S/MIME WG Memebers:
CMS is now read for Working Group Last Call. The X9.42 draft is not
complete, but it should be posted near the end of the week. Last Call will
close two weeks after the X9.42 draft is posted.
Russ
S/MIME WG Chair
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-07.txt
Pages : 52
Date : 23-Oct-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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