RFC 7508
Securing Header Fields with S/MIME, April 2015
- Canonical URL:
- https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7508.txt
- File formats:
- Status:
- EXPERIMENTAL
- Authors:
- L. Cailleux
C. Bonatti - Stream:
- INDEPENDENT
DOI: 10.17487/RFC7508
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Abstract
This document describes how the S/MIME protocol can be extended in order to secure message header fields defined in RFC 5322. This technology provides security services such as data integrity, non-repudiation, and confidentiality. This extension is referred to as 'Secure Headers'.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.