Appendix E. About PKCS

Appendix E. About PKCS

The Public-Key Cryptography Standards are specifications produced by RSA Laboratories in cooperation with secure systems developers worldwide for the purpose of accelerating the deployment of public-key cryptography. First published in 1991 as a result of meetings with a small group of early adopters of public-key technology, the PKCS documents have become widely referenced and implemented. Contributions from the PKCS series have become part of many formal and de facto standards, including ANSI X9 documents, PKIX, Secure Electronic Transaction (SET), S/MIME, and SSL.

Further development of most PKCS documents occurs through the IETF. Suggestions for improvement are welcome.