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PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 9052,RFC 9053

Author:

J. Schaad

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IETF

Source:

cose (sec)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8152

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Abstract

Concise Binary Object Representation (CBOR) is a data format designedfor small code size and small message size. There is a need for theability to have basic security services defined for this data format.This document defines the CBOR Object Signing and Encryption (COSE)protocol. This specification describes how to create and processsignatures, message authentication codes, and encryption using CBORfor serialization. This specification additionally describes how torepresent cryptographic keys using CBOR.

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.