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RFC 1421: Privacy Enhancement for Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and Authentication Procedures

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This document defines message encryption and authentication procedures, in order to provide privacy-enhanced mail (PEM) services for electronic mail transfer in the Internet. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC1421
Published
February 1993
Authors
J. Linn
Status
HISTORIC
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
42
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 1113

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 989 (1987)
  2. RFC 1040 (1988)
  3. RFC 1113 (1989)
  4. RFC 1421 (1993)

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