This is certainly a legitimate way of looking at S/MIME, but its only a useful
one if it matches how S/MIME is actually being positioned in the market. And
from what I've seen so far this does NOT match the positioning of S/MIME. For
example, check out RSA's web page, with its various (inaccurate) statements
about security multiparts and MOSS. If S/MIME is orthogonal to MOSS, what's
the purpose behind this comment?
This is a point, and in fact, S/MIME does specify that the PKCS7 payload
is itself interpreted as a MIME body part (I apologize for not remembering
this in my earlier messages in this thread, by the way--it does affect
the validity of some of my statements about S/MIME), thus allowing similar
services to MOSS in some respects.
Hmm. I think I'll have to re-think my opinions about S/MIME. Perhaps I've
misunderstood it.
Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation