0d 56 c5 a3 3a 39 b7 7d 33 c2 6b 5c
77 92 f2 55 65 90 39 cd 1a 3c 86 e1 32 eb 25 bc
91 c4 ff 80 4f 36 61 bd cc e2 61 04 e0 7e 60 13
ca c0 9c dd e0 ea 41 de 33 c1 f1 44 a9 bc 71 de
cf 59 d4 6e da 44 99 3c 21 64 e4 78 54 9d d0 7b
ba 4e f5 18 4d 5e 39 30 bf e0 d1 f6 f4 83 25 4f
14 aa 71 e1
issuerUID:
subjectUID:
1 extensions:
Exten 1: basicConstraints (2.5.29.19)
30 00
Signature Alg: dsa-with-sha (1.2.840.10040.4.3)
Sig Value: 368 bits:
30 2c 02 14 a0 66 c1 76 33 99 13 51 8d 93 64 2f
ca 13 73 de 79 1a 7d 33 02 14 5d 90 f6 ce 92 4a
bf 29 11 24 80 28 a6 5a 8e 73 b6 76 02 68
------- extensions ----------
printber -s 616 pkix-ex1.ber
get 0, len=46 (662 bytes in file)
0000 30 2c 44: SEQUENCE
0002 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 9d 2d 0c 75 ec ce 01 79 25 4c cd 7b dc fc 17 0e
: 0f 2a 22 ef
0024 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 80 61 6f fb dc 71 cf 3f 09 62 b4 aa ad 4b 8c 28
: 68 d7 60 fe
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D.2 Certificate
This section contains an annotated hex dump of a xxx byte version 3
certificate. The certificate contains the following information:
(a) the serial number is 18 (12 hex);
(b) the certificate is signed with DSA and the SHA-1 hash algorithm;
(c) the issuer's distinguished name is OU=nist;O=gov;C=US
(d) and the subject's distinguished name is CN=Tim
Polk;OU=nist;O=gov;C=US
(e) the certificate was valid from July 30, 1997 and will expire on
December 1, 1997;
(f) the certificate contains a 1024 bit DSA public key;
(g) the certificate is an end entity certificate unless external
information is provided, as the basic constraints extension is not
present;
(h) the certificate includes one alternative name - an RFC 822
address.
D.2.1 Basic ASN.1 Dump of "End Entity" Certificate
----------
get 0, len=697 (697 bytes in file)
0000 30 82 02 b5 693: SEQUENCE
0004 30 82 02 75 629: . SEQUENCE
0008 a0 03 3: . . [0]
0010 02 01 1: . . . INTEGER 2
0013 02 01 1: . . INTEGER 18
0016 30 09 9: . . SEQUENCE
0018 06 07 7: . . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
0027 30 2a 42: . . SEQUENCE
0029 31 0b 11: . . . SET
0031 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0033 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.6: C
0038 13 02 2: . . . . . PrintableString 'US'
0042 31 0c 12: . . . SET
0044 30 0a 10: . . . . SEQUENCE
0046 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.10: O
0051 13 03 3: . . . . . PrintableString 'gov'
0056 31 0d 13: . . . SET
0058 30 0b 11: . . . . SEQUENCE
0060 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.11: OU
0065 13 04 4: . . . . . PrintableString 'nist'
0071 30 1e 30: . . SEQUENCE
0073 17 0d 13: . . . UTCTime '970730000000Z'
0088 17 0d 13: . . . UTCTime '971201000000Z'
0103 30 3d 61: . . SEQUENCE
