Frequently Used Extended Key Usages and Issuance Policies
The following is a list of commonly used extended key usages and issuance policies that are used repeatedly in practice to restrict certification authority certificates.
Frequently used extended key usages:
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The extended key usages are also referred to in some documentation as application policies .
| OID | Description |
|---|---|
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2.1 | Certificate Request Agent |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.2 | Client Authentication |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.3 | Code Signing |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.13 | Lifetime Signing |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.12 | Document Signing |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.80.1 | Document Encryption |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.4 | Encrypting file system |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.4.1 | File Recovery |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.5 | IP Security End System |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.8.2.2 | IP Security IKE Intermediate |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.6 | IP Security Tunnel Endpoint |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.7 | IP Security User |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.6 | Key Recovery Agent |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.11 | Key Recovery |
| 1.3.6.1.5.2.3.5 | KDC Authentication |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.1 | Microsoft Trust List Signing |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.10 | Qualified Subordination |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.10.3.9 | Root List Signer |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.4 | Secure E-mail |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.1 | Server Authentication |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2.2 | Smartcard Logon |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.8 | Time Stamping according to RFC 3161 |
| 1.3.6.1.5.5.7.3.9 | OCSP Signing |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.54.1.2 | Remote Desktop Authentication |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.5 | Private Key Archival |
Frequently used issuance policies:
| OID | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.5.29.32.0 | All Issuance Policies (AnyPolicy) |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.32 | TPM Key Attestation : User Credentials: (Low Assurance) |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.31 | TPM Key Attestation : Endorsement Certificate: (Medium Assurance) |
| 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.21.30 | TPM Key Attestation : Endorsement Key: (High Assurance) |
External sources
- TPM Key Attestation (Microsoft)
- Setting up TPM protected certificates using a Microsoft Certificate Authority - Part 3: Key Attestation (Microsoft)
- Object IDs associated with Microsoft cryptography (Microsoft, archive link)
- Object Identifiers (OID) in PKI (PKI Solutions, Inc.)