A Profile for X.509 PKIX Resource Certificates
RFC 6487
Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) G. Huston
Request for Comments: 6487 G. Michaelson
Category: Standards Track R. Loomans
ISSN: 2070-1721 APNIC
February 2012
A Profile for X.509 PKIX Resource Certificates
Abstract
This document defines a standard profile for X.509 certificates for
the purpose of supporting validation of assertions of "right-of-use"
of Internet Number Resources (INRs). The certificates issued under
this profile are used to convey the issuer's authorization of the
subject to be regarded as the current holder of a "right-of-use" of
the INRs that are described in the certificate. This document
contains the normative specification of Certificate and Certificate
Revocation List (CRL) syntax in the Resource Public Key
Infrastructure (RPKI). This document also specifies profiles for the
format of certificate requests and specifies the Relying Party RPKI
certificate path validation procedure.
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/rfc6487.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2. Describing Resources in Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. End-Entity (EE) Certificates and Signing Functions in the RPKI 5
4. Resource Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.2. Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.3. Signature Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.4. Issuer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.5. Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.6. Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.6.1. notBefore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.6.2. notAfter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.7. Subject Public Key Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.8. Resource Certificate Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.8.1. Basic Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.8.2. Subject Key Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.8.3. Authority Key Identifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.8.4. Key Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.8.5. Extended Key Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.8.6. CRL Distribution Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8.7. Authority Information Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.8.8. Subject Information Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4.8.9. Certificate Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.8.10. IP Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.8.11. AS Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
5. Resource Certificate Revocation Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6. Resource Certificate Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.1. PCKS#10 Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
6.1.1. PKCS#10 Resource Certificate Request Template Fields . 14
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