X.509
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X.509 was originally an ITU standard for Public Key Infrastructure, and is the cryptographic basis of HTTPS used by GridSite. The most recent version in use, X.509 v3, is defined by the IETF in RFC3280 (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3280.txt).
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See also
Wikipedia X.509 article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509)