To ensure broad interoperability and rapid deployment while ensuring secure
usage, this document defines a profile of X.509 certificate issuance and usage
by entities in the EPCglobal network. The profiles defined in this document are
based upon two Internet standards, defined in the Internet Engineering Task
Force's (IETF's) Public Key Infrastructure (PKIX) Working Group, that have been
well implemented, deployed and tested in many existing environments.