RFC 4158: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Certification Path Building

This document provides guidance and recommendations to developers building X.509 public-key certification paths within their applications. By following the…

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Outgoing relationships (8 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 3280: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Informative reference — RFC 3986: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax
Informative reference — RFC 3279: Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Informative reference — RFC 2560: X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP
Informative reference — RFC 3377: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (v3): Technical Specification
Informative reference — RFC 1777: Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3820: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Proxy Certificate Profile
Informative reference — RFC 2587: Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure LDAPv2 Schema

Incoming relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 4949: Internet Security Glossary, Version 2
Informatively referenced by — RFC 4556: Public Key Cryptography for Initial Authentication in Kerberos (PKINIT)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9925: Unsigned X.509 Certificates