17.1.2 X.509 Certificates
An X.509 certificate is a data structure with several fixed fields and, optionally, addi-
tional extensions. The fixed fields mainly contain the name of the key owner, the public
key, and the data relating to the issuing CA (name and signature). For security reasons,
a certificate should only have a limited period of validity, so a field is also provided
for this date. The CA guarantees the validity of the certificate in the specified period.
The CPS usually requires the PKI (the issuing CA) to create and distribute a new cer-
tificate before expiration.
The extensions can contain any additional information. An application is only required
to be able to evaluate an extension if it is identified as critical. If an application does
not recognize a critical extension, it must reject the certificate. Some extensions are
only useful for a specific application, such as signature or encryption.
Table 17.1
shows the fields of a basic X.509 certificate in version 3.
Table 17.1
X.509v3 Certificate
Content
Field
The version of the certificate, for example, v3
Version
Unique certificate ID (an integer)
Serial Number
The ID of the algorithm used to sign the certificate
Signature
Unique name (DN) of the issuing authority (CA)
Issuer
Period of validity
Validity
Unique name (DN) of the owner
Subject
Public key of the owner and the ID of the algorithm
Subject Public Key Info
Unique ID of the issuing CA (optional)
Issuer Unique ID
Unique ID of the owner (optional)
Subject Unique ID
Managing X.509 Certification
199
Содержание LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 11
Страница 1: ...SUSE Linux Enterprise Server www novell com 11 March 17 2009 Security Guide...
Страница 9: ...32 7 Managing Audit Event Records Using Keys 433 33 Useful Resources 435...
Страница 10: ......
Страница 29: ...Part I Authentication...
Страница 30: ......
Страница 55: ...Figure 4 2 YaST LDAP Server Configuration LDAP A Directory Service 41...
Страница 126: ......
Страница 127: ...Part II Local Security...
Страница 128: ......
Страница 158: ......
Страница 173: ...Part III Network Security...
Страница 174: ......
Страница 194: ......
Страница 197: ...Figure 16 2 Scenario 2 Figure 16 3 Scenario 3 Configuring VPN Server 183...
Страница 210: ......
Страница 228: ......
Страница 229: ...Part IV Confining Privileges with Novell AppArmor...
Страница 230: ......
Страница 274: ......
Страница 300: ......
Страница 328: ......
Страница 340: ......
Страница 342: ......
Страница 386: ......
Страница 387: ...Part V The Linux Audit Framework...
Страница 388: ......