RFC 6091 · INFORMATIONAL · 2011

Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer Security Authentication

Overview

RFC 6091, “Using OpenPGP Keys for Transport Layer Security Authentication”, is an Informational document published in February 2011 by N. Mavrogiannopoulos, D. Gillmor. It obsoletes RFC 5081. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This memo defines Transport Layer Security (TLS) extensions and associated semantics that allow clients and servers to negotiate the use of OpenPGP certificates for a TLS session, and specifies how to transport OpenPGP certificates via TLS. It also defines the registry for non-X.509 certificate types. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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 5081
Other RFCs from 2011

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