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Testing
PKI Components
enabling tools for PKI component developers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information
Technology Laboratory responds to industry and user needs for objective,
neutral tests for information technology. ITL recognizes such tests
as the enabling tools that help companies produce the next generation of
products and services. It is a goal of the NIST PKI Program to develop
such tests to help companies produce interoperable PKI components.
NIST worked with Cygnacom Solutions and Getronics Government Solutions,
LLC to develop a suite of tests that will enable developers and validation
laboratories to determine a PKI client application's conformance to the
path processing rules as specified in X.509. The
current test suite is now available. As additional tests are developed,
NIST will make the information necessary to perform the tests (e.g., descriptions
of each test, the expected results of the test, and any certificates
and certificate revocation lists necessary to perform the test) available
on-line for both review and for use in testing applications. |
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