RFC 5877 · INFORMATIONAL · 2010
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
The application/pkix-attr-cert Media Type for Attribute Certificates
Overview
RFC 5877, “The application/pkix-attr-cert Media Type for Attribute Certificates”, is an Informational document published in May 2010 by R. Housley. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies a MIME media type used to carry a single attribute certificate as defined in RFC 5755. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
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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