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RFC 5937
Using Trust Anchor Constraints during Certification Path Processing,August 2010
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- S. Ashmore
C. Wallace - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- NON WORKING GROUP
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5937
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Abstract
This document describes how to use information associated with atrust anchor public key when validating certification paths. Thisinformation can be used to constrain the usage of a trust anchor.Typically, constraints are used to limit the certificate policies andnames that can appear in certification paths validated using a trustanchor. This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for informational purposes.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.