[rfc-dist] RFC 3369 and 3370 on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) (fwd)

Thu Sep 5 13:59:10 EDT 2002

For those not subscribed to RFC-Distribution or the IETF list, two new
RFC's (Proposed Standards) on 'Cryptographic Message Syntax'.  Both of the
announcements are pasted in this message.

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Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 09:51:07 -0700
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Subject: [rfc-dist] RFC 3369 on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)

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

        RFC 3369

        Title:	    Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)
        Author(s):  R. Housley
        Status:	    Standards Track
	Date:       August 2002
        Mailbox:    rhousley at rsasecurity.com
        Pages:      52
        Characters: 113975
        Obsoletes:  2630, 3211

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-smime-rfc2630bis-08.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3369.txt

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

This document is a product of the S/MIME Mail Security Working Group
of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protcol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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Date: 05 Sep 2002 13:53:58 -0400
From: rfc-editor at rfc-editor.org
Subject: [rfc-dist] RFC 3370 on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) Algorithms