6. Standards.-
The Information Technology (IT) architecture for Certifying Authorities may support open standards and accepted de facto standards; the most important standards that may be considered for different activities associated with the Certifying AuthorityÂ’s functions are as under:
The product |
The standard |
Public Key Infrastructure |
PKIX |
Digital Signature Certificates and Digital Signature revocation list |
X.509. version 3 certificates as specified in ITU RFC 1422 |
Directory (DAP and LDAP) |
X500 for publication of certificates and Certification Revocation Lists (CRLs) |
Database Management Operations |
Use of generic SQL |
Public Key algorithm |
DSA and RSA |
Digital Hash Function |
MD5 and SHA-1 |
RSA Public Key Technology |
PKCS#1 RSA Encryption Standard (512, 1024, 2048 bit) |
Distinguished name |
X.520 |
Digital Encryption and Digital Signature |
PKCS#7 |
Digital Signature Request Format |
PKCS#10 |