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RFC 1421

"Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures", February 1993

Canonical URL:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1421.txt
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Status:
HISTORIC (was published as PROPOSED STANDARD)
Obsoletes:
RFC 1113
Author:
J. Linn
Stream:
IETF
Source:
pem (sec)

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Abstract

This document defines message encryption and authentication procedures, in order to provide privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) services for electronic mail transfer in the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.


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