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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

Source identity and K03 revalidation
PublisherIETF
Claim statusCURRENT TECHNICAL STANDARD
Version or editionRFC 9162
Publication statusExperimental; current successor to RFC 6962
Publication date2021-12-01
Official locationhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9162/
K03 revalidated2026-08-14T22:04:09Z
Currentness assessmentOfficial RFC Editor metadata identifies RFC 9162 as the document that obsoletes RFC 6962.
Superseded byNo successor is assigned in the current source catalog.

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SectionProposition supported in this corpusOfficial location
RFC statusRFC 9162 describes Certificate Transparency Version 2.0 and obsoletes RFC 6962.Official section
OverviewThe 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.

Qualification: Official publication and exact-section support do not transfer authority beyond the source's scope or prove every external fact.

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.

Qualification: Official publication and exact-section support do not transfer authority beyond the source's scope or prove every external fact.

Support relationship

  • SRC-RFC-9162 · Overview · DIRECT SOURCE-SECTION SUPPORT