File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 2632

Obsoleted by:

RFC 5750

Author:

B. Ramsdell, Ed.

Stream:

IETF

Source:

smime (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3850

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Abstract

This document specifies conventions for X.509 certificate usage by Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) agents. S/MIME provides a method to send and receive secure MIME messages, and certificates are an integral part of S/MIME agent processing. S/MIME agents validate certificates as described in RFC 3280, the Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile. S/MIME agents must meet the certificate processing requirements in this document as well as those in RFC 3280. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.