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RFC 1422 - 3.3 Certificate Definition
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3.3 Certificate Definition
Certificates are central to the key management architecture for X.509
and PEM. This section provides an overview of the syntax and a
description of the semantics of certificates. Appendix A includes
the ASN.1 syntax for certificates. A certificate includes the
following contents:
- version
- serial number
- signature (algorithm ID and parameters)
- issuer name
- validity period
- subject name
- subject public key (and associated algorithm ID)
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RFC 1422 - 3.3 Certificate Definition