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0105 31 0b 11: . . . SET
0107 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0109 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.6: C
0114 13 02 2: . . . . . PrintableString 'US'
0118 31 0c 12: . . . SET
0120 30 0a 10: . . . . SEQUENCE
0122 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.10: O
0127 13 03 3: . . . . . PrintableString 'gov'
0132 31 0d 13: . . . SET
0134 30 0b 11: . . . . SEQUENCE
0136 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.11: OU
0141 13 04 4: . . . . . PrintableString 'nist'
0147 31 11 17: . . . SET
0149 30 0f 15: . . . . SEQUENCE
0151 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.3: CN
0156 13 08 8: . . . . . PrintableString 'Tim Polk'
0166 30 82 01 b4 436: . . SEQUENCE
0170 30 82 01 29 297: . . . SEQUENCE
0174 06 07 7: . . . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.1: dsa
0183 30 82 01 1c 284: . . . . SEQUENCE
0187 02 81 80 128: . . . . . INTEGER
: d4 38 02 c5 35 7b d5 0b a1 7e 5d 72 59 63 55 d3
: 45 56 ea e2 25 1a 6b c5 a4 ab aa 0b d4 62 b4 d2
: 21 b1 95 a2 c6 01 c9 c3 fa 01 6f 79 86 83 3d 03
: 61 e1 f1 92 ac bc 03 4e 89 a3 c9 53 4a f7 e2 a6
: 48 cf 42 1e 21 b1 5c 2b 3a 7f ba be 6b 5a f7 0a
: 26 d8 8e 1b eb ec bf 1e 5a 3f 45 c0 bd 31 23 be
: 69 71 a7 c2 90 fe a5 d6 80 b5 24 dc 44 9c eb 4d
: f9 da f0 c8 e8 a2 4c 99 07 5c 8e 35 2b 7d 57 8d
0318 02 14 20: . . . . . INTEGER
: a7 83 9b f3 bd 2c 20 07 fc 4c e7 e8 9f f3 39 83
: 51 0d dc dd
0340 02 81 80 128: . . . . . INTEGER
: 0e 3b 46 31 8a 0a 58 86 40 84 e3 a1 22 0d 88 ca
: 90 88 57 64 9f 01 21 e0 15 05 94 24 82 e2 10 90
: d9 e1 4e 10 5c e7 54 6b d4 0c 2b 1b 59 0a a0 b5
: a1 7d b5 07 e3 65 7c ea 90 d8 8e 30 42 e4 85 bb
: ac fa 4e 76 4b 78 0e df 6c e5 a6 e1 bd 59 77 7d
: a6 97 59 c5 29 a7 b3 3f 95 3e 9d f1 59 2d f7 42
: 87 62 3f f1 b8 6f c7 3d 4b b8 8d 74 c4 ca 44 90
: cf 67 db de 14 60 97 4a d1 f7 6d 9e 09 94 c4 0d
0471 03 81 84 132: . . . BIT STRING (0 unused bits)
: 02 81 80 a8 63 b1 60 70 94 7e 0b 86 08 93 0c 0d
: 08 12 4a 58 a9 af 9a 09 38 54 3b 46 82 fb 85 0d
: 18 8b 2a 77 f7 58 e8 f0 1d d2 18 df fe e7 e9 35
: c8 a6 1a db 8d 3d 3d f8 73 14 a9 0b 39 c7 95 f6
: 52 7d 2d 13 8c ae 03 29 3c 4e 8c b0 26 18 b6 d8
: 11 1f d4 12 0c 13 ce 3f f1 c7 05 4e df e1 fc 44
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: fd 25 34 19 4a 81 0d dd 98 42 ac d3 b6 91 0c 7f
: 16 72 a3 a0 8a d7 01 7f fb 9c 93 e8 99 92 c8 42
: 47 c6 43
0606 a3 1d 29: . . [3]
0608 30 1b 27: . . . SEQUENCE
0610 30 19 25: . . . . SEQUENCE
0612 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.29.17: subjectAltName
0617 04 12 18: . . . . . OCTET STRING
: 30 10 81 0e 77 70 6f 6c 6b 40 6e 69 73 74 2e 67
: 6f 76
0637 30 09 9: . SEQUENCE
0639 06 07 7: . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
0648 03 2f 47: . BIT STRING (0 unused bits)
