Template for a Certification Practice Statement (CPS) for the Resource PKI (RPKI)
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                           S. Kent
Request for Comments: 7382                                       D. Kong
BCP: 173                                                          K. Seo
Category: Best Current Practice                         BBN Technologies
ISSN: 2070-1721                                               April 2015

         Template for a Certification Practice Statement (CPS)
                      for the Resource PKI (RPKI)

Abstract

   This document contains a template to be used for creating a
   Certification Practice Statement (CPS) for an organization that is
   part of the Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), e.g., a
   resource allocation registry or an ISP.

Status of This Memo

   This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

   This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
   Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG).  Further information on
   BCPs is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.

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   http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7382.

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Kent, et al.              Best Current Practice                 [Page 1]
RFC 7382                Template CPS for the RPKI             April 2015

Table of Contents

   Preface ............................................................8
   1. Introduction ....................................................9
      1.1. Overview ..................................................10
      1.2. Document Name and Identification ..........................10
      1.3. PKI Participants ..........................................11
           1.3.1. Certification Authorities ..........................11
           1.3.2. Registration Authorities ...........................11
           1.3.3. Subscribers ........................................11
           1.3.4. Relying Parties ....................................11
           1.3.5. Other Participants .................................12
      1.4. Certificate Usage .........................................12
           1.4.1. Appropriate Certificate Uses .......................12
           1.4.2. Prohibited Certificate Uses ........................12
      1.5. Policy Administration .....................................12
           1.5.1. Organization Administering the Document ............12
           1.5.2. Contact Person .....................................12
           1.5.3. Person Determining CPS Suitability for the Policy ..12
           1.5.4. CPS Approval Procedures ............................13
      1.6. Definitions and Acronyms ..................................13
   2. Publication and Repository Responsibilities ....................14
      2.1. Repositories ..............................................14
      2.2. Publication of Certification Information ..................14
      2.3. Time or Frequency of Publication ..........................14
      2.4. Access Controls on Repositories ...........................15
   3. Identification and Authentication ..............................15
      3.1. Naming ....................................................15
           3.1.1. Types of Names .....................................15
           3.1.2. Need for Names to Be Meaningful ....................15
           3.1.3. Anonymity or Pseudonymity of Subscribers ...........15
           3.1.4. Rules for Interpreting Various Name Forms ..........15
           3.1.5. Uniqueness of Names ................................16
           3.1.6. Recognition, Authentication, and Role of
                  Trademarks .........................................16
      3.2. Initial Identity Validation ...............................16
           3.2.1. Method to Prove Possession of Private Key ..........16
           3.2.2. Authentication of Organization Identity ............16
           3.2.3. Authentication of Individual Identity ..............17
           3.2.4. Non-verified Subscriber Information ................17
           3.2.5. Validation of Authority ............................17