The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Using the Boneh-Franklin and Boneh-Boyen identity-based Encryption
Algorithms with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) '
<draft-ietf-smime-bfibecms-10.txt> as an Informational RFC
This document is the product of the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group.
The IESG contact persons are Tim Polk and Pasi Eronen.
A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-smime-bfibecms-10.txt
Technical Summary
This document describes the conventions for using the Boneh-Franklin (BF)
and Boneh-Boyen (BB1) identity-based encryption algorithms in the
Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) to encrypt content-encryption keys.
Object identifiers and the convention for encoding a recipient's identity
are also defined.
Working Group Summary
This document is a product of the S/MIME Working Group. There was
very little public discussion about this draft. During WG last call
comments were raised and addressed, and after last call some nits
were addressed.
Protocol Quality
Tim Polk reviewed this document for the IESG. At least one
implementation of this protocol exists; additional vendors have not
expressed an intention to implement this protocol.
Note to RFC Editor
Please note that Intended Status should be Informational, not Standards
Track.
(The document header asserted Standards track.)