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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 3851

Obsoleted by:

RFC 8551

Authors:

B. Ramsdell
S. Turner

Stream:

IETF

Source:

smime (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5751

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Abstract

This document defines Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions(S/MIME) version 3.2. S/MIME provides a consistent way to send andreceive secure MIME data. Digital signatures provide authentication,message integrity, and non-repudiation with proof of origin.Encryption provides data confidentiality. Compression can be used toreduce data size. This document obsoletes RFC 3851. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.