RFC 6403 · HISTORIC · 2011

Suite B Profile of Certificate Management over CMS

Overview

RFC 6403, “Suite B Profile of Certificate Management over CMS”, is a Historic document published in November 2011 by L. Zieglar, S. Turner, M. Peck. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The United States government has published guidelines for "NSA Suite\0B Cryptography", which defines cryptographic algorithm policy for national security applications. This document specifies a profile of the Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) protocol for managing Suite B X.509 public key certificates. This profile is a refinement of RFCs 5272, 5273, and 5274. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.

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