: 30 2c 02 14 3c 02 e0 ab d9 5d 05 77 75 15 71 58
: 92 29 48 c4 1c 54 df fc 02 14 5b da 53 98 7f c5
: 33 df c6 09 b2 7a e3 6f 97 70 1e 14 ed 94
-------- extensions ----------
printber -s 475 pkix-ex2.ber
get 0, len=131 (697 bytes in file)
0000 02 81 80 128: INTEGER
: a8 63 b1 60 70 94 7e 0b 86 08 93 0c 0d 08 12 4a
: 58 a9 af 9a 09 38 54 3b 46 82 fb 85 0d 18 8b 2a
: 77 f7 58 e8 f0 1d d2 18 df fe e7 e9 35 c8 a6 1a
: db 8d 3d 3d f8 73 14 a9 0b 39 c7 95 f6 52 7d 2d
: 13 8c ae 03 29 3c 4e 8c b0 26 18 b6 d8 11 1f d4
: 12 0c 13 ce 3f f1 c7 05 4e df e1 fc 44 fd 25 34
: 19 4a 81 0d dd 98 42 ac d3 b6 91 0c 7f 16 72 a3
: a0 8a d7 01 7f fb 9c 93 e8 99 92 c8 42 47 c6 43
D.2.2 Pretty Print of "End Entity" Certificate
----------
decode: 0-OK, len=697 (697 bytes in file)
Version: v3
Serial Number: 18
Signature Alg: dsa-with-sha (1.2.840.10040.4.3)
Issuer: C=US, O=gov, OU=nist
Validity: from 970730000000Z
to 971201000000Z
Subject: CN=Tim Polk, OU=nist, O=gov, C=US
SubjectPKInfo: dsa (1.2.840.10040.4.1)
params:
02 81 80 d4 38 02 c5 35 7b d5 0b a1 7e 5d 72 59
63 55 d3 45 56 ea e2 25 1a 6b c5 a4 ab aa 0b d4
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62 b4 d2 21 b1 95 a2 c6 01 c9 c3 fa 01 6f 79 86
83 3d 03 61 e1 f1 92 ac bc 03 4e 89 a3 c9 53 4a
f7 e2 a6 48 cf 42 1e 21 b1 5c 2b 3a 7f ba be 6b
5a f7 0a 26 d8 8e 1b eb ec bf 1e 5a 3f 45 c0 bd
31 23 be 69 71 a7 c2 90 fe a5 d6 80 b5 24 dc 44
9c eb 4d f9 da f0 c8 e8 a2 4c 99 07 5c 8e 35 2b
7d 57 8d 02 14 a7 83 9b f3 bd 2c 20 07 fc 4c e7
e8 9f f3 39 83 51 0d dc dd 02 81 80 0e 3b 46 31
8a 0a 58 86 40 84 e3 a1 22 0d 88 ca 90 88 57 64
9f 01 21 e0 15 05 94 24 82 e2 10 90 d9 e1 4e 10
5c e7 54 6b d4 0c 2b 1b 59 0a a0 b5 a1 7d b5 07
e3 65 7c ea 90 d8 8e 30 42 e4 85 bb ac fa 4e 76
4b 78 0e df 6c e5 a6 e1 bd 59 77 7d a6 97 59 c5
29 a7 b3 3f 95 3e 9d f1 59 2d f7 42 87 62 3f f1
b8 6f c7 3d 4b b8 8d 74 c4 ca 44 90 cf 67 db de
14 60 97 4a d1 f7 6d 9e 09 94 c4 0d
Public Key:
00 02 81 80 a8 63 b1 60 70 94 7e 0b 86 08 93 0c
0d 08 12 4a 58 a9 af 9a 09 38 54 3b 46 82 fb 85
0d 18 8b 2a 77 f7 58 e8 f0 1d d2 18 df fe e7 e9
35 c8 a6 1a db 8d 3d 3d f8 73 14 a9 0b 39 c7 95
f6 52 7d 2d 13 8c ae 03 29 3c 4e 8c b0 26 18 b6
d8 11 1f d4 12 0c 13 ce 3f f1 c7 05 4e df e1 fc
44 fd 25 34 19 4a 81 0d dd 98 42 ac d3 b6 91 0c
7f 16 72 a3 a0 8a d7 01 7f fb 9c 93 e8 99 92 c8
42 47 c6 43
issuerUID:
subjectUID:
1 extensions:
Exten 1: subjectAltName (2.5.29.17)
30 10 81 0e 77 70 6f 6c 6b 40 6e 69 73 74 2e 67
6f 76
Signature Alg: dsa-with-sha (1.2.840.10040.4.3)
Sig Value: 368 bits:
30 2c 02 14 3c 02 e0 ab d9 5d 05 77 75 15 71 58
92 29 48 c4 1c 54 df fc 02 14 5b da 53 98 7f c5
33 df c6 09 b2 7a e3 6f 97 70 1e 14 ed 94
-------- extensions ----------
printber -s 619 pkix-ex2.ber
get 0, len=18 (697 bytes in file)
0000 30 10 16: SEQUENCE
0002 81 0e 14: . [1]
