[rfc-dist] RFC 8551 on Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 4.0 Message Specification

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Subject: [rfc-dist] RFC 8551 on Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 4.0 Message Specification
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A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.

        
        RFC 8551

        Title:      Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) 
                    Version 4.0 Message Specification 
        Author:     J. Schaad,
                    B. Ramsdell,
                    S. Turner
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       April 2019
        Mailbox:    ietf@augustcellars.com, 
                    blaker@gmail.com, 
                    sean@sn3rd.com
        Pages:      63
        Characters: 136849
        Obsoletes:  RFC 5751

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-lamps-rfc5751-bis-11.txt

        URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8551

        DOI:        10.17487/RFC8551

This document defines Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
(S/MIME) version 4.0.  S/MIME provides a consistent way to send and
receive secure MIME data.  Digital signatures provide authentication,
message integrity, and non-repudiation with proof of origin.
Encryption provides data confidentiality.  Compression can be used to
reduce data size.  This document obsoletes RFC 5751.

This document is a product of the Limited Additional Mechanisms for PKIX and SMIME Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track
protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
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