S/MIME WG members:
This version includes "fixes" for all of the problems that were raised with
draft-ietf-smime-cms-05.txt. I hope that these "fixes" do not raise new
issues. The biggest change is the support for key agreement (e.g.,
Diffie-Hellman) when the originator uses an ephemeral public key without
certified public key.
Sestion 12 remains a place holder. I hope to complete section 12 prior to
the IETF meeting in August.
Russ
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories. This draft is a work item of the S/MIME Mail Security
Working Group of the IETF.
Title : Cryptographic Message Syntax
Author(s) : R. Housley
Filename : draft-ietf-smime-cms-06.txt
Pages : 41
Date : 02-Jul-98
This document describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax. This
syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt
arbitrary messages.
The Cryptographic Message Syntax is derived from PKCS #7 version 1.5
[RFC 2315]. Wherever possible, backward compatibility is preserved;
however, changes were necessary to accommodate attribute certificate
transfer and key agreement techniques for key management.
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