RFC 5759 · HISTORIC · 2010

Suite B Certificate and Certificate Revocation List Profile

Overview

RFC 5759, “Suite B Certificate and Certificate Revocation List Profile”, is a Historic document published in January 2010 by J. Solinas, L. Zieglar. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies a base profile for X.509 v3 Certificates and X.509 v2 Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) for use with the United States National Security Agency's Suite B Cryptography. The reader is assumed to have familiarity with RFC 5280, "Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile". This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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