Object Identifiers for Test Certificate Policies

Abstract

This document provides several certificate policy identifiers for testing certificate handling software.

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1. Introduction

This document provides several certificate policy identifiers for testing certificate handling software. These certificate policy identifiers are not intended for use in the public Internet.

The certificate policy identifiers provided in this document are consistent with the certificate profile specified in [RFC5280]. They are appropriate for testing the certificate policy processing, especially the handling of the certificate policy extension, the policy constraints extension, and the policy mapping extension.

2. Certificate Policy Identifiers for Testing

The following certificate policy identifiers are provided for testing certificate handling software. ASN.1 [ASN1-2008] object identifiers are used to name certificate policies.

      id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
                  dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }
      
      id-TEST OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 13 }
      
      -- Object Identifiers used ONLY for TESTING
      id-TEST-certPolicyOne       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 1 }
      id-TEST-certPolicyTwo       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 2 }
      id-TEST-certPolicyThree     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 3 }
      id-TEST-certPolicyFour      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 4 }
      id-TEST-certPolicyFive      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 5 }
      id-TEST-certPolicySix       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 6 }
      id-TEST-certPolicySeven     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 7 }
      id-TEST-certPolicyEight     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 8 }

3. Security Considerations

This specification does not identify particular certificate policies for use in the Internet public key infrastructure. The actual policies used for production certificates can have a significant impact on the confidence that one can place in the certificate. No confidence should be placed in any certificate that makes use of these certificate policy identifiers, since they are intended only for testing.

4. IANA Considerations

The object identifiers used in this document are defined in an arc delegated by IANA to the PKIX Working Group. No further action by IANA is necessary for this document or any anticipated updates.

5. Normative References

   [ASN1-2008]  International Telecommunications Union, "Abstract Syntax
                Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of basic notation",
                ITU-T Recommendation X.680, November 2008.
   
   [RFC5280]    Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen, S.,
                Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509 Public Key
                Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
                List (CRL) Profile", RFC 5280, May 2008.

Appendix A. ASN.1 Module

This appendix provides the certificate policy identifiers (object identifiers) in an ASN.1 module. No fancy structures are needed, so this module is compatible with [ASN1-2008].

   PKIXTestCertPolicies { iso(1) identified-organization(3) dod(6)
   
      internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) id-mod(0)
      id-mod-TEST-certPolicies(83) }

DEFINITIONS IMPLICIT TAGS ::=

   BEGIN
   
   -- EXPORTS ALL --
   -- IMPORTS NONE --
   
   id-pkix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { iso(1) identified-organization(3)
               dod(6) internet(1) security(5) mechanisms(5) pkix(7) }
   
   id-TEST OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-pkix 13 }
   
   -- Object Identifiers used ONLY for TESTING
   id-TEST-certPolicyOne       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 1 }
   id-TEST-certPolicyTwo       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 2 }
   id-TEST-certPolicyThree     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 3 }
   id-TEST-certPolicyFour      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 4 }
   id-TEST-certPolicyFive      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 5 }
   id-TEST-certPolicySix       OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 6 }
   id-TEST-certPolicySeven     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 7 }
   id-TEST-certPolicyEight     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { id-TEST 8 }
   
   END

Author's Address

   Russell Housley
   Vigil Security, LLC
   918 Spring Knoll Drive
   Herndon, VA  20170
   USA

EMail:

          housley@vigilsec.com