RFC 6253 · EXPERIMENTAL · 2011

Host Identity Protocol Certificates

Overview

RFC 6253, “Host Identity Protocol Certificates”, is an Experimental document published in May 2011 by T. Heer, S. Varjonen. It updates RFC 5201. It has been obsoleted by RFC 8002 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The Certificate (CERT) parameter is a container for digital certificates. It is used for carrying these certificates in Host Identity Protocol (HIP) control packets. This document specifies the CERT parameter and the error signaling in case of a failed verification. Additionally, this document specifies the representations of Host Identity Tags in X.509 version 3 (v3) and Simple Public Key Infrastructure (SPKI) certificates.

The concrete use of certificates, including how certificates are obtained, requested, and which actions are taken upon successful or failed verification, is specific to the scenario in which the certificates are used. Hence, the definition of these scenario- specific aspects is left to the documents that use the CERT parameter.

This document updates RFC 5201. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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

What “Experimental” means

Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Obsoleted by
RFC 8002
This RFC updates
RFC 5201
Other RFCs from 2011

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