RFC 6187

"X.509v3 Certificates for Secure Shell Authentication", March 2011

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6187.txt
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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

K. Igoe
D. Stebila

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

X.509 public key certificates use a signature by a trusted certification authority to bind a given public key to a given digital identity. This document specifies how to use X.509 version 3 public key certificates in public key algorithms in the Secure Shell protocol. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.