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Report of the NIST Workshop on Digital Signature Certificate Management, December 10-11, 1992

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Author(s)

Dennis K. Branstad

Abstract

The purpose of the workshop, held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on December 10-11, 1992, was to review the existing and required technologies for digital signature certification authorities, and to develop recommendations for certificate contents, formats, generation, distribution and storage. The results of the workshop will be provided to MITRE Corporation as input to the federally sponsored study of signature certification authorities. Invited participants represented various constituencies including the Federal Government, commercial organizations, standards organizations, and internationsl interests. This report includes a summary of the presentations and copies of slides for nine of the presentations.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 5234
Report Number
5234

Keywords

certificate management, certificate revocation lists, public key certificate, X.509 certificates

Citation

Branstad, D. (1993), Report of the NIST Workshop on Digital Signature Certificate Management, December 10-11, 1992, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.5234 (Accessed April 18, 2024)
Created October 1, 1993, Updated November 10, 2018