Blake Ramsdell has turned in two drafts that are worthy of
consideration in this group. It's my opinion that they represent the
reality of the marketplace, and that it would be good to have our
RFCs reflect that if possible.
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : S/MIME Version 3.1 Certificate Profile Addendum
Author(s) : B. Ramsdell
Filename : draft-ramsdell-smime31-cert-00.txt
Pages :
Date : 24-Jul-00
In light of the expiration of the primary RSA patent, it is proposed
that the RSA algorithm replace the DSS and Diffie-Hellman as the MUST
implement algorithms in the S/MIME profile. This draft will describe
only the proposed changes to the S/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling
RFC [SMIMEV3CERT], and the rest of that RFC will remain identical.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ramsdell-smime31-cert-00.txt
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-ramsdell-smime31-cert-00.txt".
A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.
Title : S/MIME Version 3.1 Message Specification Addendum
Author(s) : B. Ramsdell
Filename : draft-ramsdell-smime31-msg-00.txt
Pages :
Date : 24-Jul-00
In light of the expiration of the primary RSA patent, it is proposed
that the RSA algorithm replace the DSS and Diffie-Hellman as the MUST
implement algorithms in the S/MIME profile. This draft will describe
only the proposed changes to the S/MIME Version 3 Message
Specification RFC [SMIMEV3MSG], and the rest of that RFC will remain
identical.
A URL for this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ramsdell-smime31-msg-00.txt
Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-ramsdell-smime31-msg-00.txt".
--Paul Hoffman, Director
--Internet Mail Consortium