RFC 4386 on Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Repository Locator Service

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        RFC 4386

        Title:      Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure 
                    Repository Locator Service 
        Author:     S. Boeyen,  P. Hallam-Baker
        Status:     Experimental
        Date:       February 2006
        Mailbox:    sharon.boeyen@entrust.com, 
                    pbaker@VeriSign.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11330
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-pkix-pkixrep-04.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4386.txt

This document defines a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) repository
locator service.  The service makes use of DNS SRV records defined in
accordance with RFC 2782.  The service enables certificate-using
systems to locate PKI repositories.This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.  

This document is a product of the Public-Key Infrastructure (X.509) Working Group of the IETF.

EXPERIMENTAL: This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet 
community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Discussion
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