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RFC 9162: Certificate Transparency Version 2.0
Source scope
Experimental Certificate Transparency v2 protocol that obsoletes RFC 6962; useful as a design reference for append-only, publicly auditable logs.
Publisher, edition, and currentness
| Publisher | IETF |
|---|---|
| Claim status | CURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD |
| Version or edition | RFC 9162 |
| Publication status | Experimental; current successor to RFC 6962 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Official location | https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9162/ |
| K03 revalidated | 2026-08-14T22:04:09Z |
| Currentness assessment | Official RFC Editor metadata identifies RFC 9162 as the document that obsoletes RFC 6962. |
| Superseded by | No successor is assigned in the current source catalog. |
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| Section | Proposition supported in this corpus | Official location |
|---|---|---|
| RFC status | RFC 9162 describes Certificate Transparency Version 2.0 and obsoletes RFC 6962. | Official section |
| Overview | The protocol supports public logging and audit of certificate issuance; log inclusion does not prove every certificate claim or external event is factually correct. | Official section |
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Official RFC Editor metadata identifies RFC 9162 as the document that obsoletes RFC 6962.
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RFC 9162: Certificate Transparency Version 2.0 — RFC status
RFC 9162 describes Certificate Transparency Version 2.0 and obsoletes RFC 6962.
Support relationship
SRC-RFC-9162· RFC status · DIRECT SOURCE-SECTION SUPPORT
RFC 9162: Certificate Transparency Version 2.0 — Overview
The protocol supports public logging and audit of certificate issuance; log inclusion does not prove every certificate claim or external event is factually correct.
Support relationship
SRC-RFC-9162· Overview · DIRECT SOURCE-SECTION SUPPORT