A Profile for Resource Certificate Repository Structure
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Huston
Request for Comments: 6481 R. Loomans
Category: Standards Track G. Michaelson
ISSN: 2070-1721 APNIC
February 2012
A Profile for Resource Certificate Repository Structure
Abstract
This document defines a profile for the structure of the Resource
Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) distributed repository. Each
individual repository publication point is a directory that contains
files that correspond to X.509/PKIX Resource Certificates,
Certificate Revocation Lists and signed objects. This profile
defines the object (file) naming scheme, the contents of repository
publication points (directories), and a suggested internal structure
of a local repository cache that is intended to facilitate
synchronization across a distributed collection of repository
publication points and to facilitate certification path construction.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6481.
Huston, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 6481 ResCert Repository Structure February 2012
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ....................................................3
1.1. Terminology ................................................3
2. RPKI Repository Publication Point Content and Structure .........4
2.1. Manifests ..................................................5
2.2. CA Repository Publication Points ...........................6
3. Resource Certificate Publication Repository Considerations ......8
4. Certificate Reissuance and Repositories ........................10
5. Synchronizing Repositories with a Local Cache ..................10
6. Security Considerations ........................................11
7. IANA Considerations ............................................12
7.1. Media Types ...............................................12
7.1.1. application/rpki-manifest ..........................12
7.1.2. application/rpki-roa ...............................13
7.2. RPKI Repository Name Scheme Registry ......................13
8. Acknowledgements ...............................................13
9. References .....................................................14
9.1. Normative References ......................................14
9.2. Informative References ....................................14
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RFC 6481 ResCert Repository Structure February 2012
1. Introduction
To validate attestations made in the context of the Resource Public
Key Infrastructure (RPKI) [RFC6480], relying parties (RPs) need
access to all the X.509/PKIX Resource Certificates, Certificate
Revocation Lists (CRLs), and signed objects that collectively define
the RPKI.
Each issuer of a certificate, CRL, or a signed object makes it
available for download to RPs through the publication of the object
in an RPKI repository.
The repository system is a collection of all signed objects that MUST
be globally accessible to all RPs. When certificates, CRLs and
signed objects are created, they are uploaded to a repository
publication point, from whence they can be downloaded for use by RPs.
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