WikiPedia to the rescue http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509 and more indepth the RFC http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3280.txt should give you something to read..
ASCII stupid question, get a stupid ANSI. When in Russia, pet a PETSCII. Get your ass over to SLAYRadio the best station for C64 Remixes !
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