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PKCS #1: RSA Encryption Version 1

RFC 2313                PKCS #1: RSA Encryption               March 1998


             content-encryption key are represented together
             according to the syntax in PKCS #7 to yield a
             digital envelope. This application is also
             compatible with PEM methods.

   The document also describes a syntax for RSA public keys and private
   keys. The public-key syntax would be used in certificates; the
   private-key syntax would be used typically in PKCS #8 private-key
   information. The public-key syntax is identical to that in both X.509
   and Privacy-Enhanced Mail.  Thus X.509/PEM RSA keys can be used in
   this document.

   The document also defines three signature algorithms for use in
   signing X.509/PEM certificates and certificate-revocation lists, PKCS
   #6 extended certificates, and other objects employing digital
   signatures such as X.401 message tokens.

   Details on message-digest and content-encryption algorithms are
   outside the scope of this document, as are details on sources of the
   pseudorandom bits required by certain methods in this document.

2. References

   FIPS PUB 46-1  National Bureau of Standards. FIPS PUB 46-1:
             Data Encryption Standard. January 1988.

   PKCS #6   RSA Laboratories. PKCS #6: Extended-Certificate
             Syntax. Version 1.5, November 1993.

   PKCS #7   RSA Laboratories. PKCS #7: Cryptographic Message
             Syntax. Version 1.5, November 1993.

   PKCS #8   RSA Laboratories. PKCS #8: Private-Key Information
             Syntax. Version 1.2, November 1993.

   RFC 1319  Kaliski, B., "The MD2 Message-Digest
             Algorithm," RFC 1319, April 1992.

   RFC 1320  Rivest, R., "The MD4 Message-Digest
             Algorithm," RFC 1320, April 1992.

   RFC 1321  Rivest, R., "The MD5 Message-Digest
             Algorithm," RFC 1321, April 1992.

   RFC 1423  Balenson, D., "Privacy Enhancement for
             Internet Electronic Mail: Part III: Algorithms,
             Modes, and Identifiers," RFC 1423, February 1993.




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