File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 3369

Obsoleted by:

RFC 5652

Updated by:

RFC 4853, RFC 5083

Author:

R. Housley

Stream:

IETF

Source:

smime (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3852

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Abstract

This document describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary message content. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.