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Standards and Protocols

PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards)
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PKCS (Public Key Cryptography Standards)   back to top

Standard Explanation Comments
PKCS #1

RSA Cryptography Standard

Public Key Cryptography
PKCS #2 No longer used  
PKCS #3

Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Standard

 
PKCS #4 No longer used  
PKCS #5

Password-Based Cryptography Standard

Private Key Cryptography
PKCS #6 Extended-Certificate Syntax Standard Certificate Attributes
PKCS #7 Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard Syntax for digital signatures
PKCS #8

Private-Key Information Syntax Standard

Syntax for private keys
PKCS #9 Selected Attribute Types used for #6,#7,#9,#10
PKCS #10

Certification Request Syntax Standard

Syntax for certificate request
PKCS #11

Cryptographic Token Interface Standard

API interface
PKCS #12

Personal Information Exchange Syntax Standard

storage and transport of private key, digital certificate and attribute information
PKCS #13

Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standard

under development
PKCS #14 Pseudo Random Number Generation under development
PKCS #15 Token Information Format Standard standards for tokens

 

 

 

Other Standards and Protocols   back to top

Protocol Explanation OSI Layer
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Authentication and Encryption
Used for secure communications over the Web.
Session
Transport Layer Security (TLS) Successor to SSL Session
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) Commonly used with IPSec over VPNs Transport
Cerificate Management Protocol (CMP) Digital Certifications Transport
XML Key Management Specification (XKMS) Used with XML signatures  
Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Encryption and authentication for email  
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Asymmetric encryption for email.  
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol over Secure Sockets Layer (HTTPS) Transmission of data to and from web server Application
Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) Support for VPNs Network
Certificate Enrollment Protocol (CEP) Proprietary--CISCO  
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Standard issue by US government for evaluation of cryptographic modules.  
Common Criteria Standard for establishing baselines and evaluations  
Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) Security layer for WEP (Wireless Application Protocol)  
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Protects wireless networks from eavesdropping  
ISO 17799 Best practice standard