X.509

External

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509

Internal

• Public Key Security

Overview

X.509 is a ITU-T standard for a public key infrastructure (PKI).

X.509 specifies, amongst other things, standard formats for public key certificates, certificate revocation lists, attribute certificates, and a certification path validation algorithm.

X.509 is a common certificate format that can be managed by JDK's keytool.