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2. Private-Key Information Content Types

This section preserves the RFC text for PKCS #8 content types, including PrivateKeyInfo, EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo, CMS, ASN.1 object identifiers, IANA registrations, and media type updates.

2.  Private-Key Information Content Types

This section defines a content type for private-key information and
encrypted private-key information.

The PrivateKeyInfo content type is identified by the following object
identifier:

id-ct-privateKeyInfo OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1)
member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9)
smime(16) ct(1) 52 }

The EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo content type is identified by the
following object identifier:

id-ct-encrPrivateKeyInfo OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1)
member-body(2) us(840) rsadsi(113549) pkcs(1) pkcs-9(9)
smime(16) ct(1) 53 }