X.509 Test Suite Data Sheet
Test Suite:
X.509 Test Suite
Direction:
Not applicable

X.509 is a PKI standard used for secure communications in the Internet. It is used as part of many standard cryptographic protocols such as TLS/SSL, ISAKMP/IKE and IKEv2 to provide strong authentication of cryptographic entities.

Used specifications

Specification
Title
Notes
RFC3280
Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Obsoletes RFC2459. Updated by RFC4325 and RFC4630. Obsoleted by RFC5280.
RFC5280
Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile
Obsoletes RFC3280, RFC4325 and RFC4630.
RFC3709
Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure: Logotypes in X.509 Certificates

Tool-specific information

Tested messages
Specifications
Notes
X.509 Certificate, Version 1
RFC5280
X.509 Certificate, Version 2
RFC5280
X.509 Certificate, Version 3
RFC5280
Test tool general features
  • Fully automated black-box negative testing
  • Ready-made test cases
  • Written in Java(tm)
  • GUI command line remote interface modes
  • Instrumentation (health-check) capability
  • Support and maintenance
  • Comprehensive user documentation
  • Results reporting and analysis