: 77 70 6f 6c 6b 40 6e 69 73 74 2e 67 6f 76
printber -s 651 pkix-ex2.ber
get 0, len=46 (697 bytes in file)
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0000 30 2c 44: SEQUENCE
0002 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 2b 82 c9 2d 79 9c a4 16 97 22 b1 48 16 03 c2 ed
: 31 65 99 d5
0024 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 3f 90 79 17 f8 9d 50 fb f3 5d 70 b7 40 31 a3 74
: 31 d7 b1 30
D.3 End-Entity Certificate Using RSA
This section contains an annotated hex dump of a 675 byte version 3
certificate. The certificate contains the following information:
(a) the serial number is 2;
(b) the certificate is signed with RSA and the MD5 hash algorithm;
(c) the issuer's distinguished name is OU=esCert-
UPC;O=UPC;L=Barcelona;STREET=Catalunya;C=ES
(d) and the subject's distinguished name is
CN=escert.upc.es;OU=esCert-
UPC;O=UPC;L=Barcelona;STREET=Catalunya;C=ES
(e) the certificate was issued on May 21, 1996 and will expire on May
21, 1997;
(f) the certificate contains a 768 bit RSA public key which is
intended for generation of digital signatures;
(g) the certificate is an end entity certificate (not a CA certifi-
cate);
(h) the certificate includes two alternative names - an RFC 822
address, and a URL.
sequence length 029f=671 bytes
30 82 02 9f
sequence length 0208h=520 bytes
30 82 02 08
explicit tag 00 "Version"
a0 03
integer length 1 value 2 [version is 3]
02 01 02
integer length 1 value 2 [serial number 2]
02 01 02
sequence length 13 [signature]
30 0d
object identifier length 9 {1 2 840 113549 1 1 4}
{iso(1) member-body(2) us(840) etc.}
06 09 2a 86 48 86 f7 0d 01 01 04
null [null parameters]
05 00
sequence length 88 [issuer]
30 58
RDN length 11
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31 0b
sequence length 9
30 09
object identifier length 3 { 2 5 4 6 }
06 03 55 04 06
printable string length 2 "ES"
13 02 45 53
RDN length 18
31 12
sequence length 16
30 10
object identifier length 3 { 2 5 4 9 }
06 03 55 04 09
printable string length 9 "Catalunya"
13 09 43 61 74 61 6c 75 6e 79 61
RDN length 18
31 12
sequence length 16
30 10
object identifier length 3 { 2 5 4 7 }
06 03 55 04 07
printable string length 9 "Barcelona"
13 09 42 61 72 63 65 6c 6f 6e 61
RDN length 12
31 0c
sequence length 10
30 0a
object identifier {2 5 4 10 }
06 03 55 04 0a
printable string length 3 "UPC"
13 03 55 50 43
RDN length 19
31 13
sequence length 17
30 11
object identifier {2 5 4 13 }
06 03 55 04 0b
printable string length 10 "esCERT-UPC"
13 0a 65 73 43 45 52 54 2d 55 50 43
sequence length 0x1e= 30
30 1e
UTCTime "960521095826Z"
17 0d 39 36 30 35 32 31 30 39 35 38 32 36 5a
UTCTime "979521095826Z"
17 0d 39 37 30 35 32 31 30 39 35 38 32 36 5a
sequence length
30 70
31 0b
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30 09
{ 2 5 4 6 }
06 03 55 04 06
