File formats:

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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Updates:

RFC 5280

Author:

D. Benjamin

Stream:

IETF

Source:

lamps (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9618

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Abstract

This document updates RFC 5280 to replace the algorithm for X.509 policy validation with an equivalent, more efficient algorithm. The original algorithm built a structure that scaled exponentially in the worst case, leaving implementations vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.