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2.2.2.6.1 PKCS #10 Request Format

  • Article

Clients use PKCS #10 structures, as specified in [RFC2986], to submit a certificate request to a CA. A PKCS #10 request can be used by itself or encapsulated within a CMC (as specified in [RFC2797]) or a CMS (as specified in [RFC3852]) request.

The following fields are introduced and specified in [RFC2986] section 4 and used by this protocol:

  • CertificationRequest

  • CertificationRequestInfo

  • Name

  • SubjectPublicKeyInfo

  • Attributes

  • AlgorithmIdentifier

For detailed server processing information, see section 3.1.1.4.3.1.1.