Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
The work
| Authors | R. Barnes; J. Hoffman-Andrews; D. McCarney; J. Kasten |
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| Editors | |
| Type | misc |
| Year | 2019 |
| Also known as | anon2019automatic |
| Citekey | barnes2019automatic |
Where it appeared
| Publisher | RFC Editor |
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Identifiers
| DOI | 10.17487/rfc8555 |
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Abstract
Public Key Infrastructure using X.509 (PKIX) certificates are used for a number of purposes, the most significant of which is the authentication of domain names. Thus, certification authorities (CAs) in the Web PKI are trusted to verify that an applicant for a certificate legitimately represents the domain name(s) in the certificate. As of this writing, this verification is done through a collection of ad hoc mechanisms. This document describes a protocol that a CA and an applicant can use to automate the process of verification and certificate issuance. The protocol also provides facilities for other certificate management functions, such as certificate revocation.
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| Added | 2026-09-26 10:09 UTC |
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Cite it as
@misc{barnes2019automatic,
title = {Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)},
author = {R. Barnes and J. Hoffman-Andrews and D. McCarney and J. Kasten},
year = {2019},
publisher = {RFC Editor},
doi = {10.17487/rfc8555},
}
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