List of Standards

[1] Third-Party Certifications, Standards & Compliance

	Reference		Description
	1999/93/EC [2]		EU Electronic Signatures Directive for Qualified Electronic Signatures and National Certification Service Providers issuing Qualified Certificates to the public.
	2003/59/EC		Revision of the community legislation on the access to the road transport market and on the admission to the occupation of road transport operator.
	AES		Advanced Encryption Standard
	CA/PKI		Certificate Authority/Public Key infrastructure
	PKIX		X.509 based Public Key Infrastructure
	DER		Distinguished Encoding Rules
	PEM		Privacy Enhanced Mail
	DES		Data Encryption Standard
	DSA		Digital Signature Algorithm
	LDAP		Lightweight Directory Access Protocol Version 3
	MD5		Message-Digest algorithm version 5
	SHA-1		Secure Hash Algorithm 1
	SHA-2		Secure Hash Algorithm 2
	MIME		Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
	S/MIME		Secure Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions
	SSL		Secure Socket Layer
	TLS		Transport Layer Security
	UTF-8		8-bit Unicode Transformation Format
	X.509 v3		Attribute Certificate Frameworks Version 3
	RSA		Algorithm for public-key cryptography
	Triple DES		Data Encryption Standard Block Cipher
	CWA 14167		Trustworthy CA Systems Management
	CWA 14169		Secure signature-creation devices EAL4+ [See HSM compliance below]
	CWA 14172		Compliance to CEN Directives for CA ownership & Operation
	CWA 14355		Secure Signature-Creation Devices
	CWA 14365		Use of Electronic Signatures: Legal & Technical Aspects
	CWA 14890		Application Interface for smart cards used as Secure Signature Creation Devices
	CWA 15579		E-invoices and digital signatures
	CWA 15580		Storage of Electronic Invoices
	CWA 15581		Guidelines for eInvoicing Service Providers
	CWA 15582		eInvoice Reference Model for EU VAT purposes specification
	ETSI SR 002 176		Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures [ESI] Algorithms and Parameters for Secure Electronic Signatures
	ETSI TS 101 456		Policy requirements for Certification Authorities issuing Qualified Certificates
	ETSI TS 101 861		Time Stamping profile
	ETSI TS 101 862		Qualified Certificate [2] profile
	ETSI TS 102 023		Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures [ESI] Policy requirements for Time Stamping Authorities
	ETSI TS 102 040		Electronic Signatures and Infrastructures [ESI] International Harmonization of Policy Requirements for CAs issuing Certificates
	ETSI TS 102 042		Policy requirements for Certification Authorities issuing Public Key Certificates
	ETSI TS 102 280		X.509 V.3 Certificate Profile for Certificates Issued to Natural Persons
	FIPS PUB 46-3		Data Encryption Standard [DES]
	FIPS PUB 140-2		Security Requirements For Cryptographic Modules
	FIPS PUB 180-2		Secure Hash Standard
	FIPS PUB 186-3		Digital Signature Standard [DSA]
	FIPS PUB 197		Advanced Encryption Standard [AES]
	IETF RFC 373		Arbitrary Character Sets
	IETF RFC 1231		MD5 Hashing Algorithm
	IETF RFC 1422		Only relating to general certificate, key management and Certificate Revokation List [CRL]
	IETF RFC 2315		See PKCS#7 below
	IETF RFC 2459		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile
	IETF RFC 2527		Guidelines for Certification Practice Statements [CPS] & Certificate Policies [CP]
	IETF RFC 2560		X.509 Internet Public Key Infrastructure Online Certificate Status Protocol - OCSP
	IETF RFC 2587		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure LDAPv2 Schema
	IETF RFC 2818		HTTP Over TLS
	IETF RFC 2898		See PKCS#5 below
	IETF RFC 2986		See PKCS#10 below
	IETF RFC 3039		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Qualified Certificates Profile
	IETF RFC 3161		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Time-Stamp Protocol [TSP]
	IETF RFC 3279		Algorithms and Identifiers for the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
	IETF RFC 3280		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List [CRL] Profile
	IETF RFC 3628		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Qualified Certificates Profile
	IETF RFC 3629		UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
	IETF RFC 3647		Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Policy [CP] and Certification Practice Statement [CPS] Framework
	IETF RFC 3739		X.509 Public Key Infrastructure [PKI] Qualified Certificates [2] profile
