CSC Cryptographic Service Message Certificates and Keys
CSC Cryptographic Service Message Certificates and Keys
To provide a mechanism for exchanging certificates of authority, public keys and associated information in an X12 format
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
CSC-01
Cryptographic Management Purpose
Identifier (ID)
Mandatory
3
3
-
The stated business purpose for exchanging public key on certificate information with a trading partner
CSC-02
Security Originator Name
String (AN)
Optional
1
64
-
Unique designation (identity) of the cryptographic process that performs authentication or encryption on data to be interchanged, or originates a cryptographic service message Note: X9 has a minimum length of 4 characters for the security originator; no mechanism, or registration method is provided by X9 or X12 to guarantee the uniqueness of the identifier
X9 has a required minimum length of 4 characters for CSC02 (security originator). No mechanism, or registration method, is provided by X9 or X12 to guarantee uniqueness of the identifier.
CSC-03
Security Recipient Name
String (AN)
Optional
1
64
-
Unique designation (identity) of the cryptographic process that performs authentication or decryption on received data, or is the destination of a cryptographic service message Note: X9 has a minimum length of 4 characters for the security recipient; no mechanism, or registration method is provided by X9 or X12 to guarantee the uniqueness of the identifier
X9 has a required minimum length of 4 characters for CSC03 (security recipient). No mechanism, or registration method, is provided by X9 or X12 to guarantee uniqueness of the identifier.
CSC-04
Optional
-
CSC-05
Optional
-
CSC-06
Filter ID Code
Identifier (ID)
Conditional
3
3
-
Code specifying the type of filter used to convert data code values
CSC06, CSC07 and CSC08 provide additional information about the encoded security value field in CSC09 (C03302).
CSC-07
Version Identifier
String (AN)
Conditional
1
30
-
Revision level of a particular format, program, technique or algorithm
CSC-08
Length of Data
Numeric (N)
Conditional
1
18
-
Length of data is the number of character positions of the compressed or encrypted/filtered text; when data is plain text, this field shall be absent
CSC-09
Conditional
-