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ECSS: Extended-Certificate Syntax Standard

Extended-Certificate Syntax Standard(ECSS) is a Public -Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) that deals with extended certificates, which are made up of the X.509 certificate plus aditional attributes. The additional attributes and the X.509 certificate can be verified using a single public-key operation.

 

 


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ECSS: Extended-Certificate Syntax Standard