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5.2 PKI Certificate

NIST PIV and digital identity FIPS 201-3 against FIPS 201-2
All changes in this version
modified 5 PIV Key Management Requirements part of 5

Title

PKI Certificate

Control changed

Before · FIPS 201-2

All certificates issued to support PIV Card authentication shall be issued under the X.509 Certificate Policy for the U.S. Federal PKI Common Policy Framework [COMMON]. The requirements in this certificate policy cover identity proofing and the management of CAs and registration authorities. CAs and registration authorities may be operated by departments and agencies, or may be outsourced to PKI service providers. For a list of PKI service providers that have been approved to operate under [COMMON], see http://www.idmanagement.gov .

After · FIPS 201-3

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Details
of the cryptographic properties of PIV keys are found in Section 4.2.2 and its subsections.