RFC 2984 on CAST-128 in CMS

RFC Editor <rfc-ed@ISI.EDU> Thu, 19 October 2000 16:19 UTC

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        RFC 2984

        Title:	    Use of the CAST-128 Encryption Algorithm in CMS 
        Author(s):  C. Adams
        Status:     Standards Track
	Date:       October 2000
        Mailbox:    cadams@entrust.com
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11591
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-smime-cast-128-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2984.txt


This document specifies how to incorporate CAST-128 (RFC2144) into
the S/MIME Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) as an additional
algorithm for symmetric encryption.  The relevant OIDs and processing
steps are provided so that CAST-128 may be included in the CMS
specification (RFC2630) for symmetric content and key encryption.

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

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
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