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.

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