RFC 3647 · INFORMATIONAL · 2003

Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework

Overview

RFC 3647, “Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy and Certification Practices Framework”, is an Informational document published in November 2003 by S. Chokhani, W. Ford, R. Sabett, C. Merrill, S. Wu. It obsoletes RFC 2527. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document presents a framework to assist the writers of certificate policies or certification practice statements for participants within public key infrastructures, such as certification authorities, policy authorities, and communities of interest that wish to rely on certificates. In particular, the framework provides a comprehensive list of topics that potentially (at the writer's discretion) need to be covered in a certificate policy or a certification practice statement. This document supersedes RFC 2527.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2527
Other RFCs from 2003

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