	IETF RFC 4514		[Lightweight Directory Access Protocol [LDAP] String Representation of Distinguished Names
	ISO/IEC 7816-15		See PKCS#15 below
	ISO 15408		Information technology — Security techniques Evaluation criteria for IT security
	APGridPMA		International Grid Trust Federation [IGTF [2]] Classic X.509 CAs for Asia Pacific Grid Policy Management Authority
	EUGridPMA		International Grid Trust Federation [IGTF [2]] Classic X.509 CAs for European Union Grid Policy Management Authority
	TAGPMA		International Grid Trust Federation [IGTF [2]] Classic X.509 CAs for The Americas Grid Policy Management Authority
	ISO 27001		Methodology [3], Knowledge Transfer & Service
	ITU X.509		The Directory: Public-key and attribute certificate frameworks
	ITU-T X.520		Selected Attribute Types
	NTP		Network Time Protocol
	HTTP		Hypertext Transfer Protocol
	HTTPS		Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
	PKCS#1		RSA Cryptography Standard: this standard defines the RSA cryptography
	PKCS#5		Password-Based Cryptography Standard: this standard defines how to encrypt/decrypt data using passwords
	PKCS#7		Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard: this standard describes a general syntax for data that may have cryptography applied to it, such as digital signatures and digital envelopes
	PKCS#8		Private-Key Information Syntax Standard: this standard describes a syntax for private-key information where private-key information includes a private key for some public-key algorithm and a set of attributes.
	PKCS#9		Selected Object Classes and Attribute Types: this standard this standard defines two new auxiliary object classes, pkcsEntity and naturalPerson, and selected attribute types for use with these classes.
	PKCS#10		Certification Request Syntax Standard: this standard describes syntax for certification requests where a certification request consists of a distinguished name, a public key, and optionally a set of attributes, collectively signed by the entity requesting certification.
	PKCS#11		Cryptographic Token Interface Standard: this standard specifies an application programming interface (API), called “Cryptoki,” to devices which hold cryptographic information and perform cryptographic functions.
	PKCS#12		Personal Information Exchange Syntax: this standard describes a transfer syntax for personal identity information, including private keys, certificates, miscellaneous secrets, and extensions.
	PKCS#15		Applies to smart card vendors
	HSM		Hardware Security Module [HSM]
	Common Criteria		HSM Hardware, HSM vendor should further confirm the compliance
	EAL		HSM Hardware, HSM vendor should further confirm the compliance
	FIPS 140		Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules (HSM and Smart Card vendors to provide further confirmation on this compliance)
	Smart Cards		Cryptographic Service Provider [CSP]
	ISO 7816 Parts 1 - 5		Smart Card Operating System Transport Application Parts 1 - 5
	ISO 7816 Parts 7 - 9		Smart Card Operating System Transport Application Parts 7 - 9
	EAL4+		HSM and Smart Card vendors to provide further confirmation on this compliance
	FIPS 140 Validated		HSM and Smart Card vendors to provide further confirmation on this compliance
	ISO 7816 1-5 Compatible		Microcontroller and supplementary Numeric Processing Unit [NPU] capable of calculating cryptographic operations according to PKCS #11 and PKCS #15 according to ISO/IEC 7816-1 to 7816-5 requirements
	32 bit crypto processor		For improved card performance and usability
	Support for RSA 1024/2048 bits		Key length capabilities
	Support for DES algorithm		Symmetric Algorithm
	Support for 3DES algorithm		Symmetric Algorithm
	CSP software		Cryptographic Service Provider [CSP] on chip OS capable of performing cryptographic functions
	Development Roadmap		Pending Compliance
	EEC		Elliptical Curve Cryptography
	SCVP		Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol
	ICAO MRTD		International Civil Aviation Organisation [ICAO], PKI for Machine Readable Travel Documents [MRTD] offering ICC Read-Only Access
	XKMS		XML Key Management Services
	Lightweight OCSP		Lightweight Online Certificate Status Protocol [OCSP] Profile for High-Volume Environments
	Digi-Card OS		Development of proprietary smart card Operating System [OS]