@techreport{crocker-mime-security-00,
    number =    {draft-crocker-mime-security-00},
    type =      {Internet-Draft},
    institution =   {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force},
    note =      {Work in Progress},
    url =       {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-crocker-mime-security/00/},
    author =    {Dave Crocker},
    title =     {{Mandatory MIME Security Considered Harmful}},
    pagetotal = 0,
    year =      2002,
    month =     nov,
    day =       4,
    abstract =  {MIME is the preferred Internet mechanism for labeling and aggregating bulk data objects, such as for email and the web, and it is essential to have useful, MIME-based mechanisms. Indeed, two standards have existed for some years: OpenPGP and S/MIME. A current IESG policy for new application protocols requires that they mandate conforming implementations to support a single security mechanism. For applications using MIME security, this means that the specification is required to choose between S/MIME and OpenPGP. Although well-intentioned, the policy is at least useless and at worst counter-productive. This note discusses the problem and suggests returning to the previously acceptable policy that better reflects the lack of market resolve for MIME security.},
}