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Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) is a set of informal intervendor standards developed since 1991 by RSA Laboratories with representatives of other vendors. Since its publication, PKCS has been used in many standards and products. These standards cover RSA encryption, Diffie-Hellman key agreement, password-based encryption, extended-certificate syntax, cryptographic message syntax, private-key information syntax, and certification request syntax, as well as selected attributes. The standards that form part of PKCS include: - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Standard - PKCS #3: Diffie-Hellman Key-Agreement Standard - PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Standard - PKCS #6: Extended-Certificate Syntax Standard - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard - PKCS #8: Private-Key Information Syntax Standard - PKCS #9: Selected Attribute Types - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Standard - PKCS #11: Cryptographic Token Interface Standard - PKCS #12: Personal Information Exchange Syntax Standard - PKCS #13: Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standard - PKCS #15: Cryptographic Token Information Format Standard

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• RFC 2313 - PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1.5

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2313
  This document describes a method for encrypting data using the RSA public-key cryptosystem. (B. Kaliski / RSA Laboratories East)

• RFC 2314 - PKCS #10: Certification Request Syntax Version 1.5

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2314
  This document describes the PKCS #10 format, a syntax for certification requests. (B. Kaliski / RSA Laboratories East)

• RFC 2315 - PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message Syntax Version 1.5

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2315
  This document describes a general syntax for data that may have cryptography applied to it, such as digital signatures and digital envelopes. (B. Kaliski / RSA Laboratories, East)

• RFC 2437 - PKCS #1: RSA Cryptography Specifications Version 2.0

  http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2437
  This document provides recommendations for the implementation of public-key cryptography based on the RSA algorithm. (B. Kaliski, J. Staddon / RSA Laboratories)

 

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