The PKIX standards define a set of protocols to set up a PKI based on X509 certificates..

The PKIX Asn1API is compliant with :

RFC5911 and RFC5912 where the ASN.1 modules of the CMS/PKIX standards have been made compliant with ASN.1 2002.

• RFC 2560, PKIX Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) [RFC2560]
• RFC 2986, PKCS #10 certificate request [RFC2986]
• RFC 3279, PKIX algorithms and identifier [RFC3279]
• RFC 3852, contains PKIX attribute certificates, version 1 [RFC3852]
• RFC 4055, Additional Algorithms and Identifiers for RSA Cryptography [RFC4055]
• RFC 4210, PKIX CMP (Certificate Management Protocol) [RFC4210]
• RFC 4211, PKIX CRMF (Certificate Request Message Format) [RFC4211]
• RFC 5055, PKIX SCVP (Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol) [RFC5055]
• RFC 5272, Certificate Management over CMS (CMC) [RFC5272]
• RFC 5280, PKIX certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) profile [RFC5280] (both the implicit and explicit modules)
• RFC 5755, PKIX attribute certificates, version 2 [RFC5755]