Privacy enhancement for Internet electronic mail: Part II - certificate-based key management
RFC 1114
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RFC - Historic
(August 1989; No errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 1422
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Authors | John Linn , Stephen Kent | ||
Last updated | 2013-03-02 | ||
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Network Working Group S. Kent Request for Comments: 1114 BBNCC J. Linn DEC IAB Privacy Task Force August 1989 Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part II -- Certificate-Based Key Management STATUS OF THIS MEMO This RFC suggests a draft standard elective protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. ACKNOWLEDGMENT This RFC is the outgrowth of a series of IAB Privacy Task Force meetings and of internal working papers distributed for those meetings. We would like to thank the members of the Privacy Task Force for their comments and contributions at the meetings which led to the preparation of this RFC: David Balenson, Curt Barker, Matt Bishop, Morrie Gasser, Russ Housley, Dan Nessett, Mike Padlipsky, Rob Shirey, and Steve Wilbur. Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 2. Overview of Approach 3 3. Architecture 4 3.1 Scope and Restrictions 4 3.2 Relation to X.509 Architecture 7 3.3 Entities' Roles and Responsibilities 7 3.3.1 Users and User Agents 8 3.3.2 Organizational Notaries 9 3.3.3 Certification Authorities 11 3.3.3.1 Interoperation Across Certification Hierarchy Boundaries 14 3.3.3.2 Certificate Revocation 15 3.4 Certificate Definition and Usage 17 3.4.1 Contents and Use 17 3.4.1.1 Version Number 18 3.4.1.2 Serial Number 18 3.4.1.3 Subject Name 18 3.4.1.4 Issuer Name 19 3.4.1.5 Validity Period 19 3.4.1.6 Subject Public Component 20 Kent & Linn [Page 1] RFC 1114 Mail Privacy: Key Management August 1989 3.4.1.7 Certificate Signature 20 3.4.2 Validation Conventions 20 3.4.3 Relation with X.509 Certificate Specification 22 NOTES 24 1. Executive Summary This is one of a series of RFCs defining privacy enhancement mechanisms for electronic mail transferred using Internet mail protocols. RFC-1113 (the successor to RFC 1040) prescribes protocol extensions and processing procedures for RFC-822 mail messages, given that suitable cryptographic keys are held by originators and recipients as a necessary precondition. RFC-1115 specifies algorithms for use in processing privacy-enhanced messages, as called for in RFC-1113. This RFC defines a supporting key management architecture and infrastructure, based on public-key certificate techniques, to provide keying information to message originators and recipients. A subsequent RFC, the fourth in this series, will provide detailed specifications, paper and electronic application forms, etc. for the key management infrastructure described herein. The key management architecture described in this RFC is compatible with the authentication framework described in X.509. The major contributions of this RFC lie not in the specification of computer communication protocols or algorithms but rather in procedures and conventions for the key management infrastructure. This RFC incorporates numerous conventions to facilitate near term implementation. Some of these conventions may be superceded in time as the motivations for them no longer apply, e.g., when X.500 or similar directory servers become well established. The RSA cryptographic algorithm, covered in the U.S. by patents administered through RSA Data Security, Inc. (hereafter abbreviated RSADSI) has been selected for use in this key management system. This algorithm has been selected because it provides all the necessary algorithmic facilities, is "time tested" and is relatively efficient to implement in either software or hardware. It is alsoShow full document text