File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 3369, RFC 3370

Author:

P. Gutmann

Stream:

IETF

Source:

smime (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3211

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Abstract

This document provides a method of encrypting data using user-supplied passwords and, by extension, any form of variable-length keying material which is not necessarily an algorithm-specific fixed-format key. The Cryptographic Message Syntax data format does not currently contain any provisions for password-based data encryption. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.