"ES"
13 02 45 53
RDN
31 12
30 10
{ 2 5 4 9 }
06 03 55 04 09
"Catalunya"
13 09 43 61 74 61 6c 75 6e 7961
RDN
31 12
30 10
{ 2 5 4 7 }
06 03 55 04 07
"Barcelona"
13 09 42 61 72 63 65 6c 6f 6e 61
RDN
31 0c
30 0a
{ 2 5 4 10 }
06 03 55 04 0a
"UPC"
13 03 55 50 43
RDN
31 13
30 11
{ 2 5 4 11 }
06 03 55 04 0b
"esCERT-UPC"
13 0a 65 73 43 45 52 54 2d 55 50 43
RDN
31 16
30 14
{ 2 5 4 3 }
06 03 55 04 03
"escert.upc.es"
13 0d 65 73 63 65 72 74 2e 75 70 63 2e 65 73
subjectPublicKeyInfo
30 7c
algorithmIdentifier
30 0d
{ 1 2 840 113549 1 1 1}
06 09 2a 86 48 86 f7 0d 01 01 01
null parameters
05 00
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{ subject's public key }
03 6b BIT STRING length 107 bytes (856 bits)
0030 6802 6100 beaa 8b77 54a3 afca 779f
2fb0 cf43 88ff a66d 7955 5b61 8c68 ec48
1e8a 8638 a4fe 19b8 6217 1d9d 0f47 2cff
638f 2991 04d1 52bc 7f67 b6b2 8f74 55c1
3321 6c8f ab01 9524 c8b2 7393 9d22 6150
a935 fb9d 5750 32ef 5652 5093 abb1 8894
7856 15c6 1c8b 0203 0100 01
explicit tag 3 "extensions" length 0x84=132
a3 81 84
sequence 129 bytes
30 81 81
sequence 12 bytes
30 0b
id-ce-keyUsage = { 2 5 29 15 }
06 03 55 1d 0f
by default, critical = FALSE
octet string
04 04 03 02 07 80
30 09
id-ce-basicConstraints = { 2 5 29 19 }
06 03 55 1d 13
by default, critical = FALSE
octet string
04 02
null sequence - by default, subject is end entity
30 00
30 3d
id-ce-subjectAltName = { 2 5 29 17 }
06 03 55 1d 11
by default, critical = FALSE
octet string
04 36
30 34
rfc822name
a1 1a
IA5String "escert-upc@escert.upc.es"
16 18 65 73 63 65 72 74 2d 75 70 63 40 65 73
63 65 72 74 2e 75 70 63 2e 65 73
uniformResourceIdentifier
a6 16
IA5String "http://escert.upc.es"
16 14 68 74 74 70 3a 2f 2f 65 73 63 65 72 74
2e 75 70 63 2e 65 73
30 28
id-ce-certificatePolicies = { 2 5 29 32 }
06 03 55 1d 20
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by default, critical = FALSE
octet string
04 21
30 1f
30 1d
06 04 2a 84 80 00
{ 2 2 32768 }
30 15
30 07
{ 2 2 32768 1 }
06 05 2a 84 80 00 01
30 0a
{ 2 2 32768 2 }
06 05 2a 84 80 00 02
02 01 0a
sequence
30 0d
{ 1 2 840 113549 1 1 4 }
06 09 2a 86 48 86 f7 0d 01 01 04
null parameters
05 00
bit string length 129 (signature)
03 81 81 005b fdc2 a704 d483 4e17 6da6 fa27 e7c6
f8ab b95d 9fd0 a1df d797 9fe0 20a6 c57a
64cd 522f e9ae dabe 9ce4 d597 edf1 84c0
d0fe 9bef 54b1 80e5 bf3c c9ed 9320 2d52
21e9 bcb9 e34f ac11 650e 8fa1 6899 6347
e53d e442 7313 fac5 c834 8cc0 4118 89d5
e6a0 185b 5d86 1c1e c670 d80e 8964 9483
8e3b 407c 59cf 2b2f b7ce 9798 1215 ef13
d4
D.4 Certificate Revocation List
This section contains an annotated hex dump of a version 2 CRL with
one extension (cRLNumber). The CRL was issued by OU=nist;O=gov;C=us
on July 7, 1996; the next scheduled issuance was August 7, 1996. The
CRL includes one revoked certificates: serial number 18 (12 hex).
