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3.3 Certificate Definition
3.3 Certificate Definition
Certificates are central to the key management architecture for X.509 and PEM. This section provides an overview of the syntax and a description of the semantics of certificates. Appendix A includes the ASN.1 syntax for certificates. A certificate includes the following contents:
- version
- serial number
- signature (algorithm ID and parameters)
- issuer name
- validity period
- subject name
- subject public key (and associated algorithm ID)
- 3.3.1 Version Number
- 3.3.2 Serial Number
- 3.3.3 Signature
- 3.3.4 Subject Name
- 3.3.5 Issuer Name
- 3.3.6 Validity Period
- 3.3.7 Subject Public Key
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