RFC 7030 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2013

Enrollment over Secure Transport

Overview

RFC 7030, “Enrollment over Secure Transport”, is a Proposed Standard document published in October 2013 by M. Pritikin, P. Yee, D. Harkins. It has since been updated by RFC 8951, RFC 8996, RFC 9908. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document profiles certificate enrollment for clients using Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) messages over a secure transport. This profile, called Enrollment over Secure Transport (EST), describes a simple, yet functional, certificate management protocol targeting Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) clients that need to acquire client certificates and associated Certification Authority (CA) certificates. It also supports client-generated public/private key pairs as well as key pairs generated by the CA.

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

What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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