RFC - 3739

Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Qualified Certificates Profile

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3739.txt
Authors:	S. Santesson [Microsoft], M. Nystrom [RSA Security], T. Polk [NIST]
Date:	March 2004
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-3039	Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Qualified Certificates Profile (Obsoleted by RFC-3739prop)

Referred by:	0 RFC
Refers to:	8 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This document forms a certificate profile, based on RFC 3280^prop, for identity certificates issued to natural persons. The profile defines specific conventions for certificates that are qualified within a defined legal framework, named Qualified Certificates. However, the profile does not define any legal requirements for such Qualified Certificates. The goal of this document is to define a certificate profile that supports the issuance of Qualified Certificates independent of local legal requirements. The profile is however not limited to Qualified Certificates and further profiling may facilitate specific local needs.

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