The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) '
<draft-ietf-smime-rfc3852bis-00.txt> as a Draft Standard
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-rfc3852bis-00.txt
Technical Summary
This document specifies the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS),
which is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt
arbitrary message content. The content of this document is
based on RFC 3852 but also incorporates errata and the
clarifications previously published as RFC 4853.
Working Group Summary
RFC 3852 was a product of the smime working group.
CMS is widely referenced, and is a key building block for
specifications developed by the S/MIME, ltans, and keyprov
working groups.
Document Quality
Two or more interoperable implementations have been identified for
all features. The implementation report is available at:
http://www.ietf.org/iesg/implementation/report-rfc3852.txt
Personnel
Tim Polk is the responsible Area Director