Pro Active Directory Certificate Services: Creating and Managing Digital Certificates for Use in Microsoft Networks

Appendix: Relevant Standards

There are several standards relevant to the digital certificates and PKI covered in this book. Some of these were from RSA, the creators of the first successful public key cryptosystem (the RSA algorithm). These are referred to as the Public Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS). Some of these are from the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the technical group responsible for the standards underlying the Internet. These are called Requests for Comments (RFCs). Others are from US government agencies, such as the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS).

PKCS – Public Key Cryptography Standards

Unlike the other standards listed here, these were created ...