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RFC 9708
Use of the HSS/LMS Hash-Based Signature Algorithm in the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS),January 2025
- File formats:
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- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 8708
- Author:
- R. Housley
- Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- lamps (sec)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9708
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Abstract
This document specifies the conventions for using the HierarchicalSignature System (HSS) / Leighton-Micali Signature (LMS) hash-basedsignature algorithm with the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). Inaddition, the algorithm identifier and public key syntax areprovided. The HSS/LMS algorithm is one form of hash-based digitalsignature; it is described in RFC 8554. This document obsoletes RFC8708.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.