@misc{rfc3850, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 3850, howpublished = {RFC 3850}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC3850}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3850}, author = {Blake C. Ramsdell}, title = {{Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Certificate Handling}}, pagetotal = 16, year = 2004, month = jul, abstract = {This document specifies conventions for X.509 certificate usage by Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) agents. S/MIME provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages, and certificates are an integral part of S/MIME agent processing. S/MIME agents validate certificates as described in RFC 3280, the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile. S/MIME agents must meet the certificate processing requirements in this document as well as those in RFC 3280. {[}STANDARDS-TRACK{]}}, }