RFC 8649 · INFORMATIONAL · 2019

Hash Of Root Key Certificate Extension

Overview

RFC 8649, “Hash Of Root Key Certificate Extension”, is an Informational document published in August 2019 by R. Housley. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies the Hash Of Root Key certificate extension. This certificate extension is carried in the self-signed certificate for a trust anchor, which is often called a Root Certification Authority (CA) certificate. This certificate extension unambiguously identifies the next public key that will be used at some point in the future as the next Root CA certificate, eventually replacing the current one.

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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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