The IESG has approved the following document: - 'Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate Management Protocols ' <draft-ietf-pkix-rfc2510bis-09.txt> as a Proposed Standard This document is the product of the Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) Working Group. The IESG contact persons are Russ Housley and Steve Bellovin. Technical Summary This document obsoletes RFC 2510. This document describes the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate Management Protocol (CMP). Protocol messages are defined for X.509v3 certificate creation and management. CMP provides on-line interactions PKI components, including an exchange between a Certification Authority (CA) and a client system. Working Group Summary The Working Group came to consensus on this document. Protocol Quality This document was reviewed by Jeffrey I. Schiller for the IESG.