RFC 3156 on MIME Security with OpenPGP (fwd)

P.J. Ponder ponder at freenet.tlh.fl.us
Sat Aug 18 09:25:57 EDT 2001


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Subject: RFC 3156 on MIME Security with OpenPGP


A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.


        RFC 3156

        Title:	    MIME Security with OpenPGP
        Author(s):  M. Elkins, D. Del Torto, R. Levien, T. Roessler
        Status:     Standards Track
	Date:       August 2001
        Mailbox:    ddt at cryptorights.org, raph at acm.org,
                    roessler at does-not-exist.org
        Pages:      15
        Characters: 26809
        Updates:    RFC 2015

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-openpgp-mime-08.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3156.txt


This document describes how the OpenPGP Message Format can be
used to provide privacy and authentication using the Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) security content types described in
RFC 1847.

This document is a product of the An Open Specification for Pretty
Good Privacy Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
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