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Use of the Hash-based Merkle Tree Signature (MTS) Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
draft-housley-cms-mts-hash-sig-04

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft whose latest revision state is "Replaced".
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Author Russ Housley
Last updated 2016-09-22 (Latest revision 2016-03-21)
Replaced by draft-ietf-lamps-cms-hash-sig, RFC 8708
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Abstract

This document specifies the conventions for using the Merkle Tree Signatures (MTS) digital signature algorithm with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). The MTS algorithm is one form of hash-based digital signature.

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Russ Housley

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