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RFC 5652: Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS)

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This document describes the Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS). This syntax is used to digitally sign, digest, authenticate, or encrypt arbitrary message content. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC5652
Published
September 2009
Authors
R. Housley
Status
INTERNET STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
sec
Pages
56
Also known as
STD70
Obsoletes:
RFC 3852
Updated by:
RFC 8933, RFC 9629

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Standards lineage

This document is one revision in a chain of 6 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 2630 (1999)
  2. RFC 3211 (2001)
  3. RFC 3369 (2002)
  4. RFC 3370 (2002)
  5. RFC 3852 (2004)
  6. RFC 5652 (2009)

Read the full history of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) →

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2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.

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