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| Network Working Group S. Turner | Network Working Group S. Turner | |||
| Internet Draft IECA | Internet Draft IECA | |||
| Intended Status: Informational April 16, 2010 | Intended Status: Informational April 22, 2010 | |||
| Updates: 2986 (once approved) | Updates: 2986 (once approved) | |||
| Expires: October 16, 2010 | Expires: October 22, 2010 | |||
| The application/pkcs10 Media Type | The application/pkcs10 Media Type | |||
| draft-turner-application-pkcs10-media-type-03.txt | draft-turner-application-pkcs10-media-type-04.txt | |||
| Abstract | Abstract | |||
| This document specifies a media type used to carry PKCS#10 | This document specifies a media type used to carry PKCS#10 | |||
| certification requests as defined in RFC 2986. It carries over the | certification requests as defined in RFC 2986. It carries over the | |||
| original specification from RFC 2311, which recently has been moved | original specification from RFC 2311, which recently has been moved | |||
| to Historic state, and properly links it to RFC 2986. | to Historic state, and properly links it to RFC 2986. | |||
| Status of this Memo | Status of this Memo | |||
| skipping to change at page 2, line 5 ¶ | skipping to change at page 2, line 5 ¶ | |||
| and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any | |||
| time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | time. It is inappropriate to use Internet-Drafts as reference | |||
| material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." | |||
| The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at | |||
| http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | http://www.ietf.org/ietf/1id-abstracts.txt. | |||
| The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at | |||
| http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html. | |||
| This Internet-Draft will expire on October 16, 2010. | This Internet-Draft will expire on October 22, 2010. | |||
| Copyright Notice | Copyright Notice | |||
| Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the | |||
| document authors. All rights reserved. | document authors. All rights reserved. | |||
| This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal | |||
| Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | Provisions Relating to IETF Documents | |||
| (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of | |||
| publication of this document. Please review these documents | publication of this document. Please review these documents | |||
| skipping to change at page 4, line 24 ¶ | skipping to change at page 4, line 24 ¶ | |||
| A typical application only needs to send a certification request. It | A typical application only needs to send a certification request. It | |||
| is a certification authority that has to receive and process the | is a certification authority that has to receive and process the | |||
| request. The steps for recovering the CertificationRequest from the | request. The steps for recovering the CertificationRequest from the | |||
| message are straightforward but are not presented here. The | message are straightforward but are not presented here. The | |||
| procedures for processing the certification request are beyond the | procedures for processing the certification request are beyond the | |||
| scope of this document. | scope of this document. | |||
| 3. IANA Considerations | 3. IANA Considerations | |||
| IANA is asked to update the registration for the application/pkcs10 | IANA is asked to update the registration for the application/pkcs10 | |||
| media type using the filled-in template from BCP 13 [RFC4288] given | media subtype using the filled-in template from BCP 13 [RFC4288] | |||
| below. | given below. | |||
| 3.1. Registration of media type application/pkcs10 | 3.1. Registration of media subtype application/pkcs10 | |||
| The media type for a PKCS#10 certification request is | The media subtype for a PKCS#10 certification request is | |||
| application/pkcs10. | application/pkcs10. | |||
| To: ietf-types@iana.org | ||||
| Subject: Registration of media type application/pkcs10 | ||||
| Type name: application | Type name: application | |||
| Subtype name: pkcs10 | Subtype name: pkcs10 | |||
| Required parameters: None | Required parameters: None | |||
| Optional parameters: None | Optional parameters: None | |||
| Encoding considerations: | Encoding considerations: binary; See Section 2. | |||
| This media type carries binary content and needs proper encoding | ||||
| for non-8bit clear transports; See Section 2. | ||||
| Security considerations: | Security considerations: | |||
| Clients use a certification request to request that a | Clients use a certification request to request that a | |||
| Certification Authority certify a public key. The certification | Certification Authority certify a public key. The certification | |||
| request is digitally signed. | request is digitally signed. Also see Section 6. | |||
| Interoperability considerations: See Section 2. | Interoperability considerations: See Section 2. | |||
| Published specification: RFC 2986 | Published specification: [RFC2986] and this specification. | |||
| Applications which use this media type: | Applications which use this media type: | |||
| The content type is used with MIME-compliant transport to | Applications that support PKCS#10 certification requests | |||
| transfer PKCS#10 certification requests [RFC2986]. | [RFC2986]. | |||
| Additional information: | Additional information: | |||
| Magic number(s): None | Magic number(s): None | |||
| File extension(s): .p10 | File extension(s): .p10 | |||
| Macintosh File Type Code(s): | Macintosh File Type Code(s): | |||
| Person & email address to contact for further information: | Person & email address to contact for further information: | |||
| Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> | Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> | |||
| Restrictions on usage: none | Restrictions on usage: none | |||
| Author: | Author: Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> | |||
| Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> | ||||
| Intended usage: COMMON | Intended usage: COMMON | |||
| Change controller: | Change controller: The IESG | |||
| The IESG <iesg@ietf.org> | ||||
| 4. Security Considerations | 4. Security Considerations | |||
| The security considerations of [RFC2986] and [RFC5751] apply; no new | The security considerations of [RFC2986] and [RFC5751] apply; no new | |||
| security considerations are introduced by this document. | security considerations are introduced by this document. | |||
| 5. Acknowledgements | 5. Acknowledgements | |||
| I wish to thank the authors of RFC 2311, Steve Dusse, Paul Hoffman, | I wish to thank the authors of RFC 2311, Steve Dusse, Paul Hoffman, | |||
| Blake Ramsdell, Laurence Lundblade, and Lisa Repka. | Blake Ramsdell, Laurence Lundblade, and Lisa Repka. | |||
| I would also like to thank Bjoern Hoehrmann for his review of the | ||||
| media subtype application. | ||||
| 6. References | 6. References | |||
| 6.1. Normative References | 6.1. Normative References | |||
| [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate | [RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate | |||
| Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. | Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997. | |||
| [RFC2986] Nystrom, M, and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #10: Certification | [RFC2986] Nystrom, M, and B. Kaliski, "PKCS #10: Certification | |||
| Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7", RFC 2986, | Request Syntax Specification Version 1.7", RFC 2986, | |||
| November 2000. | November 2000. | |||
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