[rfc-dist] RFC 5485 on Digital Signatures on Internet-Draft Documents

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        RFC 5485

        Title:      Digital Signatures on Internet-Draft Documents 
        Author:     R. Housley
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       March 2009
        Mailbox:    housley at vigilsec.com
        Pages:      14
        Characters: 29582
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-housley-internet-draft-sig-file-08.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5485.txt

This document specifies the conventions for digital signatures on
Internet-Drafts.  The Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) is used to
create a detached signature, which is stored in a separate companion
file so that no existing utilities are impacted by the addition of
the digital signature.  This memo provides information for the 
Internet community.


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