Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
RFC 3852
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Subject: Protocol Action: 'Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)'
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The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) '
RFC 3852 as a Draft Standard
This document is the product of the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group.
The IESG contact persons are Tim Polk and Pasi Eronen.
A URL of this RFC is:
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3852.txt
Technical Summary
RFC3852 describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This
syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt
arbitrary message content.
Working Group Summary
RFC 3852 is widely referenced, and is a key building block for
specifications developed by the S/MIME, ltans, and keyprov
working groups.
Document Quality
Two or more interoperable implementations have been identified for
all features. The implementation report is available at:
http://www.ietf.org/IESG/Implementations/CMS-Interoperability-Report.txt
Note that the implementation report was prepared according to the
guidelines in draft-dusseault-impl-reports-00
Personnel
Tim Polk is the responsible Area Director
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