The CRL itself is number 18, and it was signed with DSA.
printber pkix-crl.ber
get 0, len=189 (189 bytes in file)
0000 30 81 ba 186: SEQUENCE
0003 30 7c 124: . SEQUENCE
0005 02 01 1: . . INTEGER 1
0008 30 09 9: . . SEQUENCE
0010 06 07 7: . . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
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0019 30 2a 42: . . SEQUENCE
0021 31 0b 11: . . . SET
0023 30 09 9: . . . . SEQUENCE
0025 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.6: C
0030 13 02 2: . . . . . PrintableString 'US'
0034 31 0c 12: . . . SET
0036 30 0a 10: . . . . SEQUENCE
0038 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.10: O
0043 13 03 3: . . . . . PrintableString 'gov'
0048 31 0d 13: . . . SET
0050 30 0b 11: . . . . SEQUENCE
0052 06 03 3: . . . . . OID 2.5.4.11: OU
0057 13 04 4: . . . . . PrintableString 'nist'
0063 17 0d 13: . . UTCTime '970801000000Z'
0078 17 0d 13: . . UTCTime '970808000000Z'
0093 30 22 34: . . SEQUENCE
0095 30 20 32: . . . SEQUENCE
0097 02 01 1: . . . . INTEGER 18
0100 17 0d 13: . . . . UTCTime '970731000000Z'
0115 30 0c 12: . . . . SEQUENCE
0117 30 0a 10: . . . . . SEQUENCE
0119 06 03 3: . . . . . . OID 2.5.29.21: reasonCode
0124 04 03 3: . . . . . . OCTET STRING
: 0a 01 01
0129 30 09 9: . SEQUENCE
0131 06 07 7: . . OID 1.2.840.10040.4.3: dsa-with-sha
0140 03 2f 47: . BIT STRING (0 unused bits)
: 30 2c 02 14 9e d8 6b c1 7d c2 c4 02 f5 17 84 f9
: 9f 46 7a ca cf b7 05 8a 02 14 9e 43 39 85 dc ea
: 14 13 72 93 54 5d 44 44 e5 05 fe 73 9a b2
printber -s 143 pkix-crl.ber
get 0, len=46 (189 bytes in file)
0000 30 2c 44: SEQUENCE
0002 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 9e d8 6b c1 7d c2 c4 02 f5 17 84 f9 9f 46 7a ca
: cf b7 05 8a
0024 02 14 20: . INTEGER
: 9e 43 39 85 dc ea 14 13 72 93 54 5d 44 44 e5 05
: fe 73 9a b2
Security Considerations
This entire memo is about security mechanisms.
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Author Addresses:
Russell Housley
SPYRUS
PO Box 1198
Herndon, VA 20172
USA
housley@spyrus.com
Warwick Ford
VeriSign, Inc.
One Alewife Center
Cambridge, MA 02140
USA
wford@verisign.com
Tim Polk
NIST
Building 820, Room 426
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
USA
wpolk@nist.gov
David Solo
Citicorp
666 Fifth Ave, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10103
USA
david.solo@citicorp.com
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