pkcs.n -- This file. V1.0 27sep96 overview.asc -- good intro. examples.asc -- Shows encoding in BER and bytes layman.asc -- Readable intro to ASN.1 BER and DER pkcs-1.asc -- RSA Encryption Standard Explains mathematical operation of Factoring y = x^c mod n Details of the modulus, exponent.,... pkcs-2.asc -- obsolete. Placeholder file. pkcs-3.asc -- Diffie-Hellman Key-Agreement standard How two parties can exchange a secret key pkcs-4.asc -- obsolete. Placeholder file. pkcs-5.asc -- Password based Encryption How private keys are encrypted with passphrase when on disk. pkcs-6.asc -- Extended Certificate Format Adds data to X.509/PEM certificates pkcs-7.asc -- Cryptographic Message Syntax Standard How to create encrypted payloads, with envelopes in a standard format, plus (encrypted) user data. pkcs-8.asc -- Private Key information Standard Format for storing Private Key information pkcs-9.asc -- Selected Attribute Types Details for some attributes used by PKCS 6,7,8,and 10 pkcs-10.asc -- Certificate Signing Requests Defines what to send to a Certificate Issuing Authority