| Alex Gaynor | 4af5b37 | 2015-07-12 10:30:59 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | X.509 |
| 2 | ===== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | X.509 is an ITU-T standard for a `public key infrastructure`_. X.509v3 is |
| 5 | defined in :rfc:`5280` (which obsoletes :rfc:`2459` and :rfc:`3280`). X.509 |
| 6 | certificates are commonly used in protocols like `TLS`_. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | .. toctree:: |
| 9 | :maxdepth: 2 |
| 10 | |
| Alex Gaynor | 11b00cd | 2015-07-13 21:12:39 -0400 | [diff] [blame] | 11 | tutorial |
| Alex Gaynor | 4af5b37 | 2015-07-12 10:30:59 -0500 | [diff] [blame] | 12 | reference |
| 13 | |
| 14 | .. _`public key infrastructure`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure |
| 15 | .. _`TLS`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security |