@misc{rfc2632, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 2632, howpublished = {RFC 2632}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC2632}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2632}, author = {Blake C. Ramsdell}, title = {{S/MIME Version 3 Certificate Handling}}, pagetotal = 13, year = 1999, month = jun, abstract = {S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions), provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages. Before using a public key to provide security services, the S/MIME agent MUST certify that the public key is valid. S/MIME agents MUST use PKIX certificates to validate public keys as described in the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure (PKIX) Certificate and CRL Profile. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }