RFC 8017 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2

Overview

RFC 8017, “PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.2”, is an Informational document published in November 2016 by K. Moriarty, B. Kaliski, J. Jonsson, A. Rusch. It obsoletes RFC 3447. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides recommendations for the implementation of public-key cryptography based on the RSA algorithm, covering cryptographic primitives, encryption schemes, signature schemes with appendix, and ASN.1 syntax for representing keys and for identifying the schemes.

This document represents a republication of PKCS #1 v2.2 from RSA Laboratories' Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) series. By publishing this RFC, change control is transferred to the IETF.

This document also obsoletes RFC 3447.

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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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This RFC obsoletes
RFC 3447
Other RFCs from 2016

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